Building Google Cloud Platform Solutions


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Build cost-effective and robust cloud solutions with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using these simple and practical recipes Key FeaturesExplore the various service offerings of the GCPHost a Python application on Google Compute EngineSecurely maintain application states with Cloud Storage, Datastore, and BigtableBook Description GCP is a cloud computing platform with a wide range of products and services that enable you to build and deploy cloud-hosted applications. This Learning Path will guide you in using GCP and designing, deploying, and managing applications on Google Cloud. You will get started by learning how to use App Engine to access Google's scalable hosting and build software that runs on this framework. With the help of Google Compute Engine, you’ll be able to host your workload on virtual machine instances. The later chapters will help you to explore ways to implement authentication and security, Cloud APIs, and command-line and deployment management. As you hone your skills, you’ll understand how to integrate your new applications with various data solutions on GCP, including Cloud SQL, Bigtable, and Cloud Storage. Following this, the book will teach you how to streamline your workflow with tools, including Source Repositories, Container Builder, and Stackdriver. You'll also understand how to deploy and debug services with IntelliJ, implement continuous delivery pipelines, and configure robust monitoring and alerts for your production systems. By the end of this Learning Path, you'll be well versed with GCP’s development tools and be able to develop, deploy, and manage highly scalable and reliable applications. This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products: Google Cloud Platform for Developers Ted Hunter and Steven PorterGoogle Cloud Platform Cookbook by Legorie Rajan PSWhat you will learnHost an application using Google Cloud FunctionsMigrate a MySQL database to Cloud SpannerConfigure a network for a highly available application on GCPLearn simple image processing using Storage and Cloud FunctionsAutomate security checks using Policy ScannerDeploy and run services on App Engine and Container EngineMinimize downtime and mitigate issues with Stackdriver Monitoring and DebuggerIntegrate with big data solutions, including BigQuery, Dataflow, and Pub/SubWho this book is for This Learning Path is for IT professionals, engineers, and developers who want to implement Google Cloud in their organizations. Administrators and architects planning to make their organization more efficient with Google Cloud will also find this Learning Path useful. Basic understanding of GCP and its services is a must.




Building Cloud Data Platforms Solutions


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"Building Cloud Data Platforms Solutions: An End-to-End Guide for Designing, Implementing, and Managing Robust Data Solutions in the Cloud" comprehensively covers a wide range of topics related to building data platforms in the cloud. This book provides a deep exploration of the essential concepts, strategies, and best practices involved in designing, implementing, and managing end-to-end data solutions. The book begins by introducing the fundamental principles and benefits of cloud computing, with a specific focus on its impact on data management and analytics. It covers various cloud services and architectures, enabling readers to understand the foundation upon which cloud data platforms are built. Next, the book dives into key considerations for building cloud data solutions, aligning business needs with cloud data strategies, and ensuring scalability, security, and compliance. It explores the process of data ingestion, discussing various techniques for acquiring and ingesting data from different sources into the cloud platform. The book then delves into data storage and management in the cloud. It covers different storage options, such as data lakes and data warehouses, and discusses strategies for organizing and optimizing data storage to facilitate efficient data processing and analytics. It also addresses data governance, data quality, and data integration techniques to ensure data integrity and consistency across the platform. A significant portion of the book is dedicated to data processing and analytics in the cloud. It explores modern data processing frameworks and technologies, such as Apache Spark and serverless computing, and provides practical guidance on implementing scalable and efficient data processing pipelines. The book also covers advanced analytics techniques, including machine learning and AI, and demonstrates how these can be integrated into the data platform to unlock valuable insights. Furthermore, the book addresses an aspects of data platform monitoring, security, and performance optimization. It explores techniques for monitoring data pipelines, ensuring data security, and optimizing performance to meet the demands of real-time data processing and analytics. Throughout the book, real-world examples, case studies, and best practices are provided to illustrate the concepts discussed. This helps readers apply the knowledge gained to their own data platform projects.




Building Machine Learning and Deep Learning Models on Google Cloud Platform


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Take a systematic approach to understanding the fundamentals of machine learning and deep learning from the ground up and how they are applied in practice. You will use this comprehensive guide for building and deploying learning models to address complex use cases while leveraging the computational resources of Google Cloud Platform. Author Ekaba Bisong shows you how machine learning tools and techniques are used to predict or classify events based on a set of interactions between variables known as features or attributes in a particular dataset. He teaches you how deep learning extends the machine learning algorithm of neural networks to learn complex tasks that are difficult for computers to perform, such as recognizing faces and understanding languages. And you will know how to leverage cloud computing to accelerate data science and machine learning deployments. Building Machine Learning and Deep Learning Models on Google Cloud Platform is divided into eight parts that cover the fundamentals of machine learning and deep learning, the concept of data science and cloud services, programming for data science using the Python stack, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure and products, advanced analytics on GCP, and deploying end-to-end machine learning solution pipelines on GCP. What You’ll Learn Understand the principles and fundamentals of machine learning and deep learning, the algorithms, how to use them, when to use them, and how to interpret your resultsKnow the programming concepts relevant to machine and deep learning design and development using the Python stack Build and interpret machine and deep learning models Use Google Cloud Platform tools and services to develop and deploy large-scale machine learning and deep learning products Be aware of the different facets and design choices to consider when modeling a learning problem Productionalize machine learning models into software products Who This Book Is For Beginners to the practice of data science and applied machine learning, data scientists at all levels, machine learning engineers, Google Cloud Platform data engineers/architects, and software developers




Google Cloud Platform for Developers


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Develop, deploy, and scale your applications with Google Cloud Platform Key Features Create and deploy your applications on Google Cloud Platform Store and manage source code and debug Cloud-hosted apps with plugins and IDEs Streamline developer workflows with tools for alerting and managing deployments Book Description Google Cloud Platform (GCP) provides autoscaling compute power and distributed in-memory cache, task queues, and datastores to write, build, and deploy Cloud-hosted applications. With Google Cloud Platform for Developers, you will be able to develop and deploy scalable applications from scratch and make them globally available in almost any language. This book will guide you in designing, deploying, and managing applications running on Google Cloud. You’ll start with App Engine and move on to work with Container Engine, compute engine, and cloud functions. You’ll learn how to integrate your new applications with the various data solutions on GCP, including Cloud SQL, Bigtable, and Cloud Storage. This book will teach you how to streamline your workflow with tools such as Source Repositories, Container Builder, and StackDriver. Along the way, you’ll see how to deploy and debug services with IntelliJ, implement continuous delivery pipelines, and configure robust monitoring and alerting for your production systems. By the end of this book, you’ll be well-versed with all the development tools of Google Cloud Platform, and you’ll develop, deploy, and manage highly scalable and reliable applications. What you will learn Understand the various service offerings on GCP Deploy and run services on managed platforms such as App Engine and Container Engine Securely maintain application states with Cloud Storage, Datastore, and Bigtable Leverage StackDriver monitoring and debugging to minimize downtime and mitigate issues without impacting users Design and implement complex software solutions utilizing Google Cloud Integrate with best-in-class big data solutions such as Bigquery, Dataflow, and Pub/Sub Who this book is for Google Cloud Platform for Developers is for application developers. This book will enable you to fully leverage the power of Google Cloud Platform to build resilient and intelligent software solutions.




Data Analytics with Google Cloud Platform


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Step-by-step guide to different data movement and processing techniques, using Google Cloud Platform Services DESCRIPTION Modern businesses are awash with data, making data-driven decision-making tasks increasingly complex. As a result, relevant technical expertise and analytical skills are required to do such tasks. This book aims to equip you with enough knowledge of Cloud Computing in conjunction with Google Cloud Data platform to succeed in the role of a Cloud data expert. The current market is trending towards the latest cloud technologies, which is the need of the hour. Google being the pioneer, is dominating this space with the right set of cloud services being offered as part of GCP (Google Cloud Platform). At this juncture, this book will be very vital and will cover all the services that are being offered by GCP, putting emphasis on Data services. This book starts with sophisticated knowledge on Cloud Computing. It also explains different types of data services/technology and machine learning algorithm/Pre-Trained API through real-business problems, which are built on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). With some of the latest business examples and hands-on guide, this book will enable the developers entering the data analytics fields to implement an end-to-end data pipeline, using GCP Data services. Through the course of the book, you will come across multiple industry-wise use cases, like Building Datawarehouse using Big Query, a sample real-time data analytics solution on machine learning and Artificial Intelligence that helped with the business decision, by employing a variety of data science approaches on Google Cloud environment. Whether yourÊbusinessÊis at the early stage of cloud implementation in its journey or well on its way to digital transformation,ÊGoogle Cloud'sÊsolutions and technologies will always help chart a path to success. This book can be used to develop the GCP concepts in an easy way. It contains many examples showcasing the implementation of a GCP service. It enables the learning of the basic and advance concepts of Google Cloud Data Platform. This book is divided into 7 chapters and provides a detailed description of the core concepts of each of the Data services offered by Google Cloud. KEY FEATURES Learn the basic concept of Cloud Computing along with different Cloud service provides with their supported Models (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS) Learn the basics of Compute Engine, App Engine, Container Engine, Project and Billing setup in the Google Cloud Platform Learn how and when to use Cloud DataFlow, Cloud DataProc and Cloud DataPrepÊ Build real-time data pipeline to support real-time analytics using Pub/Sub messaging service Setting up a fully managed GCP Big Data Cluster using Cloud DataProc for runningÊApache SparkÊandÊApache HadoopÊclusters in a simpler, more cost-efficient manner Learn how to use Cloud Data Studio for visualizing the data on top of Big Query Implement and understand real-world business scenarios for Machine Learning, Data Pipeline Engineering WHAT WILL YOU LEARN By the end of the book, you will have come across different data services and platforms offered by Google Cloud, and how those services/features can be enabled to serve business needs. You will also see a few case studies to put your knowledge to practice and solve business problems such as building a real-time streaming pipeline engine, Scalable Data Warehouse on Cloud, fully managed Hadoop cluster on Cloud and enabling TensorFlow/Machine Learning APIÕs to support real-life business problems. Remember to practice additional examples to master these techniques. WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR This book is for professionals as well as graduates who want to build a career in Google Cloud data analytics technologies. While no prior knowledge of Cloud Computing or related technologies is assumed, it will be helpful to have some data background and experience. One stop shop for those who wish to get an initial to advance understanding of the GCP data platform. The target audience will be data engineers/professionals who are new, as well as those who are acquainted with the tools and techniques related to cloud and data space.ÊÊ _Ê Ê Ê Individuals who have basic data understanding (i.e. Data and cloud) and have done some work in the field ofÊ data analytics, can refer/use this book to master their knowledge/understanding. _Ê Ê Ê The highlight of this book is that it will start with theÊ basic cloud computing fundamentals and will move on to cover the advance concepts on GCP cloud data analytics and hence can be referred across multiple different levels of audiences.Ê Table of Contents 1. GCP Overview and Architecture 2. Data Storage in GCPÊ 3. Data Processing in GCP with Pub/Sub and DataflowÊ 4. Data Processing in GCP with DataPrep and Dataflow 5. Big Query and Data Studio 6. Machine Learning with GCP 7. Sample Use cases and Examples




Google Certification Guide - Google Associate Cloud Engineer


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Google Certification Guide - Google Associate Cloud Engineer Embark on Your Cloud Engineering Journey with Google Cloud Begin your path to becoming a Google Associate Cloud Engineer with this comprehensive guide. Designed to provide a clear and concise pathway for professionals and enthusiasts alike, this book demystifies the complexities of Google Cloud, preparing you to excel in the certification exam and beyond. What’s Inside: Fundamental Google Cloud Concepts: Gain a solid understanding of core Google Cloud services, from computing and storage to networking and security. Practical Application: Learn through real-world scenarios and hands-on examples that illustrate effective use of Google Cloud services in diverse environments. Focused Exam Preparation: Detailed insights into the structure and content of the Google Associate Cloud Engineer certification exam, enhanced with practice questions and study tips. Current and Comprehensive: Stay up-to-date with the latest Google Cloud features and industry best practices, ensuring your knowledge is relevant in today’s cloud landscape. Expertly Crafted by a Cloud Professional Written by a seasoned cloud engineer with extensive experience in Google Cloud technologies, this guide blends practical knowledge with insightful tips and tricks, offering a well-rounded approach to cloud engineering. Your Comprehensive Guide to Google Cloud Certification Whether you're starting your career in cloud computing or an experienced professional seeking to validate your Google Cloud skills, this book is an invaluable resource, guiding you through the nuances of Google Cloud and preparing you for the Associate Cloud Engineer exam. Elevate Your Cloud Engineering Skills Move beyond theoretical knowledge and dive into the practical aspects of Google Cloud. This guide is more than a certification prep book; it's your roadmap to achieving proficiency in Google Cloud engineering. Begin Your Google Cloud Journey Step into the role of a Google Associate Cloud Engineer with confidence. This guide is your first step toward mastering Google Cloud technologies and forging a successful career in the dynamic world of cloud computing. © 2023 Cybellium Ltd. All rights reserved. www.cybellium.com




Hands-On Serverless Computing


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Deploy functions efficiently using different cloud-based serverless offerings Key Features Understand the concept of Function-as-a-Service Implement Serverless solutions using AWS Lambda, Azure Functions and Google Cloud Functions Practical approach towards choosing the best tool for your serverless environment Book Description Serverless applications and architectures are gaining momentum and are increasingly being used by companies of all sizes. Serverless software takes care of many problems that developers face when running systems and servers, such as fault tolerance, centralized logging, horizontal scalability, and deployments. You will learn how to harness serverless technology to rapidly reduce production time and minimize your costs, while still having the freedom to customize your code, without hindering functionality. Upon finishing the book, you will have the knowledge and resources to build your own serverless application hosted in AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform, and will have experienced the benefits of event-driven technology for yourself. This hands-on guide dives into the basis of serverless architectures and how to build them using Node.js as a programming language, Visual Studio Code for code editing, and Postman for quickly and securely developing applications without the hassle of configuring and maintaining infrastructure on three public cloud platforms. What you will learn Understand the benefts of serverless computing and know when to use it Develop serverless applications on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Get to grips with Function as a Service (FaaS) Apply triggers to serverless functions Build event-driven apps using serverless frameworks Use the Node.js programming language to build serverless apps Use code editors, such as Visual Studio Code, as development environments Master the best development practices for creating scalable and practical solutions Who this book is for This book is targeted towards developers, system administrators or any stakeholder working in the Serverless environment and want to understand how functions work. Basic idea of serverless architecture can be an added advantage




Data Engineering with Google Cloud Platform


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Build and deploy your own data pipelines on GCP, make key architectural decisions, and gain the confidence to boost your career as a data engineer Key Features Understand data engineering concepts, the role of a data engineer, and the benefits of using GCP for building your solution Learn how to use the various GCP products to ingest, consume, and transform data and orchestrate pipelines Discover tips to prepare for and pass the Professional Data Engineer exam Book DescriptionWith this book, you'll understand how the highly scalable Google Cloud Platform (GCP) enables data engineers to create end-to-end data pipelines right from storing and processing data and workflow orchestration to presenting data through visualization dashboards. Starting with a quick overview of the fundamental concepts of data engineering, you'll learn the various responsibilities of a data engineer and how GCP plays a vital role in fulfilling those responsibilities. As you progress through the chapters, you'll be able to leverage GCP products to build a sample data warehouse using Cloud Storage and BigQuery and a data lake using Dataproc. The book gradually takes you through operations such as data ingestion, data cleansing, transformation, and integrating data with other sources. You'll learn how to design IAM for data governance, deploy ML pipelines with the Vertex AI, leverage pre-built GCP models as a service, and visualize data with Google Data Studio to build compelling reports. Finally, you'll find tips on how to boost your career as a data engineer, take the Professional Data Engineer certification exam, and get ready to become an expert in data engineering with GCP. By the end of this data engineering book, you'll have developed the skills to perform core data engineering tasks and build efficient ETL data pipelines with GCP.What you will learn Load data into BigQuery and materialize its output for downstream consumption Build data pipeline orchestration using Cloud Composer Develop Airflow jobs to orchestrate and automate a data warehouse Build a Hadoop data lake, create ephemeral clusters, and run jobs on the Dataproc cluster Leverage Pub/Sub for messaging and ingestion for event-driven systems Use Dataflow to perform ETL on streaming data Unlock the power of your data with Data Studio Calculate the GCP cost estimation for your end-to-end data solutions Who this book is for This book is for data engineers, data analysts, and anyone looking to design and manage data processing pipelines using GCP. You'll find this book useful if you are preparing to take Google's Professional Data Engineer exam. Beginner-level understanding of data science, the Python programming language, and Linux commands is necessary. A basic understanding of data processing and cloud computing, in general, will help you make the most out of this book.




Cloud Native Apps on Google Cloud Platform


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Step-by-step guide for developing cloud native apps on GCP powered by hands-on interactive learning KEY FEATURES ● Cutting-edge coverage on Google Cloud Build, Cloud Run, GKE, Kubectl and Anthos. ● Includes tutorials and exercises to learn designing, deploying and running cloud native apps. ● Covers Service Mesh, Apps Optimization, logs monitoring and cloud IAM access. DESCRIPTION The book “Cloud Native Apps on Google Cloud Platform” teaches the readers how to design, construct, and maintain successful cloud-native apps using the Google Cloud Platform. With interactive tutorials, the book reinforces learning and helps to develop practical skills for working in an Agile and DevOps context. The book provides a step-by-step approach to building and managing cloud-native applications on Google Cloud Platform for Google Cloud Users, DevOps teams, and Cloud-Native Developers. First, you will investigate the advantages and applicability of each Google Serverless Computing option. You'll learn about Cloud Build and how to use it to prepare code files, create microservices, and build container images. The book walks readers through creating and running Docker image containers on Cloud Run and App Engine. You'll learn how to use kubectl to create and manage Kubernetes clusters, as well as how to configure the autoscaler for increased resilience and availability. You'll build a pipeline that uses Cloud Build to automate CI/CD and Pub/Sub to ingest streaming data. Finally, you'll have the opportunity to learn about Anthos, which enables you to manage massive GKE clusters in both Cloud and on-premises environments. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN ● Distinguish between using containers or microservices for cloud native apps. ● Build a streaming data pipeline using BigQuery and Dataflow using Pub/Sub. ● Practice to deploy and optimize cloud native applications on Kubernetes Engine. ● Build continuous integration/continuous delivery pipelines and improve Kubernetes apps. ● Learn to protect apps running on GCP from cyberattacks. WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR This book is meant for the Cloud and DevOps professionals and for those who wish to learn about Google Cloud services and incorporate them into end-to-end cloud applications. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introducing Cloud Native Apps 2. Developing Cloud Native Apps with Cloud Shell 3. Preparing Source-Code with Cloud Build 4. Create and Deploy Microservices 5. Building and Deploying Containers in Cloud Build 6. Create a Serverless Pipeline with Pub/Sub, Dataflow and BigQuery 7. Container Orchestration with Google Kubernetes Engine 8. Deploying and Managing Kubernetes Applications 9. Optimizing Kubernetes Cluster and Apps in GKE 10. Deploying a CI/CD Pipeline with Kubernetes and Cloud Build 11. Build a Software Delivery Platform with Anthos 12. Application Management with Anthos 13. Securing Cloud Native Apps in Anthos




Architecting Google Cloud Solutions


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Achieve your business goals and build highly available, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure by designing robust and cost-effective solutions as a Google Cloud Architect. Key FeaturesGain hands-on experience in designing and managing high-performance cloud solutionsLeverage Google Cloud Platform to optimize technical and business processes using cutting-edge technologies and servicesUse Google Cloud Big Data, AI, and ML services to design scalable and intelligent data solutionsBook Description Google has been one of the top players in the public cloud domain thanks to its agility and performance capabilities. This book will help you design, develop, and manage robust, secure, and dynamic solutions to successfully meet your business needs. You'll learn how to plan and design network, compute, storage, and big data systems that incorporate security and compliance from the ground up. The chapters will cover simple to complex use cases for devising solutions to business problems, before focusing on how to leverage Google Cloud's Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) capabilities for designing modern no-operations platforms. Throughout this book, you'll discover how to design for scalability, resiliency, and high availability. Later, you'll find out how to use Google Cloud to design modern applications using microservices architecture, automation, and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) practices. The concluding chapters then demonstrate how to apply machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to derive insights from your data. Finally, you will discover best practices for operating and monitoring your cloud solutions, as well as performing troubleshooting and quality assurance. By the end of this Google Cloud book, you'll be able to design robust enterprise-grade solutions using Google Cloud Platform. What you will learnGet to grips with compute, storage, networking, data analytics, and pricingDiscover delivery models such as IaaS, PaaS, and SaaSExplore the underlying technologies and economics of cloud computingDesign for scalability, business continuity, observability, and resiliencySecure Google Cloud solutions and ensure complianceUnderstand operational best practices and learn how to architect a monitoring solutionGain insights into modern application design with Google CloudLeverage big data, machine learning, and AI with Google CloudWho this book is for This book is for cloud architects who are responsible for designing and managing cloud solutions with GCP. You'll also find the book useful if you're a system engineer or enterprise architect looking to learn how to design solutions with Google Cloud. Moreover, cloud architects who already have experience with other cloud providers and are now beginning to work with Google Cloud will benefit from the book. Although an intermediate-level understanding of cloud computing and distributed apps is required, prior experience of working in the public and hybrid cloud domain is not mandatory.