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Ben Hanford

Member since 2023

Gold League

7415 points
Set Up an App Dev Environment on Google Cloud Earned Jul 26, 2023 EDT
Build Infrastructure with Terraform on Google Cloud Earned Jul 25, 2023 EDT
Hybrid Cloud Service Mesh with Anthos Earned Jul 11, 2023 EDT
Hybrid Cloud Multi-Cluster with Anthos Earned Jul 11, 2023 EDT
DEPRECATED Cloud Operations and Service Mesh with Anthos Earned Jul 11, 2023 EDT
Multi-Cluster, Multi-Cloud with Anthos Earned Jul 7, 2023 EDT
Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Foundations with Anthos Earned Jul 5, 2023 EDT
Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine: Production Earned Jul 3, 2023 EDT
Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine: Workloads Earned Jun 15, 2023 EDT
Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine: Foundations Earned Jun 7, 2023 EDT
Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure Earned May 24, 2023 EDT

Earn a skill badge by completing the Set Up an App Dev Environment on Google Cloud skill badge course, where you learn how to build and connect storage-centric cloud infrastructure using the basic capabilities of the following technologies: Cloud Storage, Identity and Access Management, Cloud Functions, and Pub/Sub.

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Complete the intermediate Build Infrastructure with Terraform on Google Cloud skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles using Terraform, provisioning and managing Google Cloud resources with Terraform configurations, effective state management (local and remote), and modularizing Terraform code for reusability and organization.

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This on-demand course equips students to understand and adopt Istio-based service-mesh with Anthos for centralized observability, traffic management, and service-level security. This is the second course of the Architecting Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure with Anthos series. After completing this course, learners should continue to the Hybrid Cloud Multi-Cluster with Anthos course. Completion of the Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine path is a prerequisite for this course.

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This on-demand course equips students to understand, configure, and maintain multi-cluster Kubernetes infrastructures using Anthos GKE, and Istio-based service mesh, whether deployed with Anthos on Google Cloud or with Anthos deployed on VMware. This is the third, and final, course of the Architecting Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure with Anthos series. Completion of the Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine path is a prerequisite for this course.

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Course two of the Architecting Hybrid Cloud with Anthos series prepares students to operate and observe Anthos environments. Through presentations and hands-on labs, participants explore adjusting existing clusters, setting up advanced traffic routing policies, securing communication across workloads, and observing clusters in Anthos. This course is a continuation of course one, Multi-Cluster, Multi-Cloud with Anthos, and assumes direct experience with the topics covered in that course.

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Course one of the Architecting Hybrid Cloud with Anthos series introduces participants to manage multi-cloud and hybrid Kubernetes deployments using Anthos. Through presentations and hands-on labs, participants explore planning and creating Anthos environments and building manageable and reliable multi-cluster Kubernetes infrastructure environments centered around Anthos and containers. This course is a continuation of Architecting with GKE and assumes direct experience with the technologies covered in that course.

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Welcome to Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Foundations with Anthos! This is the first course of the Architecting Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure with Anthos path. Anthos enables you to build and manage modern applications, and gives you the freedom to choose where to run them. Anthos gives you one consistent experience in both your on-premises and cloud environments. During this course, you will be presented with modules that will take you through skills that you will use as an architect or administrator running Anthos environments. The modules in this course include videos, hands-on labs, and links to helpful documentation.

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In this course, you'll learn about Kubernetes and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) security; logging and monitoring; and using Google Cloud managed storage and database services from within GKE. This is the second course of the Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine series. After completing this course, enroll in the Reliable Google Cloud Infrastructure: Design and Process course or the Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Foundations with Anthos course.

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In "Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine- Workloads", you'll embark on a comprehensive journey into cloud-native application development. Throughout the learning experience, you'll explore Kubernetes operations, deployment management, GKE networking, and persistent storage. This is the first course of the Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine series. After completing this course, enroll in the Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine- Production course.

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In this course, "Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine: Foundations," you get a review of the layout and principles of Google Cloud, followed by an introduction to creating and managing software containers and an introduction to the architecture of Kubernetes. This is the first course of the Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine series. After completing this course, enroll in the Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine: Workloads course.

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Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure introduces important concepts and terminology for working with Google Cloud. Through videos and hands-on labs, this course presents and compares many of Google Cloud's computing and storage services, along with important resource and policy management tools.

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