The Ultimate Guide to Building a Google Cloud Foundation: A one-on-one tutorial with one of Google's top trainers

Preface
Cover
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
Contributors
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Getting to Know Google's Cloud
	How Google Cloud is a lot like a power company
	The four main ways of interacting with Google Cloud
		Google Cloud Console
		The Google Cloud SDK and Cloud Shell
		The Google Cloud APIs
		The Google Cloud mobile client
	Organizing Google Cloud logically and physically
	Google's core services
		Compute
		Data storage
		Firestore (Datastore)
		Bigtable
		Memorystore
	Summary
Chapter 2: IAM, Users, Groups, and Admin Access
	Step 1 – configuring identity management
		Cloud Identity setup
	Step 2 – adding an initial set of users and security groups
		Cloud Identity managing users and acting as IdP
		Cloud Identity managing IdP and an HR system managing users
		Cloud Identity delegates all IdP and user management to an external (non-AD) provider
		Integrating Cloud Identity with Microsoft AD
		Creating an initial set of security groups
	Step 3 – enabling administrator access
		Verifying initial Google Cloud organization creation
		Configuring organization administrator group access
	Summary
Chapter 3: Setting Up Billing and Cost Controls
	Understanding billing terminology
	Step 4 – setting up billing and cost controls
		It starts with how you pay
		Next comes Cloud Billing
		Google Cloud Billing best practices
	Summary
Chapter 4: Terraforming a Resource Hierarchy
	Automating infrastructure with Terraform
		Infrastructure as Code to the rescue!
		Terraform – the least you need to know
	Step 5 – creating a resource hierarchy to control logical organization
		Naming resources
		Designing the resource hierarchy
		Implementing a resource hierarchy
	Summary
Chapter 5: Controlling Access with IAM Roles
	Understanding IAM in Google Cloud
		Who?
		Can do what?
	Step 6 – Adding IAM trust boundaries to the resource hierarchy
		Reading a security role
		Use groups where you can
		Google Cloud starter security group ideas
		Terraforming the permissions
		Fine-tuning IAM permissions with conditions
		Deny policies
		Limiting the use of privileged identities
		Troubleshooting access
	Summary
Chapter 6: Laying the Network
	Networking in Google Cloud
		Understanding Virtual Private Cloud networks
		Communicating between networked resources
		Connecting VPC networks
		Leveraging Shared VPCs
		Hybrid cloud options
		Google Cloud network security
	Step 7 – building and configuring our foundational VPC network
		Updating your naming document
		Planning the Shared VPCs
		Terraforming your Google Cloud network
	Summary
Chapter 7: Foundational Monitoring and Logging
	Getting to know the six core instrumentation products in Google Cloud
		Instrumentation product overview
		Working with Cloud Logging
		Monitoring your resources
	Step 8 – setting up foundational Cloud Logging and Cloud Monitoring
		Logging foundation
		Foundational monitoring
	Food for thought
	Summary
Chapter 8: Augmenting Security and Registering for Support
	Step 9 – augmenting foundational security
		Data encryption
		Improving security posture with the SCC
		Limiting access with the Organization Policy Service
		General security elements
	Step 10 – Setting up initial Google Cloud support
	Final thoughts
Index
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