10 Terraform courses

Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours Overview VMware vSphere: What's New [V8] https://lms.nhcms.neYou will learn essential Terraform concepts including: Writing Terraform HCL code Deploying into common clouds such as AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, and VMWare Where Terraform fits in the Enterprise CI/CD model Differences between Terraform and Ansible As enterprises seek to deploy and maintain increasingly complex cloud infrastructure, there is a necessity to use ?Infrastructure as Code? (IaC) tools, like Terraform. An open-source, state management tool developed by HashiCorp, Terraform allows developers to use a common coding interface to work through their various clouds safely and efficiently. Attendees will leave being able to write and understand Terraform code (HCL), have a clear understanding of Terraform?s various components and supporting tools, as well as when to reach for Terraform over another IaC tool, such as Ansible. This class prepares you for Terraform Certifcation. UP AND RUNNING WITH TERRAFORM * Terraform Overview * Defining ?declarative? * How to think about Terraform (versus Ansible) * Reviewing the Terraform Configuration * Running the Terraform Configuration * Provisioners SYNTAX * Low Level? HCL syntax * Style Conventions * Comments * Blocks * Arguments * JSON Configuration Syntax RESOURCES * Meta-Arguments depends_on count for_each provider lifecycle Data Sources VARIABLES AND OUTPUT * Input Variables * Output Values * Local Values FUNCTIONS * String * Collection * Numeric * Encoding * Filesystem * Date and Time * Hash and Crypto * IP Network * Type Conversion MODULES * Module Blocks * Module Sources * Meta Arguments TERRAFORM TEMPLATES * templatefile Function * Template Demonstration * Introducing Data Sources * Creating an External Data Source * Building tftpl template files EXPRESSIONS * Types and Values * Strings and Templates * Reference to Values * Operators * Function Calls * Conditionals * For Expressions * Splat Expressions * Dynamic Blocks * Type Constraints * Version Constraints STATE * Understanding the importants of states * state storage and locking * importing existing resources * Remote State * What to do when local state is lost CICD PIPLINES WITH TERRAFORM * Terraform and GitLab pipelines * Terraform and Jenkins pipelines ENTERPRISE CASE STUDIES * Terraform and Docker * Terraform and Kubernetes * Terraform and Amazon AWS * Terraform and Azure * Terraform and VMWare * Understanding how to apply Terraform to your unique infrastructure BEYOND BASICS * Intro to Go Programming * Terraform Cloud * Additional HashiCorp Offerings * Backends * Secrets ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans Terraform 101 training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Terraform 101 course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for Experienced system administrators or network administrators, software and DevOps engineers Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Describe VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer architecture Describe VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer components and main functions Explain VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer key features and benefits Describe and leverage VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer REST API Describe and leverage VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer SDKs with extended focus on Python SDK Leverage REST API and SDK features and functions to provision application delivery components Describe and leverage VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer Ansible and Terraform integrations Describe and leverage VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer Github, Docker (avinetworks/avitools), Ansible Galaxy and other open source resources to accelerate the automation planning and implementation Leverage VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer Ansible and Terraform integrations to provision infrastructure components Leverage VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer Ansible and Terraform integrations to automate and streamline application delivery services provisioning This three-day, fast-paced course provides comprehensive training on how to automate infrastructure and application components of VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi Networks) solution. This course covers key application delivery features of NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi Networks) features and functionality offered in VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer 18.2 release and focuses on how to plan and implement automation of infrastructure and application components leveraging REST API, SDK or automation solutions such as Ansible, Terraform or similar. Access to a software-defined data center environment is provided through hands-on labs to reinforce the skills and concepts presented in the course. COURSE INTRODUCTION * Introductions and course logistics * Course objectives INTRODUCTION TO NSX ADVANCED LOAD BALANCER * Introduce NSX Advanced Load Balancer * Discuss NSX Advanced Load Balancer use cases, and benefits * Explain NSX Advanced Load Balancer architecture and components * Explain the management, control, data, and consumption planes and functions VIRTUAL SERVICES CONFIGURATION CONCEPTS * Explain Virtual Service components * Explain Virtual Service types * Explain and configure basic virtual services components such as Application Profiles, Network Profiles,Pools and Health Monitors POOLS CONFIGURATION CONCEPTS * Explain and deep dive on Pool configuration options * Describe multiple load balancing algorithms * Explain multiple Health Monitor types * Explain multiple Persistent profiles * Explain and configure Pool Groups LEVERAGING NSX ADVANCED LOAD BALANCER REST API * Explain NSX Advanced Load Balancer automation vision * Explain and introduce NSX Advanced Load Balancer REST API * Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer REST API methods and capabilities * Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer REST API session handling properties such authentication, API versioning and tenancy model * Deep dive on NSX Advanced Load Balancer REST API Object Model * Explain and investigate NSX Advanced Load Balancer REST API leveraging browser and command line utilities * Explain and interact with NSX Advanced Load Balancer REST API leveraging browser, Postman and Curl * Explain Swagger-based API Documentation * Explain and leverage NSX Advanced Load Balancer Inventory API * Explain and leverage NSX Advanced Load Balancer methods such as GET, PUT, POST and PATCH and associated queries, filters and parameters * Deep dive on NSX Advanced Load Balancer PATCH method * Explain and leverage NSX Advanced Load Balancer Analytics API * Explain and leverage NSX Advanced Load Balancer MACRO API NSX ADVANCED LOAD BALANCER SOFTWARE-DEFINED KITS (SDKS) AND CONTROLSCRIPTS * Introduce NSX Advanced Load Balancer SDKs * Describe, install and leverage NSX Advanced Load Balancer Python SDK * Deep dive on NSX Advanced Load Balancer Python SDK * Describe and leverage Golang SDK * Leverage NSX Advanced Load Balancer open source resources such as Github, etc to accelerate SDKs adoption * Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer Events and Alerts framework * Introduce ControlScripts foundations * Leverage ControlScripts to automate configuration changes and alerts remediation AUTOMATING NSX ADVANCED LOAD BALANCER APPLICATION DELIVERY SERVICES WITH ANSIBLE AND TERRAFORM * Introduce NSX Advanced Load Balancer Configuration Orchestration and Management vision * Introduce and explain Ansible foundations * Describe Ansible and NSX Advanced Load Balancer Ansible capabilities * Deep dive and implement NSX Advanced Load Balancer Ansible Core configuration modules (avinetworks/avisdk) * Deep dive and implement Ansible NSX Advanced * Load Balancer Declarative configuration role (avinetworks/aviconfig) * Leverage Swagger NSX Advanced Load Balancer REST API models to develop and implement Ansible playbooks * Explain application delivery configuration automation * approach and models * Apply configuration automation models with Ansible * Introduce and explain Terraform foundations * Describe Terraform and NSX Advanced Load Balancer Terraform capabilities * Deep dive and implement NSX Advanced Load Balancer Terraform Provider * Leverage Swagger NSX Advanced Load Balancer REST API models to develop and implement Terraform plans * Apply configuration automation models with Terraform AUTOMATING NSX ADVANCED LOAD BALANCER INFRASTRUCTURE WITH ANSIBLE AND TERRAFORM * Introduce NSX Advanced Load Balancer infrastructure Automation vision * Describe infrastructure deployment approach and capabilities * Describe Ansible and NSX Advanced Load Balancer Ansible Infrastructure deployment approach and capabilities * Describe Terraform and NSX Advanced Load Balancer Terraform deployment approach and capabilities * Leverage Terraform to deploy Controllers and perform system configuration, including control plane cluster setup * Leverage Terraform to provision Cloud, Service Engine Groups and Service Engine components * Describe and leverage Ansible roles to deploy Controllers and perform initial system configuration, including control plane cluster setup * Leverage Ansible declarative and core roles to provision Cloud, Service Engine Groups and Service Engine components * Describe and implement combined Terraform + Ansible model to streamline NSX Advanced Load Balancer solution deployment

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for Experienced system administrators and system integrators responsible for designing and implementing vRealize Automation Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Describe the vRealize Automation architecture and use cases in cloud environments Manage vRealize Automation entities on VMware and third-party virtual and cloud infrastructures Configure and manage Cloud Accounts, Projects, Flavor Mappings, Image Mappings, Network Profiles, Storage Profiles, Volumes, Tags, and Services Create, modify, manage, and deploy Cloud Templates Connect to a Kubernetes Cluster and manage namespaces Customize services and virtual machines with cloudConfig Configure and manage the Service Broker Configure and manage ABX actions, custom properties, event broker subscriptions, and vRealize Orchestrator workflows Integrate with vRealize Orchestrator Install vRealize Automation with Lifecycle Configuration Manager Describe Cloud Automation Services (Cloud Assembly and Code Stream). Integrate Cloud Assembly with Terraform and SaltStack Use logs and CLI commands to monitor and troubleshoot vRealize Automation During this five-day course, you focus on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vRealize© Automation?. You learn about how vRealize Automation can be used to automate the delivery of virtual machines, applications, and personalized IT services across different data centers and hybrid cloud environments. The course covers how to manage both on-premise systems and cloud services. The course covers how vRealize Automation Service Broker can aggregate content in native formats from multiple clouds and platforms into a common catalog. This course also covers interfacing vRealize Automation with other systems using VMware vRealize© Orchestrator? and how to use vRealize Automation to manage Kubernetes systems and leverage other systems. The course also covers integrating with Terraform and using SaltStack as a configuration management tool. COURSE INTRODUCTION * Introductions and course logistics * Course objectives VREALIZE AUTOMATION OVERVIEW AND ARCHITECTURE * Describe the purpose and functionality of vRealize Automation * Describe the vRealize Automation architecture * Describe the use of VMware Workspace ONE© AccessTM * Describe the relationship between Kubernetes clusters, containers, and vRealize Automation services * Describe CLI commands for vRealize Automation 8 cluster management * Describe Cloud Assembly * Describe Service Broker * Describe Code Stream INSTALLING VREALIZE AUTOMATION * List the different vRealize Automation deployment types * Describe the purpose of vRealize easy installer * Describe the vRealize Automation installation process AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORIZATION * Identity the steps involved in integrating Workspace One with Active Directory * Describe features of Workspace One * Describe the user roles available in vRealize Automation * Identify the key tasks performed by each user role * Define custom roles * Configure branding and multitenancy BASIC INITIAL CONFIGURATION * Quickly create a basic configuration with a cloud account, cloud zone, project, flavor mapping, and image mapping. VMWARE CLOUD TEMPLATES * Configure and deploy a basic cloud template * Create cloud templates that can run on any cloud * Use cloudConfig to run commands, install software, and create users * Use YAML for inputs, variables, and conditional deployments TAGS AND STORAGE CONFIGURATION * Configure tags * Describe different types of tags * Manage tags * Configure storage profiles * Use tags and storage profiles INTEGRATING NSX-T DATA CENTER * List the capabilities and use cases of NSX-T Data Center * Describe the NSX-T Data Center architecture and components * Integrate NSX-T Data Center with vRealize Automation * List the supported network profiles in vRealize Automation * Use NSX-T Data Center components to design a multitier application Cloud Template * Identify the network and security options available in design canvas * Create and manage on-demand networks and security groups * Configure NSX-T day 2 actions INTEGRATING WITH PUBLIC CLOUDS * Configure and use VMware Cloud Foundation accounts * Configure and use an AWS cloud account * Configure and use an Azure cloud account * Configure and use a Google Cloud Platform cloud account USING SERVICE BROKER FOR CATALOG MANAGEMENT * Release a VMware Cloud Template? * Define content source and content sharing * Define Service Broker policy enforcement * Use custom forms for catalog items VREALIZE AUTOMATION EXTENSIBILITY * Describe Extensibility * Use event topics * Create a subscription * Call a vRealize Orchestrator workflow * Create ABX actions USING CODE STREAM * Introduction to Code Stream * The CI/CD process * Integrate GitLab with Code Stream and Cloud Assembly * Use Code Stream to install software USING TERRAFORM * Integrate Cloud Assembly with Terraform * Use Terraform with a VMware Cloud Template * Use Terraform with Code Stream USING KUBERNETES CLUSTERS * Introduction to Kubernetes * Connect to an existing Kubernetes Cluster * Integrate VMware Tanzu? Grid Integrated Edition * Create a Supervisor Namespace as a catalog item USING SALTSTACK FOR CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT * Introduction SaltStack with vRealize Automation * Use SaltStack for software deployment * Use SaltStack for configuration management * Use SaltStack with event-driven orchestration VREALIZE AUTOMATION TROUBLESHOOTING AND INTEGRATION * Location of logs * Using Activity * Monitoring deployment history * Basic troubleshooting * CLI commands * Collecting logs (VAMI console) * Integration with VMware vRealize© Log Insight? * Integration with vRealize Operations * Migrating vRealize Automation 7.x to 8

This is a comprehensive course for using HashiCorp Packer in your organization. The course teaches you about using HCL2 to create your Packer templates, the new standard moving forward. Explore the core HashiCorp Packer components and access hands-on labs you can perform in your environment.

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for This class is intended for network engineers and network admins that are either using Google Cloud Platform 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. Overview Configure Google VPC networks, subnets, and routers Control administrative access to VPC objects Control network access to endpoints in VPCsInterconnect 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 TiersConfigure Cloud NAT or Private Google Access to provide instances without public IP addresses access to other services Deploy networks declaratively using Cloud Deployment Manager or Terraform Design networks to meet common customer requirements Configure monitoring and logging to troubleshoot networks problems Learn about the broad variety of networking options on Google Cloud. This course uses lectures, demos, and hands-on labs to help you explore and deploy Google Cloud networking technologies, including Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) networks, subnets, and firewalls; interconnection among networks; load balancing; Cloud DNS; Cloud CDN; and Cloud NAT. You'll also learn about common network design patterns and automated deployment using Cloud Deployment Manager or Terraform. GOOGLE CLOUD VPC NETWORKING FUNDAMENTALS * 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. CONTROLLING ACCESS TO VPC NETWORKS * 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. SHARING NETWORKS ACROSS PROJECTS * 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. LOAD BALANCING * Recall the various load balancing services. * Configure Layer 7 HTTP(S) load balancing. * Whitelist and blacklist IP traffic with Cloud Armor. * Cache content with Cloud CDN. * Explain Layer 4 TCP or SSL proxy load balancing. * Explain regional network load balancing. * Configure internal load balancing. * Recall the choices for enabling IPv6 Internet connectivity for Google Cloud load balancers. * Determine which Google Cloud load balancer to use when. HYBRID CONNECTIVITY * Recall the Google Cloud interconnect and peering services available to connect your infrastructure to Google Cloud. * Explain Dedicated Interconnect and Partner Interconnect. * Describe the workflow for configuring a Dedicated Interconnect. * Build a connection over a VPN with Cloud Router. * Determine which Google Cloud interconnect service to use when. * Explain Direct Peering and Partner Peering. * Determine which Google Cloud peering service to use when. NETWORKING PRICING AND BILLING * Recognize how networking features are charged for. * Use Network Service Tiers to optimize spend. * Determine which Network Service Tier to use when. * Recall that labels can be used to understand networking spend. NETWORK DESIGN AND DEPLOYMENT * Explain common network design patterns. * Configure Private Google Access to allow access to certain Google Cloud services from VM instances with only internal IP addresses. * Configure Cloud NAT to provide your instances without public IP addresses access to the internet. * Automate the deployment of networks using Deployment Manager or Terraform. * Launch networking solutions using Cloud Marketplace. NETWORK MONITORING AND TROUBLESHOOTING * Configure uptime checks, alerting policies and charts for your network services. * Use VPC Flow Logs to log and analyze network traffic behavior.

With this course, you will master all CloudFormation concepts, and become confident in writing CloudFormation templates using YAML. Throughout the course, you will encounter various interesting examples and activities that will help you to consolidate your learning.

Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for The primary audience for this course is as follows: System administrators Technical solutions architects Systems integrators Channel partners Value-added resellers Customer sales engineers DevOps engineers Sales engineers Systems engineers Technical solutions architects Overview Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives: Understand Cisco UCS Management in Cisco Intersight Describe the Cisco UCS Platform including Cisco X-Series Understand Cisco Intersight Workload Optimizer Explain Kubernetes Orchestration with Cisco Intersight Kubernetes Service (IKS) and Cisco UCS Perform Automation Using Cisco Intersight Create Intersight Elements Using Terraform Manage Intersight Using the API Cisco Intersight Overview (DCISO) is a 3-day instructor led course that builds your experience with the administration of Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) X-Series servers, including using Cisco Intersight for UCS management. This course covers architecture, configuration, and operation of Cisco Intersight©, and is designed to serve the needs of engineers seeking to understand the capabilities of Cisco Intersight for managing data centers from a single management platform.This course will help you:Use SaaS or on-prem version of Cisco Intersight to enable IT organizations to analyze, simplify, and automate their environments in more advanced ways than the prior generations of toolsGain hands-on experience using Cisco IntersightUnderstand the X-Series, B-Series, and C-Series product line similarities and differencesDescribe Cisco Intersight and how it can be used to manage UCS and Cisco Hyperflex©Understand the process for upgrading firmware with Cisco IntersightAdministering server profiles, pools, and policies with Cisco IntersightDescribe how to get started with Cisco Intersight programmability COURSE OUTLINE * Describing Cisco UCS Management in Cisco Intersight * Describing the Cisco UCS Platform * Describing Cisco Intersight Workloads * Describing Automation Options Using Cisco Intersight ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans Cisco Intersight Overview (DCISO) training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Cisco Intersight Overview (DCISO) course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for Cloud Solutions Architects, DevOps Engineers. Individuals using Google Cloud Platform to create new solutions or to integrate existing systems, application environments, and infrastructure with a focus on Google Compute Engine. Overview Configure VPC networks and virtual machines Administer Identity and Access Management for resources Implement data storage services in GCP Manage and examine billing of GCP resources Monitor resources using Stackdriver services Connect your infrastructure to GCP Configure load balancers and autoscaling for VM instances Automate the deployment of GCP infrastructure services Leverage managed services in GCP This class introduces participants to the comprehensive and flexible infrastructure and platform services provided by Google Cloud Platform, with a focus on Compute Engine. Through a combination of presentations, demos, and hands-on labs, participants explore and deploy solution elements, including infrastructure components such as networks, systems, and application services. This course also covers deploying practical solutions including securely interconnecting networks, customer-supplied encryption keys, security and access management, quotas and billing, and resource monitoring. INTRODUCTION TO GOOGLE CLOUD PLATFORM * List the different ways of interacting with GCP * Use the GCP Console and Cloud Shell * Create Cloud Storage buckets * Use the GCP Marketplace to deploy solutions VIRTUAL NETWORKS * List the VPC objects in GCP * Differentiate between the different types of VPC networks * Implement VPC networks and firewall rules * Design a maintenance server VIRTUAL MACHINES * Recall the CPU and memory options for virtual machines * Describe the disk options for virtual machines * Explain VM pricing and discounts * Use Compute Engine to create and customize VM instances CLOUD IAM * Describe the Cloud IAM resource hierarchy * Explain the different types of IAM roles * Recall the different types of IAM members * Implement access control for resources using Cloud IAM STORAGE AND DATABASE SERVICES * Differentiate between Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, Cloud Spanner, Cloud Firestore and Cloud Bigtable * Choose a data storage service based on your requirements * Implement data storage services RESOURCE MANAGEMENT * Describe the cloud resource manager hierarchy * Recognize how quotas protect GCP customers * Use labels to organize resources * Explain the behavior of budget alerts in GCP * Examine billing data with BigQuery RESOURCE MONITORING * Describe the Stackdriver services for monitoring, logging, error reporting, tracing, and debugging * Create charts, alerts, and uptime checks for resources with Stackdriver Monitoring * Use Stackdriver Debugger to identify and fix errors INTERCONNECTING NETWORKS * Recall the GCP interconnect and peering services available to connect your infrastructure to GCP * Determine which GCP interconnect or peering service to use in specific circumstances * Create and configure VPN gateways * Recall when to use Shared VPC and when to use VPC Network Peering LOAD BALANCING AND AUTOSCALING * Recall the various load balancing services * Determine which GCP load balancer to use in specific circumstances * Describe autoscaling behavior * Configure load balancers and autoscaling INFRASTRUCTURE AUTOMATION * Automate the deployment of GCP services using Deployment Manager or Terraform * Outline the GCP Marketplace MANAGED SERVICES * Describe the managed services for data processing in GCP ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans Architecting with Google Compute Engine training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Architecting with Google Compute Engine course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for Cloud Solutions Architects, Site Reliability Engineers, Systems Operations professionals, DevOps Engineers, IT managers. Individuals using Google Cloud Platform to create new solutions or to integrate existing systems, application environments, and infrastructure with the Google Cloud Platform. Overview Apply a tool set of questions, techniques and design considerations Define application requirements and express them objectively as KPIs, SLO's and SLI's Decompose application requirements to find the right microservice boundaries Leverage Google Cloud developer tools to set up modern, automated deployment pipelines Choose the appropriate Google Cloud Storage services based on application requirements Architect cloud and hybrid networks Implement reliable, scalable, resilient applications balancing key performance metrics with cost Choose the right Google Cloud deployment services for your applications Secure cloud applications, data and infrastructure Monitor service level objectives and costs using Stackdriver tools This course features a combination of lectures, design activities, and hands-on labs to show you how to use proven design patterns on Google Cloud to build highly reliable and efficient solutions and operate deployments that are highly available and cost-effective. This course was created for those who have already completed the Architecting with Google Compute Engine or Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine course. DEFINING THE SERVICE * Describe users in terms of roles and personas. * Write qualitative requirements with user stories. * Write quantitative requirements using key performance indicators (KPIs). * Evaluate KPIs using SLOs and SLIs. * Determine the quality of application requirements using SMART criteria. MICROSERVICE DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE * Decompose monolithic applications into microservices. * Recognize appropriate microservice boundaries. * Architect stateful and stateless services to optimize scalability and reliability. * Implement services using 12-factor best practices. * Build loosely coupled services by implementing a well-designed REST architecture. * Design consistent, standard RESTful service APIs. DEVOPS AUTOMATION * Automate service deployment using CI/CD pipelines. * Leverage Cloud Source Repositories for source and version control. * Automate builds with Cloud Build and build triggers. * Manage container images with Google Container Registry. * Create infrastructure with code using Deployment Manager and Terraform. CHOOSING STORAGE SOLUTIONS * Choose the appropriate Google Cloud data storage service based on use case, durability, availability, scalability and cost. * Store binary data with Cloud Storage. * Store relational data using Cloud SQL and Spanner. * Store NoSQL data using Firestore and Cloud Bigtable. * Cache data for fast access using Memorystore. * Build a data warehouse using BigQuery. GOOGLE CLOUD AND HYBRID NETWORK ARCHITECTURE * Design VPC networks to optimize for cost, security, and performance. * Configure global and regional load balancers to provide access to services. * Leverage Cloud CDN to provide lower latency and decrease network egress. * Evaluate network architecture using the Cloud Network Intelligence Center. * Connect networks using peering and VPNs. * Create hybrid networks between Google Cloud and on-premises data centers using Cloud Interconnect. DEPLOYING APPLICATIONS TO GOOGLE CLOUD * Choose the appropriate Google Cloud deployment service for your applications. * Configure scalable, resilient infrastructure using Instance Templates and Groups. * Orchestrate microservice deployments using Kubernetes and GKE. * Leverage App Engine for a completely automated platform as a service (PaaS). * Create serverless applications using Cloud Functions. DESIGNING RELIABLE SYSTEMS * Design services to meet requirements for availability, durability, and scalability. * Implement fault-tolerant systems by avoiding single points of failure, correlated failures, and cascading failures. * Avoid overload failures with the circuit breaker and truncated exponential backoff design patterns. * Design resilient data storage with lazy deletion. * Analyze disaster scenarios and plan for disaster recovery using cost/risk analysis. SECURITY * Design secure systems using best practices like separation of concerns, principle of least privilege, and regular audits. * Leverage Cloud Security Command Center to help identify vulnerabilities. * Simplify cloud governance using organizational policies and folders. * Secure people using IAM roles, Identity-Aware Proxy, and Identity Platform. * Manage the access and authorization of resources by machines and processes using service accounts. * Secure networks with private IPs, firewalls, and Private Google Access. * Mitigate DDoS attacks by leveraging Cloud DNS and Cloud Armor. MAINTENANCE AND MONITORING * Manage new service versions using rolling updates, blue/green deployments, and canary releases. * Forecast, monitor, and optimize service cost using the Google Cloud pricing calculator and billing reports and by analyzing billing data. * Observe whether your services are meeting their SLOs using Cloud Monitoring and Dashboards. * Use Uptime Checks to determine service availability. * Respond to service outages using Cloud Monitoring Alerts. ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans Architecting with Google Cloud: Design and Process training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Architecting with Google Cloud: Design and Process course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

This comprehensive course covers 100% of the HashiCorp Vault Operations Professional exam content through engaging lectures, demos, and hands-on exercises. With access to our exclusive hands-on labs, you can practice configuring Vault in real-world scenarios. This course covers both Vault Open-Source and Vault Enterprise features and includes an exam-like quiz for each exam objective.