Professional Google Cloud Architect exam Documentation Resources

Workbook extra resources

Part 1

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  Google Cloud Architecture Framework system design
  
  
  
  
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    SiTe reliability engineering book recommendations
    1.3 Designing network, storage, and compute resources
  
  
  
  
  
  



• Choose and manage Compute Frameworks



• Decide the network design for your Google Cloud landing zone



• Design an optimal storage strategy for your cloud workload



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  Google Cloud Documentation
  1.4 Creating a Migration plan



• Migrate for Anthos and GKE



• Migration resources



• Migrate workloads to the public cloud: an essential guide & checklist



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  Application migration
  1.5 Envisioning future solution improvements



• Twelve-factor app development on Google Cloud

Part 2 - Managing and provisioning a solution infrastructure

• VPC Networks


• Choosing a Network Connectivity product


• Cloud VPN Overview


• Best practices for Cloud Interconnect


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  Options for connecting to multiple VPC networks
  2.2. Configuring individual storage systems


• Design an optimal storage strategy for your cloud workload


• Best practices for Cloud Storage


• Filestore Service tiers


• Compute Engine Storage options


• Cloud Storage options


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  A map of storage options in Google Cloud
  2.3 Configuring compute systems


• Choose a Compute Engine deployment strategy for your workload


• Google Kubernetes Engine documentation


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  General development tips - Cloud Run docs [[Cloud Run]]


• Choosing the right compute option in GCP: a decision tree


• Google Kubernetes Engine vs Cloud Run: Which should you use?

Part 3 - Designing for security and compliance

3.1 Designing for security

• Google Cloud Architecture Framework: Security, privacy, and compliance


• Using resource hierarchy for access control


• # SRE Engagement Model


• Service accounts | Compute Engine Documentation | Google Cloud Google Cloud Armor overview


• Private clusters| Kubernetes Engine Documentation | Google Cloud


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  Understanding IAM custom roles | IAM Documentation | Google Cloud
  3.2 Designing for compliance


• Manage compliance obligations | Architecture Framework | Google Cloud


• Cloud Compliance & Regulations Resources


• Assuring Compliance in the Cloud


• Security Command Center | Google Cloud

Part 4 - Analyzing and optimizing technical and business processes

• Securing the software development lifecycle with Cloud Build and SLSA


• CI/CD with Google Cloud


• Site Reliability Engineering


• DevOps tech: Continuous testing | Google Cloud


• Application deployment and testing strategies | Cloud Architecture Center


• Chapter 17 - Testing for Reliability


• Service Catalog documentation | Google Cloud


• What is Disaster Recovery? | Google Cloud


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  API design guide
  4.3 Developing procedures to ensure reliability of solutions in production


• Site Reliability Engineering


• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) | Google Cloud


• Patterns for scalable and resilient apps | Cloud Architecture Center


• How to achieve a resilient IT strategy with Google Cloud


• Patterns for scalable and resilient apps | Cloud Architecture Center


• Disaster recovery planning guide | Cloud Architecture Center

Extra links in this section:

• https://cloud.google.com/sre#section-6
  


• https://cloud.google.com/architecture/scalable-and-resilient-apps


• https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/inside-google-cloud/rethinking-business-resilience-with-google-cloud


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  https://cloud.google.com/architecture/scalable-and-resilient-apps#test_your_resilience


• https://cloud.google.com/architecture/dr-scenarios-planning-guide

Part 5 - Managing implementation

5.1. Advising development/operation team(s) to ensure successful deployment of the solution

• Cloud Reference Architectures and Diagrams | Cloud Architecture Center


• What is DevOps? Research and Solutions | Google Cloud


• Develop and deliver apps with Cloud Code, Cloud Build, Google Cloud Deploy, and GKE | Cloud Architecture Center


• Google Cloud API design tips


• DevOps tech: Continuous testing | Google Cloud


• DevOps tech: Test data management | Google Cloud


• Testing Overview | Cloud Functions Documentation


• Database Migration Service | Google Cloud


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  Cloud migration Products and services
  5.2. Interacting with Google Cloud programmatically


• gcloud CLI overview | Google Cloud CLI Documentation


• How Cloud Shell works


• Google Cloud APIs


• Testing apps locally with the emulator | Pub/Sub Documentation


• Connect your app and start prototyping | Firebase Documentation


• Use the emulator | Bigtable Documentation


• Using the Spanner Emulator

Part 6: Ensuring solution and operations reliability

6.1 - 6.4 Ensuring solution and operations reliability

• Observability in Google Cloud


• Google Cloud's Observability


• Modernize software delivery


• Cloud Deploy documentation


• Measure your SLOs