Getting Started with FinOps on Google Cloud Course – TechEng (GSFO-TE) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Module 1 - Using Recommendations for Infrastructure as Code

  • Recommender enables you to retrieve recommendations for Google Cloud resources, helping you to improve cloud security, save costs, and more.

Activities:

  • Lab: Optimizing Network Spend

Module 2 - Understanding Google Kubernetes Engine Costs & Optimization

  • To balance cost, reliability and scaling performance on Google Kubernetes Enging (GKE), it is necessary to first understand what options do you have and how autoscale works. Once you understand the basics of GKE autoscaling and other useful cost-optimized configurations, it is time to prepare your application to run on top of such an environment.

Activities:

  • Lab: Exploring Cost Optimization for Google Kubernetes Engine
  • Lab: Understanding and Combining Google Kubernetes Autoscaling Strategies