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Professional Cloud Architect
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GKE

Professional Cloud Architect

Design, plan, and manage secure, scalable, and highly available solutions on Google Cloud, and track your readiness for the Professional Cloud Architect exam Domain by Domain.

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GKE

Topic in 22 exam domains

Also called: container, Google Cloud clusters, Google Cloud GKE

Google Kubernetes Engine running clusters on Google Cloud.

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22 objectives in 6 of 6 domains

Domain 1
Designing and planning a cloud solution architecture
~25% of exam
Domain 2
Managing and provisioning a cloud solution infrastructure
~17.5% of exam
Domain 3
Designing for security and compliance
~17.5% of exam
1. 3.1Designing for security
  - Data security (key management, encryption, secret management)
Domain 4
Analyzing and optimizing technical and business processes
~15% of exam
1. 4.1Analyzing and defining technical processes
  - Troubleshooting/root cause analysis best practices
  - Testing and validation of software and infrastructure
2. 4.2Analyzing and defining business processes
Domain 5
Managing implementation
~12.5% of exam
1. 5.1Advising development and operation teams to ensure the successful deployment of the solution
  - Data and system migration and management tooling
Domain 6
Ensuring solution and operations excellence
~12.5% of exam
1. 6.2Familiarity with Google Cloud Observability solutions
  - Profiling and benchmarking

Related topics

Compute EngineService Cluster ToolkitService VPC Service ControlsService Identity and Access ManagementService Artifact RegistryService Google Kubernetes EngineService

GKEService

Cloud LoggingService Cloud RunService Cloud MonitoringService Cloud StorageService SpannerService Workload Identity Federation for GKEFeature AutopilotFeature Autopilot modeFeature GKE AutopilotFeature GKE StandardFeature Google Cloud Managed Service for PrometheusService Cloud Service MeshService

Points to what builds on itWorks with or alternative to

Autopilot is part of GKE
Autopilot mode is part of GKE
GKE Autopilot is part of GKE
GKE Standard is part of GKE
Workload Identity Federation for GKE is part of GKE
Cloud Logging works with GKE
Compute Engine is an alternative to GKE
Cloud Monitoring works with GKE
GKE works with Google Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus
GKE works with Workload Identity Federation for GKE
Cloud Run is an alternative to GKE
Cloud Service Mesh depends on GKE
Cloud Service Mesh works with GKE
Cluster Toolkit works with GKE
Cluster Toolkit configures GKE
Artifact Registry works with GKE
GKE depends on Compute Engine
Cloud Run works with GKE
Workload Identity Federation for GKE depends on GKE
Cloud Storage works with GKE
Compute Engine works with GKE
GKE depends on Artifact Registry
GKE depends on Google Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus
GKE depends on Identity and Access Management
GKE works with Spanner
GKE depends on Workload Identity Federation for GKE
GKE Autopilot depends on GKE
Google Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus is part of GKE
Identity and Access Management configures GKE
VPC Service Controls secures GKE
GKE Autopilot is an alternative to GKE Standard
Identity and Access Management secures Cloud Service Mesh
Cloud Run works with Cloud Storage
Cloud Service Mesh depends on Workload Identity Federation for GKE
Cloud Logging works with Cloud Service Mesh
Cloud Monitoring works with Cloud Service Mesh
Cloud Run works with Cloud Service Mesh
Cloud Service Mesh works with VPC Service Controls
Identity and Access Management works with Workload Identity Federation for GKE
Artifact Registry works with Cloud Run
Cloud Logging works with Cloud Storage
Cloud Monitoring works with Spanner
Cloud Service Mesh works with Google Kubernetes Engine
Artifact Registry works with Compute Engine
Cloud Logging works with Compute Engine
Cloud Service Mesh works with Compute Engine
Cloud Service Mesh works with Identity and Access Management
Cloud Storage works with Compute Engine
Compute Engine is an alternative to Google Kubernetes Engine
GKE Autopilot works with Spanner
Autopilot works with Cloud Logging
Autopilot works with Cloud Monitoring
Autopilot is part of Google Kubernetes Engine
Cloud Logging works with Cloud Monitoring
Cloud Logging works with Cloud Run
Cloud Logging works with Google Kubernetes Engine
Cloud Monitoring works with Cloud Run
Cloud Monitoring works with Compute Engine
Cloud Run works with Google Kubernetes Engine
Cloud Run works with Identity and Access Management

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