Study Methods for Obtaining GCP Associate Cloud Engineer Certification

Exam Overview

Associate Cloud Engineer Certification | Google Cloud https://cloud.google.com/certification/cloud-engineer

Exam Guide

Associate Cloud Engineer Certification | Google Cloud https://cloud.google.com/certification/guides/cloud-engineer

Study Steps

1. Read the book “GCP Textbook”
2. Read the book “Google Cloud Platform Enterprise Design Guide”
3. Try the Associate Cloud Engineer Practice Exam
4. Qwiklabs Quests
   1. Google Cloud Essentials
   2. Cloud Engineering
   3. Baseline: Infrastructure
   4. Cloud Architecture
5. Coursera
   1. Architecting with Google Compute Engine Japanese Specialization
      1. Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure (Japanese)
      2. Essential Cloud Infrastructure: Foundation (Japanese)
      3. Essential Cloud Infrastructure: Core Services (Japanese)
      4. Elastic Cloud Infrastructure: Scaling and Automation (Japanese)
   2. Preparing for the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer Exam
6. Try Udemy practice exams
7. Check related official documentation from GCP Associate Cloud Engineer Cheat Sheet
8. [Master] GCP Getting Started JP
   1. GCPUG public materials
9. GCP Tutorials
10. Read main service session materials from Cloud OnAir

Additional Steps

• Study Kubernetes. Get a general understanding by searching online.
• Migrate a self-made app running on EC2 on AWS to GCP for the Always Free tier
  • The EC2 instance charges for a t2.nano running even after the free period ended were adding up
• Try playing with BigQuery, Cloud SQL, and Spanner