About Course

This two day instructor led class gives participants broad study of networking options on Google Cloud Through a combination of presentations demonstrations and hands on labs participants explore and deploy Google Cloud networking technologies such as Google Virtual Private Cloud VPC networks subnets firewalls interconnection among networks load balancing Cloud DNS Cloud CDN Cloud NAT The course will also cover common network design patterns and automated deployment using Deployment Manager or Terraform

Prerequisite Courses

The Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure course is a prerequisite. This course is included in the on-demand Coursera specialization. Additionally, learners should have prior understanding of the OSI 7-layer model and IPv4 addressing and experience in managing IPv4 routes.

Skills Gained

This course teaches participants the following skills:

• Configure Google VPC networks, subnets, and routers
• Control administrative access to VPC objects
• Control network access to endpoints in VPCs
• Interconnect networks among GCP projects
• Interconnect networks among GCP VPC networks and on-premises or other-cloud networks
• Choose among GCP load balancer and proxy options and configure them
• Use Cloud CDN to reduce latency and save money
• Optimize network spend using Network Tiers
• Deploy networks declaratively using Cloud Deployment Manager
• Design networks to meet common customer requirements
• Configure monitoring and logging to troubleshoot networks problems

Who Can Benefit

This course is intended for the following participants:

• This class is intended for network engineers and network admins that are either using Google Cloud or are planning to do so. The class is also for individuals that want to be exposed to software-defined networking solutions in the cloud.

Course Details

Course Outline

• Recall that networks belong to projects.
• Explain the differences among default, auto, and custom networks.
• Create networks and subnets.
• Explain how IPv4 addresses are assigned to Compute Engine instances.
• Publish domain names using Google Cloud DNS.
• Create Compute Engine instances with IP aliases.
• Create Compute Engine instances with multiple virtual network.

Module 1: Google Cloud VPC Networking Fundamentals

• Outline how IAM policies affect VPC networks.
• Control access to network resources using service accounts.
• Control access to Compute Engine instances with tag-based firewall rules.

• Outline the overall workflow for configuring Shared VPC.
• Differentiate between the IAM roles that allow network resources to be managed.
• Configure peering between unrelated VPC Networks.
• Recall when to use Shared VPC and when to use VPC Network Peering.