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Professional Cloud Architect Google Cloud Certification Guide

You're reading from   Professional Cloud Architect Google Cloud Certification Guide Build a solid foundation in Google Cloud Platform to achieve the most lucrative IT certification

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801812290
Length 664 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Konrad Cłapa Konrad Cłapa
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Brian Gerrard Brian Gerrard
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Preface 1. Section 1: Introduction to GCP
2. Chapter 1: GCP Cloud Architect Professional FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Getting Started with Google Cloud Platform 4. Chapter 3: Google Cloud Platform Core Services 5. Section 2: Manage, Design, and Plan a Cloud Solution Architecture
6. Chapter 4: Working with Google Compute Engine 7. Chapter 5: Exploring Google App Engine as a Compute Option 8. Chapter 6: Managing Kubernetes Clusters with Google Kubernetes Engine 9. Chapter 7: Deploying Cloud-Native Workloads with Cloud Run 10. Chapter 8: Managing Cloud-Native Workloads with Anthos 11. Chapter 9: Running Serverless Functions with Google Cloud Functions 12. Chapter 10: Networking Options in GCP 13. Chapter 11: Exploring Storage and Database Options in GCP – Part 1 14. Chapter 12: Exploring Storage and Database Options in GCP – Part 2 15. Chapter 13: Analyzing Big Data Options 16. Chapter 14: Putting Machine Learning to Work 17. Section 3: Secure, Manage and Monitor a Google Cloud Solution
18. Chapter 15: Security and Compliance 19. Chapter 16: Google Cloud Management Options 20. Chapter 17: Monitoring Your Infrastructure 21. Section 4: Exam Focus
22. Chapter 18: Case Studies 23. Chapter 19: Test Your Knowledge 24. Other Books You May Enjoy

Learning about identity services

Identity and Access Management (IAM) is one of the most important aspects of any cloud. It allows you to control who has access to the cloud but can also provide identity services to your applications. In short, this is achieved by a combination of roles and permissions. The roles are assigned to either users or groups. Let's have a look at the options we have in GCP:

  • IAM: IAM allows the GCP admin to control authorization to GCP services. Administrators can create roles with granular permissions. Roles can then be assigned to users, or preferably, a group of users.
  • Cloud Identity: Cloud Identity is an Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) offering. It sits outside of GCP but can be easily integrated with GCP. It allows you to create organizations, groups, and users, and manage them centrally. If you already have an existing user catalog, you can synchronize it with Cloud Identity.

IAM is very important to understand because it underpins...

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