Course Outline
Module 1: Defining the Service
- Design in this
class.
- State and
solution.
- Measurement.
- Gathering
requirements, SLOs, SLAs, and SLIs (key performance indicators).
Module 2: Business-logic layer design
- Microservices
architecture.
- GCP 12-factor
support.
- Mapping compute
needs to Google Cloud Platform processing services.
- Compute system
provisioning.
Module 3: Data layer design
- Classifying and
characterizing data.
- Data ingest and
data migration.
- Identification
of storage needs and mapping to Google Cloud Platform storage systems.
Module 4: Network layer design
- Network edge
configuration.
- Network
configuration for data transfer within the service, including load
balancing and network location.
- Network
integration with other environments, including on premise and multi-cloud.
Module 5: Design for resiliency, scalability,
and disaster recovery
- Failure due to
loss of resources.
- Failure due to
overload.
- Strategies for
coping with failure.
- Business
continuity and disaster recovery, including restore strategy and data
lifecycle management.
- Scalable and
resilient design.
Module 6: Design for security
- Google Cloud
Platform security.
- Network access
control and firewalls.
- Protections
against denial of service.
- Resource sharing
and isolation.
- Data encryption
and key management.
- Identity access
and auditing.
Module 7: Capacity planning and cost
optimization
- Capacity
planning.
- Pricing.
Module 8: Deployment, monitoring and alerting,
and incident response
- Deployment.
- Monitoring and
alerting.
- Incident
response.