Expert 10 Steps 9h 30m 76 Credits
In this advanced-level quest, you will learn how you to harness serious GCP power and infrastructure. The hands-on labs will give you use cases, and you will be tasked with implementing scaling practices utilized by Google’s very own Solutions Architecture team. From developing enterprise grade load balancing and autoscaling, to building continuous delivery pipelines, Google Cloud Solutions I: Scaling your Infrastructure will teach you best practices for taking your GCP projects to the next level.
Prerequisites
This Quest expects solid hands-on proficiency with Google Cloud workflows and processes, especially those involving multiple services working together. It is recommended that the student have at least earned a Badge by completing the hands-on labs in the Kubernetes Solutions and Networking in the Google Cloud Quests before beginning. Additional experience with the labs in the Cloud Architecture Quest will also be useful.Quest Outline
Building High Availability and High Bandwidth NAT Gateways
This lab shows you how to set up multiple NAT gateways with Equal Cost Multi-Path (ECMP) routing and autohealing enabled for a resilient and high-bandwidth deployment.
Autoscaling an Instance Group with Stackdriver Custom Metrics
This lab describes how to deploy an autoscaling Compute Engine instance group that is automatically scaled using a custom Stackdriver metric
Customizing Stackdriver Logs for Kubernetes Engine with Fluentd
This lab describes how to customize Stackdriver logging using Fluentd for a Google Kubernetes Engine cluster.
Hello Istio with Kubernetes Engine
Learn how to install and configure Istio, an open source framework for connecting, securing, and managing microservices, on Google Kubernetes Engine. You will also deploy an Istio-enabled multi-service application.
Setting up Jenkins on Kubernetes Engine
This hands-on lab will show you how to set up Jenkins on Google Kubernetes Engine to help orchestrate your software delivery pipeline.
Continuous Delivery Pipelines with Spinnaker and Kubernetes Engine
Create a Kubernetes Engine cluster, deploy an application, and use Spinnaker to continuously deploy the application when changes are made to the application.
Deploying a Fault-Tolerant Microsoft Active Directory Environment
In this Qwiklab, you set up a redundant pair of Windows Domain Controllers (DC) with AD using a new Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network and multiple subnets on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Deploying Memcached on Kubernetes Engine
In this lab you'll learn how to deploy a cluster of distributed Memcached servers on Kubernetes Engine using Kubernetes, Helm, and Mcrouter.
Running Dedicated Game Servers in Google Kubernetes Engine
This lab will show you how to use an expandable architecture for running a real-time, session-based multiplayer dedicated game server using Kubernetes on Google Container Engine.
Distributed Load Testing Using Kubernetes
Lab has instructions to conduct distributed load testing with Kubernetes, which includes a sample web application, Docker image, and Kubernetes controllers/services.
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