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Cloud Architect/Engineer on Apigee

3 Courses
5 Hours
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This course introduces you to fundamentals and advanced practices applicable to the installation and management of Google Cloud's Apigee API Platform for hybrid cloud.

Through a combination of lectures, hands-on labs, and supplemental materials, you will learn how to design, install, secure, manage, and scale Apigee API Platform.

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Beginner

The Apigee hybrid deployment model enables you to host and manage the Apigee API runtime platform using containerized application components in close proximity to your backend services, while delegating the operation of management components to Apigee in Google Cloud. This model accelerates the time to value and enables customers to scale up the platform as their API programs grow.Through this specialization, you develop a good understanding of the Apigee hybrid architecture, and gain experience installing and managing the platform.

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What You'll Learn
  • Identify the purpose and value of the Apigee API Platform.
  • Understand basic concepts and capabilities of Google Cloud, Kubernetes and Anthos.
  • Gain detailed understanding of Apigee terminology and logical organizational structure.
  • Understand the architecture of the hybrid API platform.
  • Understand the process to install Apigee hybrid on Kubernetes.
  • Learn how to install Apigee hybrid on Google Kubernetes Engine.
  • Understand the API proxy deployment process in Apigee hybrid.
  • Trace and debug API proxies.
  • Gain understanding of and practice capabilities available for environment management.
  • Understand infrastructure security, data storage and encryption practices used in hybrid.
  • Understand hybrid user access management capabilities and RBAC.
  • Discuss capacity planning concepts.
  • Gain understanding of and practice capabilities to scale hybrid runtime components.
  • Understand the upgrade and rollback process used for the Apigee hybrid installation.
  • Understand the logging capabilities of Apigee hybrid and how they can be used for troubleshooting purposes.
  • Understand the various metrics generated by Apigee hybrid, and the use of metrics to monitor the health of the Apigee hybrid installation.
  • Understand how to use Apigee analytics for operations and business reporting of the API program.
  • Get to know the technical support process for Apigee hybrid.
Prerequisites
  • Familiarity with Linux command and command line interface.
  • Basic understanding of Google Cloud.
  • Basic understanding of GKE.
  • Basic understanding of networking.
  • Basic understanding of shell script, XML, JSON, HTTP, REST, and TLS.
Related topics
  • What is Apigee hybrid
  • Developing APIs using Apigee
  • What is Kubernetes
  • What is Anthos
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