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Google Cloud for DevOps Engineers
Google Cloud for DevOps Engineers

Google Cloud for DevOps Engineers: A practical guide to SRE and achieving Google's Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer certification

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Google Cloud for DevOps Engineers

Chapter 1: DevOps, SRE, and Google Cloud Services for CI/CD

DevOps is a mindset change­ that tries to balance release velocity with system reliability. It aims to increase an organization's ability to continuously deliver reliable applications and services at a high velocity when compared to traditional software development processes.

A common misconception about DevOps is that it is a technology. Instead, DevOps is a set of supporting practices (such as, build, test, and deployment) that combines software development and IT operations. These practices establish a culture that breaks down the metaphorical wall between developers (who aim to push new features to production) and system administrators or operators (who aim to keep the code running in production).

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) is Google's approach to align incentives between development and operations that are key to building and maintaining reliable engineering systems. SRE is a prescriptive way to implement DevOps practices and principles. Through these practices, the aim is to increase overall observability and reduce the level of incidents. The introduction of a Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline enables a robust feedback loop in support of key SRE definitions such as toil, observability, and incident management.

CI/CD is a key DevOps practice that helps to achieve this mindset change. CI/CD requires a strong emphasis on automation to build reliable software faster (in terms of delivering/deploying to production). Software delivery of this type requires agility, which is often achieved by breaking down existing components.

A cloud-native development paradigm is one where complex systems are decomposed into multiple services (such as microservices architecture). Each service can be independently tested and deployed into an isolated runtime. Google Cloud Platform (GCP) has well-defined services to implement cloud-native development and apply SRE concepts to achieve the goal of building reliable software faster.

In this chapter, we're going to cover the following main topics:

  • DevOps 101 – evolution and life cycle
  • SRE 101 – evolution; technical and cultural practices
  • GCP's cloud-native approach to implementing DevOps
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Key benefits

  • Learn GCP services for version control, building code, creating artifacts, and deploying secured containerized applications
  • Explore Cloud Operations features such as Metrics Explorer, Logs Explorer, and debug logpoints
  • Prepare for the certification exam using practice questions and mock tests

Description

DevOps is a set of practices that help remove barriers between developers and system administrators, and is implemented by Google through site reliability engineering (SRE). With the help of this book, you'll explore the evolution of DevOps and SRE, before delving into SRE technical practices such as SLA, SLO, SLI, and error budgets that are critical to building reliable software faster and balance new feature deployment with system reliability. You'll then explore SRE cultural practices such as incident management and being on-call, and learn the building blocks to form SRE teams. The second part of the book focuses on Google Cloud services to implement DevOps via continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD). You'll learn how to add source code via Cloud Source Repositories, build code to create deployment artifacts via Cloud Build, and push it to Container Registry. Moving on, you'll understand the need for container orchestration via Kubernetes, comprehend Kubernetes essentials, apply via Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), and secure the GKE cluster. Finally, you'll explore Cloud Operations to monitor, alert, debug, trace, and profile deployed applications. By the end of this SRE book, you'll be well-versed with the key concepts necessary for gaining Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer certification with the help of mock tests.

Who is this book for?

This book is for cloud system administrators and network engineers interested in resolving cloud-based operational issues. IT professionals looking to enhance their careers in administering Google Cloud services and users who want to learn about applying SRE principles and implementing DevOps in GCP will also benefit from this book. Basic knowledge of cloud computing, GCP services, and CI/CD and hands-on experience with Unix/Linux infrastructure is recommended. You'll also find this book useful if you're interested in achieving Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer certification.

What you will learn

  • Categorize user journeys and explore different ways to measure SLIs
  • Explore the four golden signals for monitoring a user-facing system
  • Understand psychological safety along with other SRE cultural practices
  • Create containers with build triggers and manual invocations
  • Delve into Kubernetes workloads and potential deployment strategies
  • Secure GKE clusters via private clusters, Binary Authorization, and shielded GKE nodes
  • Get to grips with monitoring, Metrics Explorer, uptime checks, and alerting
  • Discover how logs are ingested via the Cloud Logging API

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Table of Contents

15 Chapters
Section 1: Site Reliability Engineering – A Prescriptive Way to Implement DevOps Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 1: DevOps, SRE, and Google Cloud Services for CI/CD Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 2: SRE Technical Practices – Deep Dive Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 3: Understanding Monitoring and Alerting to Target Reliability Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 4: Building SRE Teams and Applying Cultural Practices Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Section 2: Google Cloud Services to Implement DevOps via CI/CD Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 5: Managing Source Code Using Cloud Source Repositories Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 6: Building Code Using Cloud Build, and Pushing to Container Registry Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 7: Understanding Kubernetes Essentials to Deploy Containerized Applications Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 8: Understanding GKE Essentials to Deploy Containerized Applications Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 9: Securing the Cluster Using GKE Security Constructs Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 10: Exploring GCP Cloud Operations Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Mock Exam 1 Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Mock Exam 2 Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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vaibhav Jul 10, 2021
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This book sums up all the concepts from fundamental to deep insights for Google Cloud DevOps.It covers GKE containerization indepth domain like security, observability as well as site reliabilty engineering.It can help aspirants to prepare for certification as comtains mock exams too.
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Shanoj Nov 30, 2021
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I recommend this book for its detailed and in-depth coverage. It offers a hands-on and efficient guide to explore site reliability engineering practices and learn essential Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services such as CSR, Cloud Build, Container Registry, GKE, and Cloud Operations to implement DevOps . ESP..Chapter 2 is my favourite (SRE Technical Practices – Deep Dive). Well explained topics with great details and a must-read book for the DevOps practitioners who are preparing for the exam. I am very thankful to the author Sandeep Madamanchi !!
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Akhilesh Jan 04, 2023
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I found this to be a well written and comprehensive book about GCP DevOps. I really enjoyed reading this book, and it gives me an extra overview of what I have learned. It is well structured and also simple to read and follow along makes it more attractive. Great book, a must read if you are implementing DevOps/SRE Practices and looking to drive efficiency.
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Sateesh Aug 26, 2021
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If you are SRE or DevOps engineer want to understand SRE in detail, then definitely this is the book for you. Examples in this book are very helpful and close to realtime scenarios. Really love reading this book.
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Amit k. Aug 17, 2021
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I am a DevOps enthusiast and currently preparing for the GCP DevOps Certification. I am only half way through the book and couldn't stop myself to write a review on the book. I looked for many references but didn't find them helpful. I can tell how thankful I am to find this book. The first few chapters on SLI,SLO and SLA will give you an Idea on how deeply the contents has been provided on the topics. Well explained topics with great details and a must read book for the DevOps enthusiast who are preparing for the exam. Go for it.
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