Managing Google Cloud’s Apigee API Platform for Hybrid Cloud
(3 days)
Course Description
Learn how to install and manage Google Cloud’s Apigee API Platform in a hybrid cloud. This course uses lectures, hands-on labs, and supplemental resources to show you how to design, install, manage, and scale your Apigee API Platform.
Objectives
- Identify the purpose and value of Apigee API Platform.
- Gain detailed understanding of Apigee API Platform architecture and recommended practices for topology design.
- Gain detailed understanding of Apigee terminology and logical organizational structures.
- Interact with Apigee API Platform and solve scenarios by leveraging recommended practices.
- Understand capabilities and practices to secure, manage and scale the platform.
- Understand and put in practice installation and upgrade processes.
Audience
Cloud Architect, Cloud Engineer
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.
Course Outline
Module 1: Fundamentals
- Familiarize with Apigee product capabilities
- Familiarize with Google Cloud, Kubernetes, and Anthos concepts
- Discuss REST fundamentals
Module 2: Architecture
- Discuss Apigee hybrid architecture
- Gain understanding of the Apigee technology stack
- Discuss Apigee terminology and organizational structure
- Familiarize with Apigee API
Module 3: Installation and Platform Operation
- Discuss installation process
- Discuss installation prerequisites
- Gain a detailed understanding of and practice installation process
- Gain an understanding of common operational capabilities and practices
- Discuss backup and restore strategy
Module 4: Deployment and Environment Management
- Familiarize with API proxy concept and deployment process
- Familiarize with API tracing and debugging
- Discuss Developer Portal solutions
- Gain understanding of and practice capabilities available for environment management
Module 5: Security
- Discuss infrastructure security
- Discuss data storage and encryption
- Discuss hybrid access management capabilities and RBAC
Module 6: Capacity Planning and Scaling
- Discuss capacity planning considerations
- Gain understanding of and practice capabilities to scale up/down runtime components
Module 7: Upgrade
- Familiarize with the upgrade process
- Discuss rollback process
Module 8: Logging and Monitoring
- Familiarize with logging capabilities
- Understand metrics generated and captured by the system
- Discuss Apigee analytics
- Discuss monitoring and troubleshooting techniques
- Familiarize with Apigee support process