This week is a lab only week!

First I launched and managed resources using some declarative Terraform files.

Finally, I practiced using the `gcloud` CLI command in order to perform common tasks on the cloud platform through the cloud shell.

Observability and Terraform!

This week I learned how important it is to maintain a healthy netwrok infrastructure and how to declare the desired final state for my cloud network using some declarative notation provided by HashiCorp.

Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure provides a solid foundation in essential GCP concepts and services, making it easier to understand and apply more advanced topics needed for the Associate Cloud Engineer exam. The topics are:

• Resources and Access in the Cloud

• Virtual Machines and Networks in the Cloud

• Storage in the Cloud

• Containers in the Cloud

• Applications in the Cloud

• Prompt Engineering

3 Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure

2 Google Cloud Fundamentals: Engineering

This week, as part of my preparation for the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer certification, I completed the “Preparing for Your Cloud Associate Engineering” course. A key feature of this course was its emphasis on diagnostic questions tailored to different aspects of deploying and managing cloud solutions. There were 5 topics:

• Setting Up a Cloud Solution Environment

• Planning and Configuring a Cloud Solution

• Deploying and Implementing a Cloud Solution

• Ensuring Successful Operation of a Cloud Solution

• Configuring Access and Security