Complete Google ACE study guide — deploying, monitoring, and managing Google Cloud applications and infrastructure.
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101 chapters covering every exam objective. Each chapter includes key concepts, exam tips, common traps, comparison tables, and a 5-question quiz at the end.
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Google Cloud Platform Overview
Objective 1.1 · Cloud Infrastructure
Google Compute Engine
Objective 1.2 · Cloud Infrastructure
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Objective 1.3 · Cloud Infrastructure
Cloud Run and App Engine
Objective 1.4 · Cloud Infrastructure
GCP Projects, Folders, and Organizations
Objective 1.1 · Cloud Infrastructure
Compute Engine Machine Types and Families
Objective 1.2 · Cloud Infrastructure
Persistent Disk Types: SSD, Balanced, Standard
Objective 1.2 · Cloud Infrastructure
GCP Resource Hierarchy: Org, Folder, Project
Objective 1.1 · Cloud Infrastructure
Compute Engine Snapshots and Custom Images
Objective 1.2 · Cloud Infrastructure
Instance Templates and Managed Instance Groups
Objective 1.2 · Cloud Infrastructure
Sole-Tenant Nodes for Compliance
Objective 1.2 · Cloud Infrastructure
Preemptible and Spot VMs on GCP
Objective 1.2 · Cloud Infrastructure
Multi-Tenancy Patterns on GCP
Objective 1.1 · Cloud Infrastructure
21 chapters
GCP VPC and Networking
Objective 2.1 · Planning Solutions
GCP Storage Solutions
Objective 2.2 · Planning Solutions
GCP Database Services
Objective 2.3 · Planning Solutions
Cloud Load Balancing Types
Objective 2.1 · Planning Solutions
Cloud CDN and Cloud NAT
Objective 2.1 · Planning Solutions
Cloud Firestore and Datastore
Objective 2.3 · Planning Solutions
Cloud Spanner
Objective 2.3 · Planning Solutions
Cloud Bigtable
Objective 2.3 · Planning Solutions
Cloud SQL Failover Replicas and HA
Objective 2.3 · Planning Solutions
Cloud Storage Classes and Lifecycle Rules
Objective 2.2 · Planning Solutions
Shared VPC for Multi-Project Networking
Objective 2.1 · Planning Solutions
VPC Peering vs Shared VPC
Objective 2.1 · Planning Solutions
Private Google Access and Private Service Access
Objective 2.1 · Planning Solutions
Cloud DNS Private Zones and Forwarding
Objective 2.1 · Planning Solutions
Dedicated Interconnect and Partner Interconnect
Objective 2.1 · Planning Solutions
Cloud Storage Lifecycle Rules
Objective 2.2 · Planning Solutions
Cloud Storage Retention Policies and Locks
Objective 2.2 · Planning Solutions
Filestore for Managed NFS
Objective 2.2 · Planning Solutions
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
Objective 2.3 · Planning Solutions
Cloud Memorystore for Redis and Memcached
Objective 2.3 · Planning Solutions
Cloud Spanner Replication and TrueTime
Objective 2.3 · Planning Solutions
23 chapters
Deployment Manager and Terraform on GCP
Objective 3.1 · Deploy Implement
Cloud Build and CI/CD on GCP
Objective 3.2 · Deploy Implement
BigQuery and Pub/Sub
Objective 3.3 · Deploy Implement
Cloud Pub/Sub Patterns
Objective 3.3 · Deploy Implement
Cloud Dataflow for Stream and Batch
Objective 3.3 · Deploy Implement
Cloud Functions (1st and 2nd Gen)
Objective 3.1 · Deploy Implement
Cloud Scheduler and Cloud Tasks
Objective 3.1 · Deploy Implement
App Engine Standard vs Flexible
Objective 3.1 · Deploy Implement
GKE Autopilot vs Standard Mode
Objective 3.1 · Deploy Implement
GKE Node Pools and Cluster Autoscaler
Objective 3.1 · Deploy Implement
Cloud Build Triggers and CI/CD
Objective 3.2 · Deploy Implement
Artifact Registry and Container Management
Objective 3.2 · Deploy Implement
GKE Horizontal Pod Autoscaler
Objective 3.1 · Deploy Implement
Cloud Run Jobs
Objective 3.1 · Deploy Implement
BigQuery Partitioning and Clustering
Objective 3.3 · Deploy Implement
BigQuery Views and Materialized Views
Objective 3.3 · Deploy Implement
Pub/Sub Push vs Pull Subscriptions
Objective 3.3 · Deploy Implement
Cloud Dataproc for Spark and Hadoop
Objective 3.3 · Deploy Implement
Cloud Composer for Workflow Orchestration
Objective 3.3 · Deploy Implement
Terraform on GCP Best Practices
Objective 3.1 · Deploy Implement
Helm Charts on GKE
Objective 3.2 · Deploy Implement
Google Cloud Deploy for CD
Objective 3.2 · Deploy Implement
Skaffold for Local GKE Development
Objective 3.2 · Deploy Implement
16 chapters
Cloud Monitoring and Logging
Objective 4.1 · Ensure Success
GCP Cost Management
Objective 4.2 · Ensure Success
Cloud Monitoring and Uptime Checks
Objective 4.1 · Ensure Success
Cloud Logging Exports and Log Sinks
Objective 4.1 · Ensure Success
GCP Billing Accounts, Budgets, and Alerts
Objective 4.2 · Ensure Success
GCP Quotas and Resource Limits
Objective 4.2 · Ensure Success
GCP Labels and Resource Tags
Objective 4.2 · Ensure Success
Network Intelligence Center
Objective 4.1 · Ensure Success
Packet Mirroring and Traffic Analysis
Objective 4.1 · Ensure Success
Cloud Profiler for Performance Optimisation
Objective 4.1 · Ensure Success
Cloud Debugger and Error Reporting
Objective 4.1 · Ensure Success
Committed Use Discounts (CUDs)
Objective 4.2 · Ensure Success
Sustained Use Discounts (SUDs)
Objective 4.2 · Ensure Success
Billing Reports and Cost Tables
Objective 4.2 · Ensure Success
Cloud Trace for Latency Analysis
Objective 4.1 · Ensure Success
Billing Data Export to BigQuery
Objective 4.2 · Ensure Success
28 chapters
GCP IAM and Service Accounts
Objective 5.1 · Security Compliance
GCP Security Services
Objective 5.2 · Security Compliance
GCP IAM Roles: Primitive, Predefined, Custom
Objective 5.1 · Security Compliance
GCP Service Accounts and Workload Identity
Objective 5.1 · Security Compliance
VPC Service Controls
Objective 5.2 · Security Compliance
Cloud Armor WAF and DDoS Protection
Objective 5.2 · Security Compliance
GCP Organization Policies
Objective 5.1 · Security Compliance
Confidential Computing on GCP
Objective 5.2 · Security Compliance
GKE Workload Identity
Objective 5.1 · Security Compliance
GKE Binary Authorization
Objective 5.2 · Security Compliance
GKE Private Clusters
Objective 5.2 · Security Compliance
Cloud Run VPC Connector
Objective 5.2 · Security Compliance
App Engine Security and IAP
Objective 5.2 · Security Compliance
Cloud Intrusion Detection System (IDS)
Objective 5.2 · Security Compliance
Cloud Data Loss Prevention (DLP) API
Objective 5.2 · Security Compliance
Cloud KMS and Customer-Managed Keys
Objective 5.2 · Security Compliance
Cloud HSM for Hardware Security
Objective 5.2 · Security Compliance
Secret Manager for Credentials
Objective 5.1 · Security Compliance
Binary Authorization for Supply Chain Security
Objective 5.2 · Security Compliance
Cloud Asset Inventory
Objective 5.1 · Security Compliance
Security Command Center (SCC)
Objective 5.2 · Security Compliance
Security Command Center Premium Findings
Objective 5.2 · Security Compliance
Access Transparency and Access Approval
Objective 5.1 · Security Compliance
Cloud Storage Bucket Security
Objective 5.2 · Security Compliance
BigQuery Authorized Views for Access Control
Objective 5.1 · Security Compliance
Service Account Key Management
Objective 5.1 · Security Compliance
Policy Intelligence and IAM Recommender
Objective 5.1 · Security Compliance
IAM Audit Logging and Data Access Logs
Objective 5.1 · Security Compliance
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