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

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801812290

Length 664 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Authors (2):

Konrad Cłapa

Brian Gerrard

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Table of Contents (25) Chapters

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

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DNS

DNS allows the resolution of domain names into IP addresses. There are a couple of concepts you need to understand when it comes to DNS in GCP, such as the following:

DNS resolution
Cloud DNS
DNS Security (DNSSEC)

DNS resolution

VPCs come with internal DNS services. Machines get their internal names registered automatically within an internal zone. This allows VMs within the same network to access each other using the internal DNS names. The DNS record follows the life cycle of the VM. It's created when the VM is created and is deleted when the VM is deleted. This means that names are created when the instance is deployed and are removed when the instance is deleted. Note that the records are only created for internal IPs (not external and alias IPs). The resolution only works for VMs within the same VPC.

As you probably know, there are many types of DNS records (A, MX, SRV, CNAME, and so on). The actual records that are created in this case are...