Into the Unknown
Essential Google Cloud Infrastructure: FoundationGoogle Cloud When you put your feet on the cloud ;-), there must be two magical things you will need to touch: virtual private cloud (VPC) and virtual machines (VMs). They are mapping to what you see in the physical world: network and computer servers, correspondingly. Almost all cloud providers offer…
Preparing for Your Professional Cloud Security Engineer JourneyGoogle Cloud This is a short course, you may complete it in just a few hours. However, this is an effective course, it is like taking a “physical examination”. With diagnostic questions, it assesses your experience and skills related to Google Cloud network. It helps you better understand where you…
Containerized Applications on AWSAWS In the past few years, I have been working on the Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) platform, unfortunately this course does not cover ROSA. But the course introduces a lot important container basics and services like ECS, EKS, Lambda, App Mesh, etc. This broadens my horizon and complements my…
Microservices Traditionally a three-tier application is made up of three components, usually all of which are based on databases: In a monolithic app, each of these is built into a single artifact. Updating, and scaling the application introduces many challenges. However in a microservices architecture, the application is decomposed into small, independent services, which uses network protocols…
Containers Explained The concept for containers comes from shipping containers, which have a standard size, shape, and common mechanisms for loading and locking containers on to ships to ship products around the world. With software, you need to package up a product and, ship it. But the problems are: Docker is an open platform for…
Networking in Google Cloud: Defining and Implementing NetworksGoogle Cloud In the era when everything goes virtual, private networks in public cloud is one of the most essential and attractive part of cloud computing. They usually have a fancy name “Virtual Private Cloud” or VPC, available in the catalog of almost all Cloud service providers. This…
GCP uses a software defined network, that is build on top of a global fiber infrastructure, which makes GCP one of the world’s largest and fastest networks. Thinking about resources as services, rather than as hardware, will help you understand the options that are available and their behavior. Google Cloud is organized into regions and zones, for…
Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine: FoundationsGoogle Kubernetes and its ecosystem provide all the capabilities needed to address key concerns of any microservice architecture. It is hot ever since its debut in 2014 from Google, and now is widespread and be supported by many big companies. I have been working on Kubernetes and Redhat’s distribution Openshift Container…
Google DocsGoogle This is a short tutorial you could complete in 2 hours. Google Docs has already been designed very user-friendly and easy-to-use. You are able to use it even without any training. The course introduced features and aspects of Google Docs. You definitely will learn a lot. But the course is full of still…
Google Docs is Google’s online processor that is part of Google Workplace. You can create, view, and edit your Google Docs documents all with just a web browser. It’s also easy to share with anyone. It also works well with Microsoft Word files and many other formats. Go to https://docs.google.com to launch Google Docs and…
How Google does Machine LearningGoogle Cloud There is no math, no Tensorflow, no algorithms in this short course – don’t be upset. It shared a lot valuable stuff : the enterprise know-how that Google have obtained over the years. I think In week 2 the lecture is rather wonderful and inspiring! The topics include the…
Introduction to AWS Identity and Access ManagementAWS Nowadays I urgently need to understand cloud security better for my work. This short-but-sweet AWS IAM course is a fairly good starting point. Jesus Christ, actually I have been using AWS EC2 for years for personal use, but never thought about IAM seriously. I just always use `root` user (very very bad practice). It is…
Google Cloud Platform FundamentalsGoogle Cloud The course is nice, short and easy-peasy. 鈽曪笍 You will get familiar with what services and products Google Cloud is offering at a glance. I personally don’t think those Google’s 1-week courses deserve a Coursera certificate – they are way too short. My Certificate Related Specialization I am Kesler Zhu,…
Getting Started with Google Kubernetes EngineGoogle Cloud A very nice mini training from Google teaching you how to use Kubernetes. The lectures are just OK – I always believe they are actually commercial ads. BUT BUT the Qwiklabs (hands-on in real Google cloud platform) are really fantastic impressive and helpful!! My Certificate I am Kesler…