Phase 2 β Core Services — Course 4 of 14
Compute Engine
VM instances, machine families, autoscaling, managed instance groups, and App Engine β ShopStream's compute backbone on GCP.
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Emily Carter — DevOps Engineer · ShopStream
Your Guide
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Emily Carter
DevOps Engineer
ShopStream
Migrating ShopStream's e-commerce platform to GCP β real problems, real Google Cloud.
Course Lessons
Follow each lesson in order β each one builds on the last.
Phase 2 β Core Services
GCP Compute Engine and Virtual Machines
12Lessons
~4.5hDuration
1Project
Free TierAccess
Your Guide
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Emily Carter
DevOps Engineer
ShopStream
What you'll learn
- Create and manage GCP VM instances
- VM machine families and sizing
- Managed instance groups and autoscaling
- Persistent disks and snapshots
- App Engine and pricing strategies
Lesson 01
What is Compute Engine?
Theory
Lesson 02
VM Instance Types and Machine Families
Theory
Lesson 03
Creating and Connecting to a VM
Console
Lesson 04
Persistent Disks and Snapshots
Console
Lesson 05
Custom Machine Types
Console
Lesson 06
Preemptible and Spot VMs
Theory
Lesson 07
Instance Templates and Groups
Console
Lesson 08
Managed Instance Groups and Autoscaling
Console
Lesson 09
VM Images and Custom Images
Console
Lesson 10
Compute Engine Pricing and Committed Use
Theory
Lesson 11
App Engine Explained
Theory
Lesson 12
Hands-On: ShopStream VM Deployment
Hands-on
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