What you'll learn

Organizations running on Google Cloud need consistent, reliable operations to keep applications performant, secure, and cost-effective. But successfully operating a cloud solution requires far more than just launching a few resources—it demands ongoing visibility, control, and optimization across compute, networking, storage, databases, and monitoring services. In this course, Google Associate Cloud Engineer: Ensuring Successful Operation of a Cloud Solution, you’ll learn to confidently manage and maintain key services in a production-ready Google Cloud environment. First, you’ll explore how to operate Compute Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine, and Cloud Run workloads—from monitoring VM health to deploying container-based applications and scaling services effectively. Next, you’ll discover how to manage data and storage solutions, including backing up and restoring databases, executing queries across services like BigQuery and Firestore, and securing Cloud Storage buckets with lifecycle policies. Then, you’ll investigate networking tasks such as updating subnets, reserving static IPs, and configuring services like Cloud NAT and Cloud DNS to keep your infrastructure connected and reliable. Finally, you’ll learn how to implement monitoring and logging using Cloud Monitoring, Logging, and Ops Agent, giving you the visibility needed to diagnose issues, configure alerts, track metrics, and analyze audit logs. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of Google Cloud operations needed to confidently support, secure, and optimize production environments—just like a certified Associate Cloud Engineer.