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Getting Started with Google Kubernetes Engine
Google Cloud

Getting Started with Google Kubernetes Engine

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Intermediate level
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6 hours (approximately)
Flexible schedule
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What you'll learn

  • Discuss the differences among Google Cloud compute platforms.

  • Discuss the components and architecture of Kubernetes.

  • Identify how Google manages Kubernetes orchestration.

  • Create and manage Google Kubernetes Engine clusters by using the Google Cloud console and gcloud/kubectl commands.

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Intermediate level
Some related experience required
6 hours (approximately)
Flexible schedule
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There are 6 modules in this course

The course introduction explains the course goals and previews each section.

What's included

1 video1 reading

The first section of this course introduces cloud computing concepts. Learners explore fundamental terminology, the Google Cloud network, how Google Cloud resources are organized in an hierarchy for management, and the tools available to connect to Google Cloud for allocating, changing, and releasing resources.

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9 videos1 quiz1 app item

The second section of this course examines software containers and the benefit they bring to application deployment. Learners explore containers and container images, Cloud Build, Kubernetes, and Google Kubernetes Engine.

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6 videos1 quiz1 app item

The third section of this course explores the components of a Kubernetes cluster and how they work together. Learners deploy a Kubernetes cluster by using Google Kubernetes Engine, deploy Pods to a GKE cluster, and view and manage different Kubernetes objects.

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6 videos1 quiz1 app item

The final section of this course introduces the kubectl command, which is the command line utility used to interact with and manage the resources inside Kubernetes clusters. Learners are introduced to the concept of introspection, then get practice deploying Google Kubernetes Engine clusters from Cloud Shell.

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4 videos1 quiz1 app item

The course summary recaps the major concepts learners were introduced to during the course.

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1 video

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