MOC: GCP
Google Cloud Platform from authentication to cost optimization — 31 pages covering platform setup, compute, data services, security, and operations. Expand any section below to browse page contents.
Platform Foundations
GCP platform essentials from gcloud CLI structure and authentication through resource hierarchy, API/service management, named configurations, and output formatting.
Compute and Messaging
Compute lifecycle from VM operations and SSH access through disk management, Cloud Run workloads, and Pub/Sub messaging patterns.
Data Services
Cloud Storage buckets and object operations through BigQuery dataset management, query optimization, and Firestore real-time NoSQL pipelines.
Security and Identity
Service accounts and IAM role bindings through identity patterns, secrets management, and VPC Service Controls.
Operations and Cost
Cloud Logging and Monitoring through billing fundamentals, budget alerts, and total cost of ownership analysis for data pipelines.
GCP Cross-References
- Terraform — Infrastructure-as-code for provisioning GCP resources
- Programming Languages — Python and C# GCP integration notebooks (topics 17-24)
- Shell — IAP tunneling and gcloud CLI from the shell perspective
- Observability — GCP-native monitoring in the observability context