Get quick hands-on experience with Google Cloud. This cookbook provides a variety of self-contained recipes that show you how to use Google Cloud services for your enterprise application. Whether you're looking for practical ways to apply microservices, AI, analytics, security, or networking solutions, these recipes take you step-by-step through the process and provide discussions that explain how and why the recipes work. Ideal for system engineers and administrators, developers, network and database administrators, and data analysts, this cookbook helps you get started with Google Cloud regardless of your level of experience. Google veterans Rui Costa and Drew Hodun also cover advanced-level Google Cloud services for those who have appreciable experience with the platform. Learn how to get started with Google Cloud Understand the depth of services Google Cloud provides Gain hands-on experience using practical examples and labs Explore topics that include BigQuery, Cloud Run, and Kubernetes Build and run mobile and web applications on Google Cloud Examine ways to build your cloud applications for scale Build a minimum viable product (MVP) app to use in production Learn data platform and pipeline skills

Practical recipes to implement cost-effective and scalable cloud solutions for your organization Key Features Implement Google Cloud services in your organization Leverage Google Cloud components to secure your organization’s data A recipe-based guide that promises hands-on experience in deploying a highly scalable and available environment Book Description Google Cloud Platform is a cloud computing platform that offers products and services to host applications using state-of-the art infrastructure and technology. You can build and host applications and websites, store data, and analyze data on Google's scalable infrastructure. This book follows a recipe-based approach, giving you hands-on experience to make the most of Google Cloud services. This book starts with practical recipes that explain how to utilize Google Cloud's common services. Then, you'll see how to make full use of Google Cloud components such as networking, security, management, and developer tools. Next, we'll deep dive into implementing core Google Cloud services into your organization, with practical recipes on App Engine, Compute Engine microservices with Cloud Functions, virtual networks, and Cloud Storage. Later, we'll provide recipes on implementing authentication and security, Cloud APIs, command-line management, deployment management, and the Cloud SDK. Finally, we'll cover administration troubleshooting tasks with the Compute and Container Engines and we'll show how to monitor your organization's efficiency with best practices. By the end of this book, you'll have a complete understanding of how to implement Google Cloud services in your organization with ease. What you will learn Host a Python application on Google Compute Engine Host an application using Google Cloud Functions Migrate a MySQL DB to Cloud Spanner Configure a network for a highly available application on GCP Learn simple image processing using Storage and Cloud Functions Automate security checks using Policy Scanner Understand tools for monitoring a production environment in GCP Learn to manage multiple projects using service accounts Who this book is for This book is for IT professionals, engineers, and developers looking at implementing Google Cloud in their organizations. Administrators and architects planning to make their organization more efficient with Google Cloud will also find this book useful. Basic understanding of Cloud services and the Google Cloud platform is necessary.

Practical recipes to implement cost-effective and scalable cloud solutions for your organization Key Features Implement Google Cloud services in your organization Leverage Google Cloud components to secure your organization’s data A recipe-based guide that promises hands-on experience in deploying a highly scalable and available environment Book Description Google Cloud Platform is a cloud computing platform that offers products and services to host applications using state-of-the art infrastructure and technology. You can build and host applications and websites, store data, and analyze data on Google's scalable infrastructure. This book follows a recipe-based approach, giving you hands-on experience to make the most of Google Cloud services. This book starts with practical recipes that explain how to utilize Google Cloud's common services. Then, you'll see how to make full use of Google Cloud components such as networking, security, management, and developer tools. Next, we'll deep dive into implementing core Google Cloud services into your organization, with practical recipes on App Engine, Compute Engine microservices with Cloud Functions, virtual networks, and Cloud Storage. Later, we'll provide recipes on implementing authentication and security, Cloud APIs, command-line management, deployment management, and the Cloud SDK. Finally, we'll cover administration troubleshooting tasks with the Compute and Container Engines and we'll show how to monitor your organization's efficiency with best practices. By the end of this book, you'll have a complete understanding of how to implement Google Cloud services in your organization with ease. What you will learn Host a Python application on Google Compute Engine Host an application using Google Cloud Functions Migrate a MySQL DB to Cloud Spanner Configure a network for a highly available application on GCP Learn simple image processing using Storage and Cloud Functions Automate security checks using Policy Scanner Understand tools for monitoring a production environment in GCP Learn to manage multiple projects using service accounts Who this book is for This book is for IT professionals, engineers, and developers looking at implementing Google Cloud in their organizations. Administrators and architects planning to make their organization more efficient with Google Cloud will also find this book useful. Basic understanding of Cloud services and the Google Cloud platform is necessary.

Summary Google Cloud Platform in Action teaches you to build and launch applications that scale, leveraging the many services on GCP to move faster than ever. You'll learn how to choose exactly the services that best suit your needs, and you'll be able to build applications that run on Google Cloud Platform and start more quickly, suffer fewer disasters, and require less maintenance. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the Technology Thousands of developers worldwide trust Google Cloud Platform, and for good reason. With GCP, you can host your applications on the same infrastructure that powers Search, Maps, and the other Google tools you use daily. You get rock-solid reliability, an incredible array of prebuilt services, and a cost-effective, pay-only-for-what-you-use model. This book gets you started. About the Book Google Cloud Platform in Action teaches you how to deploy scalable cloud applications on GCP. Author and Google software engineer JJ Geewax is your guide as you try everything from hosting a simple WordPress web app to commanding cloud-based AI services for computer vision and natural language processing. Along the way, you'll discover how to maximize cloud-based data storage, roll out serverless applications with Cloud Functions, and manage containers with Kubernetes. Broad, deep, and complete, this authoritative book has everything you need. What's inside The many varieties of cloud storage and computing How to make cost-effective choices Hands-on code examples Cloud-based machine learning About the Reader Written for intermediate developers. No prior cloud or GCP experience required. About the Author JJ Geewax is a software engineer at Google, focusing on Google Cloud Platform and API design. Table of Contents PART 1 - GETTING STARTED What is "cloud"? Trying it out: deploying WordPress on Google Cloud The cloud data center PART 2 - STORAGE Cloud SQL: managed relational storage Cloud Datastore: document storage Cloud Spanner: large-scale SQL Cloud Bigtable: large-scale structured data Cloud Storage: object storage PART 3 - COMPUTING Compute Engine: virtual machines Kubernetes Engine: managed Kubernetes clusters App Engine: fully managed applications Cloud Functions: serverless applications Cloud DNS: managed DNS hosting PART 4 - MACHINE LEARNING Cloud Vision: image recognition Cloud Natural Language: text analysis Cloud Speech: audio-to-text conversion Cloud Translation: multilanguage machine translation Cloud Machine Learning Engine: managed machine learning PART 5 - DATA PROCESSING AND ANALYTICS BigQuery: highly scalable data warehouse Cloud Dataflow: large-scale data processing Cloud Pub/Sub: managed event publishing

Google Cloud is growing quickly as companies increasingly adopt multi-cloud strategies. It was once again named a Leader in the 2019 Gartner Infrastructure as a Service Magic Quadrant, and demand for people with Google Cloud skills is running high. To meet this demand and help organizations identify knowledgeable talent, Google has created their Associate Cloud Engineer certification. This book is designed to give students the solid foundation of GCP capability that they will need to later build toward the Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect (PCA) certification--which was recently named as 2019's top-paying IT certification. This book will prepare you to: Set-up and configure Google Cloud accounts using best practices. Use GCP services like Cloud Storage, Compute Engine, and Kubernetes Engine in your everyday work. Pass the GCP Associate Cloud Engineer certification exam. Who this book is for: Sysadmins or other individuals who want to learn how to configure and manage Google Cloud systems and demonstrate those abilities through certification. Developers who want to leverage Google Cloud for the applications they build. Architects and technical managers who want to get hands-on and "stay honest" with the technology.

Explore the Essential Concepts, Tools, and Services in GCP KEY FEATURES ● Build a solid foundation of the Google Cloud Platform. ● Work with different AI and Machine Learning services offered by Google Cloud. ● Learn how to use Google cloud services to build scalable apps. DESCRIPTION Google Cloud platform has a suite of cloud computing services for developing and maintaining software. It includes products like Google Compute Engine, Google App Engine, Google Cloud Storage, and Google Container Engine. With so much to offer, we will learn how to manage services running on Google Cloud. ‘Google Cloud Platform All-In-One Guide’ is primarily for everyone who wants to get familiar with the comprehensive list of services in GCP. You will work with various cloud-based services in computing, storage, database, and networking domains. You will understand how Big Data services can be used for developing end-to-end ETL/ELT pipelines. Lastly, you will explore various APIs available in Google cloud. The book ends with a chapter on best practices that will help you maximize resource utilization and cost optimization. By the end of the book, you will be able to design, develop, and deploy apps in GCP. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN ● Explore and work with security and monitoring services in Google Cloud. ● Learn how to build an ETL Pipeline in the Google Cloud Platform. ● Build and deploy code-based custom models using Vertex AI and Jupyter notebook. ● Learn how to create workflows using GCP services. ● Get an overview of best practices for securely deploying your workloads on Google Cloud. WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR This book is for everyone new to cloud computing or Google cloud. Cloud professionals who are looking to migrate their services to the Google cloud platform will find this book helpful. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Cloud Computing Fundamentals 2. Compute in Google Cloud 3. Storage in Google Cloud 4. Database Services in Google Cloud 5. Networking in Google Cloud 6. Security and Monitoring Services in Google Cloud 7. Big Data in Google Cloud 8. AI/ML in Google Cloud 9. Orchestration Services in GCP 10. Migration Services in GCP 11. Best Practices 12. Bonus Chapter 13. Use Cases

The Only Official Google Cloud Study Guide The Official Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer Study Guide, provides everything you need to prepare for this important exam and master the skills necessary to land that coveted Google Cloud Engineering certification. Beginning with a pre-book assessment quiz to evaluate what you know before you begin, each chapter features exam objectives and review questions, plus the online learning environment includes additional complete practice tests. Written by Dan Sullivan, a popular and experienced online course author for machine learning, big data, and Cloud topics, Official Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer Study Guide is your ace in the hole for deploying and managing Google Cloud Services. • Select the right Google service from the various choices based on the application to be built • Compute with Cloud VMs and managing VMs • Plan and deploying storage • Network and configure access and security Google Cloud Platform is a leading public cloud that provides its users to many of the same software, hardware, and networking infrastructure used to power Google services. Businesses, organizations, and individuals can launch servers in minutes, store petabytes of data, and implement global virtual clouds with the Google Cloud Platform. Certified Associate Cloud Engineers have demonstrated the knowledge and skills needed to deploy and operate infrastructure, services, and networks in the Google Cloud. This exam guide is designed to help you understand the Google Cloud Platform in depth so that you can meet the needs of those operating resources in the Google Cloud.