Installing and Managing Google Cloud’s Apigee API Platform for Private Cloud

(3 days)

Course Description

This course introduces you to the fundamentals and advanced practices used to install and manage Google Cloud’s Apigee API Platform for Private Cloud.

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

Objectives

Identify the purpose and value of the Apigee API Platform.
Gain a detailed understanding of the Apigee API Platform for Private Cloud architecture and the recommended practices for topology design.
Gain a detailed understanding of the Apigee terminology and logical organizational structure.
Interact with the Apigee API Platform and solve scenarios by leveraging recommended practices.
Understand the capabilities and practices to secure, manage, and scale the platform.
Learn and practice the installation and upgrade of the Apigee API Platform for Private Cloud.

Audience

Cloud Architect, Cloud Engineer, and Operation Specialists.

Prerequisites

Familiarity with Linux command and command line interface.
Basic understanding of networking.
Basic understanding of shell script, XML, JSON, HTTP, REST, and TLS.

Course Outline

Module 1: Architecture

Familiarize with Apigee product capabilities and its place in the enterprise architecture
Gain an understanding of the Apigee technology stack
Gain a basic understanding of Apache Cassandra capabilities and how they are leveraged by the Apigee platform
Gain a detailed understanding of Apigee terminology and organizational structure
Explore topology design options

Module 2: Installation

Discuss installation planning
Understand installation dependencies
Learn and practice the installation process
Discuss post-installation tasks and recurring activities recommended for the platform
Learn how to uninstall the platform

Module 3: Developer Portal Installation

Discuss the role of the Apigee Developer Portal
Discuss recommended practices for hosting the Developer Portal
Discuss the software distribution and installation process

Module 4: Management

Discuss platform operations capabilities and recommended practices
Discuss the role of the Management API and how it is leveraged by the platform
Gain an understanding of the API deployment process
Gain and understanding of Apigee analytics
Discuss infrastructure operations capabilities and recommended practices

Module 5: Security

Discuss Apigee capabilities to secure API traffic
Understand how to configure TLS and mTLS for critical path components and user-facing interfaces
Learn how to configure single sign-on (SSO)

Module 6: Upgrade

Discuss upgrade planning recommended practices
Discuss upgrade prerequisites and dependencies
Learn and practice the upgrade process
Discuss rollback scenarios and the rollback process

Module 7: Capacity Planning and Scaling

Understand scenarios and recommended practices for capacity planning
Understand how to scale up/down physical and logical capacity
Understand how to add individual components, extend clusters, and add new regions

Module 8: Monitoring

Discuss recommended practices for monitoring the platform
Understand how to monitor individual components
Discuss the role of synthetic transactions monitoring
Discuss recommended practices for API monitoring

Module 9: Troubleshooting

Discuss failure scenarios and troubleshooting practices
Understand the Apigee support model