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