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Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer Study Guide

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Section 1 Designing pipelines Preview

Preview: Building and implementing CI/CD pipelines, including continuous testing, for application, infrastructure, and machine learning workloads (~25%)

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  • 4 of 5 lesson topics
  • 1 overview segment
  • 3 core concepts
  • 2 exam tips

Lesson Topics

  • Pipeline Design Principles
  • Target Definition & Routing
  • Artifact Versioning Strategy
  • Approval & Verification Stages

Overview

This objective focuses on designing effective CI/CD pipelines. The core principle is to create a consistent release artifact across all environments, ensuring quality and minimizing rework. A well-designed pipeline should clearly define approval processes, verification steps, and rollback mechanisms for rapid recovery if needed.

Core Concepts

  • Consistent Artifact Promotion: All environments receive the same tested artifact.
  • Targeted Delivery: Pipelines route artifacts to specific targets based on defined rules.
  • Immutable Artifacts: Utilize immutable artifact versions to prevent unintended modifications.

Exam Tips

  • Focus on the flow of the artifact through the pipeline.
  • Understand the purpose of each stage โ€“ approval, verification, and rollback.
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Section 2 Instrumenting and collecting telemetry Pro
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Section 3 Designing the overall resource hierarchy for an organization Pro
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Section 4 Balancing change, velocity, and reliability of the service Pro
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Section 5 Collecting performance information in Google Cloud Pro
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Section 6 Implementing and managing pipelines Pro
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Section 7 Managing and analyzing logs Pro
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Section 9 Managing service lifecycle Pro
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Section 10 Managing pipeline configuration and secrets Pro
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Section 11 Managing metrics, dashboards, and alerts Pro
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Section 12 Implementing FinOps practices for optimizing resource utilization and costs Pro
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Section 13 Designing a CI/CD architecture stack Pro
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Section 14 Mitigating incident impact on users Pro
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Section 15 Securing the deployment pipeline Pro
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Section 16 Capturing and analyzing distributed traces Pro
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Section 17 Managing multiple environments Pro
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Section 18 Troubleshooting issues Pro
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Section 19 Enabling secure cloud development environments Pro
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