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GDC Platform Introduction
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GDC Platform Introduction
This course provides an introduction to the GDC platform—which enables you to host, control, and manage infrastructure and services directly on your premises.
GDC air-gapped is one component of Google Distributed Cloud offering which aligns to Google’s digital sovereignty vision. It supports public-sector customers and commercial entities that have strict data residency, security or privacy requirements.
- Use GDC console, gdcloud CLI, or APIs to perform GDC practitioner persona responsibilities and tasks.
- Administer GDC IAM to control access to resources.
- Create and manage VMs.
An understanding of basic networking
Familiarity with Linux
Familiarity with identity and access management
Familiarity with virtual machines
Familiarity with Kubernetes
Familiarity with databases
Familiarity with Cloud APIs
Experience with application development.
Familiarity with the content from some Google Cloud courses, which you can find in the course resources. However, it is important to note that GDC differs in several significant ways from Google Cloud.
See courses such as:
Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure
Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine
Architecting with Google Compute Engine
Getting Started with Google Kubernetes Engine