https://cloud.google.

com/certification/cloud-engineer
Length: Two hours
Registration fee: $125 (plus tax where applicable)
Exam format: Multiple choice and multiple select, taken remotely or in person at a test center.
TOPIC
1.1 Setting up cloud projects and accounts. Activities include:
Creating projects
Assigning users to predefined IAM roles within a project
Managing users in Cloud Identity (manually and automated)
Enabling APIs within projects
Provisioning one or more Stackdriver workspaces
1.2 Managing billing configuration. Activities include:
Creating one or more billing accounts
Linking projects to a billing account
Establishing billing budgets and alerts
Setting up billing exports to estimate daily/monthly charges
1.3 Installing and configuring the command line interface (CLI), specifically the Cloud SDK (e.g., setting the default project).

2. Planning and configuring a cloud solution

2.1 Planning and estimating GCP product use using the Pricing Calculator
2.2 Planning and configuring compute resources. Considerations include:
Selecting appropriate compute choices for a given workload (e.g., Compute Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine, App Engine, Cl
Run, Cloud Functions)
Using preemptible VMs and custom machine types as appropriate
2.3 Planning and configuring data storage options. Considerations include:
Product choice (e.g., Cloud SQL, BigQuery, Cloud Spanner, Cloud Bigtable)
Choosing storage options (e.g., Standard, Nearline, Coldline, Archive)
2.4 Planning and configuring network resources. Tasks include:
Differentiating load balancing options
Identifying resource locations in a network for availability
Configuring Cloud DNS

3. Deploying and implementing a cloud solution

3.1 Deploying and implementing Compute Engine resources. Tasks include:
Launching a compute instance using Cloud Console and Cloud SDK (gcloud) (e.g., assign disks, availability policy, SSH keys)
Creating an autoscaled managed instance group using an instance template
Generating/uploading a custom SSH key for instances
Configuring a VM for Stackdriver monitoring and logging
Assessing compute quotas and requesting increases
Installing the Stackdriver Agent for monitoring and logging
3.2 Deploying and implementing Google Kubernetes Engine resources. Tasks include:
Deploying a Google Kubernetes Engine cluster
Deploying a container application to Google Kubernetes Engine using pods
Configuring Google Kubernetes Engine application monitoring and logging
3.3 Deploying and implementing App Engine, Cloud Run, and Cloud Functions resources. Tasks include, where applicable:
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3.4 Deploying and implementing data solutions. Tasks include:
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data (e.g., Dataflow,
command lineCloud Storage)
upload, API transfer, import/export, load data from Cloud Storage, streaming data to Cloud
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3.5 Deploying and implementing networking resources. Tasks include:
Creating
Launchinga VPC with subnets
a Compute Engine(e.g., custom-mode
instance with customVPC, sharedconfiguration
network VPC) (e.g., internal-only IP address, Google private access
static external and private IP address, network tags)
Creating ingress and egress firewall rules for a VPC (e.g., IP subnets, tags, service accounts)
Creating a VPN between a Google VPC and an external network using Cloud VPN
Creating a load balancer to distribute application network traffic to an application (e.g., Global HTTP(S) load balancer, Global S
Proxy load balancer, Global TCP Proxy load balancer, regional network load balancer, regional internal load balancer)
3.6 Deploying a solution using Cloud Marketplace. Tasks include:
Browsing Cloud Marketplace catalog and viewing solution details
Deploying a Cloud Marketplace solution
3.7 Deploying application infrastructure using Cloud Deployment Manager. Tasks include:
Developing Deployment Manager templates
Launching a Deployment Manager template

4. Ensuring successful operation of a cloud solution

4.1 Managing Compute Engine resources. Tasks include:
Managing a single VM instance (e.g., start, stop, edit configuration, or delete an instance)
SSH/RDP to the instance
Attaching a GPU to a new instance and installing CUDA libraries
Viewing current running VM inventory (instance IDs, details)
Working with snapshots (e.g., create a snapshot from a VM, view snapshots, delete a snapshot)
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instance group)
Working with management interfaces (e.g., Cloud Console, Cloud Shell, GCloud SDK)
4.2 Managing Google Kubernetes Engine resources. Tasks include:
Viewing current running cluster inventory (nodes, pods, services)
Browsing the container image repository and viewing container image details
Working with node pools (e.g., add, edit, or remove a node pool)
Working with pods (e.g., add, edit, or remove pods)
Working with services (e.g., add, edit, or remove a service)
Working with stateful applications (e.g. persistent volumes, stateful sets)
Working with management interfaces (e.g., Cloud Console, Cloud Shell, Cloud SDK)
4.3 Managing App Engine and Cloud Run resources. Tasks include:
Adjusting application traffic splitting parameters
Setting scaling parameters for autoscaling instances
Working with management interfaces (e.g., Cloud Console, Cloud Shell, Cloud SDK)
4.4 Managing storage and database solutions. Tasks include:
Moving objects between Cloud Storage buckets
Converting Cloud Storage buckets between storage classes
Setting object life cycle management policies for Cloud Storage buckets
Executing queries to retrieve data from data instances (e.g., Cloud SQL, BigQuery, Cloud Spanner, Cloud Datastore, Cloud Bigta
Estimating costs of a BigQuery query
Backing up and restoring data instances (e.g., Cloud SQL, Cloud Datastore)
Reviewing job status in Cloud Dataproc, Cloud Dataflow, or BigQuery
Working with management interfaces (e.g., Cloud Console, Cloud Shell, Cloud SDK)
4.5 Managing networking resources. Tasks include:
Adding a subnet to an existing VPC
Expanding a subnet to have more IP addresses
Reserving static external or internal IP addresses
Working with management interfaces (e.g., Cloud Console, Cloud Shell, Cloud SDK)
4.6 Monitoring and logging. Tasks include:
Creating Stackdriver alerts based on resource metrics
Creating Stackdriver custom metrics
Configuring log sinks to export logs to external systems (e.g., on-premises or BigQuery)
Viewing and filtering logs in Stackdriver
Viewing specific
Using cloud log message
diagnostics detailsan
to research in application
Stackdriver issue (e.g., viewing Cloud Trace data, using Cloud Debug to view an applicati
point-in-time)
Viewing Google Cloud Platform status
Working with management interfaces (e.g., Cloud Console, Cloud Shell, Cloud SDK)

5. Configuring access and security

5.1 Managing identity and access management (IAM). Tasks include:
Viewing IAM role assignments
Assigning IAM roles to accounts or Google Groups
Defining custom IAM roles
5.2 Managing service accounts. Tasks include:
Managing service accounts with limited privileges
Assigning a service account to VM instances
Granting access to a service account in another project
5.3 Viewing audit logs for project and managed services.
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