Introductory 6 Steps 4 hours 13 Credits
If you are a novice cloud developer looking for hands-on practice beyond Getting Started - Create and Manage Cloud Resources, this quest is for you. You will get practical experience through labs that dive into Cloud Storage and other key application services like Stackdriver and Cloud Functions. By taking this quest, you will develop valuable skills that are applicable to any Google Cloud initiative. Complete this quest, including the challenge lab at the end, to receive an exclusive Google Cloud digital badge. 1-minute videos walk you through key concepts for these labs.
Prerequisites:
This Quest builds on a basic understanding of Google Cloud Services. It is recommended that the student have earned a Badge by completing the hands-on labs in the Getting Started - Create and Manage Cloud Resources Quest before beginning.Quest Outline
Cloud Storage: Qwik Start - Cloud Console
This hands-on lab shows you how to perform basic tasks in Cloud Storage using the Google Cloud Console. Watch the short video Google Cloud Storage: Massive Scalability Plus More.
Cloud Storage: Qwik Start - CLI/SDK
This hands-on lab shows you how to perform basic tasks in Cloud Storage using the gsutil command-line tool. Watch the short video Google Cloud Storage: Massive Scalability Plus More.
Cloud IAM: Qwik Start
Google Cloud IAM unifies access control for Cloud Platform services into a single system to present a consistent set of operations. Watch the short video Manage Access Control with Google Cloud IAM.
Cloud Monitoring: Qwik Start
This lab shows you how to monitor a Google Compute Engine virtual machine (VM) instance with Cloud Monitoring. Watch the short videos Monitor Health of All Your Cloud Apps with Google Cloud monitoring and Monitor a VM Instance with Cloud monitoring, GCP Essentials.
Cloud Functions: Qwik Start - Console
This hands-on lab shows you how to create and deploy a Cloud Function using the Cloud Platform Console. Watch the short video Connect & Extend GCP Services with Google Cloud Functions.
Cloud Functions: Qwik Start - Command Line
This hands-on lab shows you how to create and deploy a Cloud Function using the Cloud Platform Command Line. Watch the short video Connect & Extend GCP Services with Google Cloud Functions.
Google Cloud Pub/Sub: Qwik Start - Console
This hands-on lab shows you how to publish and consume messages with a pull subscriber, using the Google Cloud Platform Console. Watch the short video Simplify Event Driven Processing with Cloud Pub/Sub.
Google Cloud Pub/Sub: Qwik Start - Command Line
This hands-on lab shows you how to publish and consume messages with a pull subscriber, using the Google Cloud command line. Watch the short video Simplify Event Driven Processing with Cloud Pub/Sub.
Google Cloud Pub/Sub: Qwik Start - Python
In this lab, you learn about Pub/Sub and how to create a topic and subscriber with a Python script, and then publish and view messages. Watch the short video Simplify Event Driven Processing with Cloud Pub/Sub.
Perform Foundational Infrastructure Tasks in Google Cloud: Challenge Lab
This challenge lab tests your skills and knowledge from the labs in the Baseline: Infrastructure quest. You should be familiar with the content of labs before attempting this lab.
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