From cf557b146f59baa940b1bba1f0967b4bf647d658 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bachr Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 13:52:13 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] [GCP] DevOps Certification Article to get ready for passing Google DevOps Engineer Certification --- _posts/2022-09-10-gcp-devops-prep.md | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _posts/2022-09-10-gcp-devops-prep.md diff --git a/_posts/2022-09-10-gcp-devops-prep.md b/_posts/2022-09-10-gcp-devops-prep.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eb4e420 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2022-09-10-gcp-devops-prep.md @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +--- +layout: post +comments: true +title: GCP DevOps Certification Preparation Guide +excerpt: Tips and resources to get ready for passing Google DevOps Engineer Certification. +categories: certification +tags: [gcp,cloud,devops,certification] +toc: true +img_excerpt: +--- + +
Professional DevOps Engineer Certification
+ + +I recently passed Google Professional DevOps Engineer Certification and while preparing I went throught lot resources. +I had to go over a the documentation of a lot of Google Cloud products at no point I felt ready. + +In this article, I will try to provide a summary of the resources I did found helpful for passing the exam, in addition to some of topics I wished I had spent more time reading about. + + +I first started my preparation by reading this book [link](https://www.packtpub.com/product/google-cloud-for-devops-engineers/9781839218019) which is a good read even if it's not focused on the exam. It does cover general DevOps practices (particularly SRE practices as recommended by Google) and lot about the GCP resources that a DevOps engineer is expected to know when working on GCP. + + +It is very good starting point for the preparation if you have little knowledge on Google Cloud services and DevOps. + +> Keep in mind that Google update its services very often, thus any source of information other than the official documentation may become quickly out dated. + +The exam is relatively at the same difficulty level of the Data engineer certification exam: +- It is recommended to have at least 3 years of industry experience with at least 1 years using GCP. +- You have format of the exam is Multiple choice quesitons, to be finished within 2h. +- You can take the exam in person at a test center. +- One difference, is the exam has 60 questions instead of the typical 50. + +The exman focuses on the following areas: +- Storage: block and persistent disks +- Databases: sql and nosql databases, warehousing +- Compute: AppEngine, Compute, kubernetes, functions +- Networking: VPC, data-centers to GCP connections +- DevOps: CI, CD, deployment strategies +- Security: permissions, roles, groups, service accounts, etc. + +I could not find a comprehensive resource that covers all aspect of the exam when I started preparing. From c336c9bace85f0d3f92b87a707d86c72d8746a76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bachr Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 14:09:45 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] added footer --- _posts/2022-09-10-gcp-devops-prep.md | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/_posts/2022-09-10-gcp-devops-prep.md b/_posts/2022-09-10-gcp-devops-prep.md index eb4e420..4970e42 100644 --- a/_posts/2022-09-10-gcp-devops-prep.md +++ b/_posts/2022-09-10-gcp-devops-prep.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ img_excerpt: I recently passed Google Professional DevOps Engineer Certification and while preparing I went throught lot resources. -I had to go over a the documentation of a lot of Google Cloud products at no point I felt ready. +I had to go over the documentation of a lot of Google Cloud products and at no point I felt ready. In this article, I will try to provide a summary of the resources I did found helpful for passing the exam, in addition to some of topics I wished I had spent more time reading about. @@ -21,15 +21,14 @@ In this article, I will try to provide a summary of the resources I did found he I first started my preparation by reading this book [link](https://www.packtpub.com/product/google-cloud-for-devops-engineers/9781839218019) which is a good read even if it's not focused on the exam. It does cover general DevOps practices (particularly SRE practices as recommended by Google) and lot about the GCP resources that a DevOps engineer is expected to know when working on GCP. -It is very good starting point for the preparation if you have little knowledge on Google Cloud services and DevOps. +It is very good starting point for the preparation if you have little knowledge on Google Cloud services and DevOps. Google also recommends reading the SRE book - [link](https://sre.google/sre-book/table-of-contents/), you can also find other SRE resources by Google here - [link](https://sre.google/). > Keep in mind that Google update its services very often, thus any source of information other than the official documentation may become quickly out dated. The exam is relatively at the same difficulty level of the Data engineer certification exam: - It is recommended to have at least 3 years of industry experience with at least 1 years using GCP. -- You have format of the exam is Multiple choice quesitons, to be finished within 2h. -- You can take the exam in person at a test center. -- One difference, is the exam has 60 questions instead of the typical 50. +- The format of the exam is Multiple choice quesitons, there are 50 questions to be finished within 2h. +- You can take the exam in person at a test center or online. The exman focuses on the following areas: - Storage: block and persistent disks @@ -40,3 +39,22 @@ The exman focuses on the following areas: - Security: permissions, roles, groups, service accounts, etc. I could not find a comprehensive resource that covers all aspect of the exam when I started preparing. + + + +## Other +- Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud DevOps Engineer Professional Certificate - [link](https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/sre-devops-engineer-google-cloud) + +## Certification SWAG +After passing the exam, you can choose one of the official certification swags: + +![devops certification swags]({{ "assets/2022/09/20220910-gc-devops-certif-swags.png" | absolute_url }}){: .center-image } + +## That's all folks +Check the following preparation tips for passing other Google certifications: +- Data Engineer certification - [link](https://dzlab.github.io/certification/2021/12/04/gcp-data-engineer-prep/) and +- Machine Learning Engineer certification - [link](https://dzlab.github.io/certification/2022/01/08/gcp-ml-engineer-prep/). +- Cloud Developer certification - [link](https://dzlab.github.io/certification/2022/05/16/gcp-developer-prep/). + + +Feel free to leave a comment or reach out on twitter [@bachiirc](https://twitter.com/bachiirc)