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 ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Iman Ghanizada is a founder, author, and cloud computing authority

residing in Los Angeles. At 28, he’s an accomplished young technology
leader, providing executive vision and strategy around industry-wide
security challenges as a Security Solutions Manager at Google Cloud.
Previously, he helped Fortune 50 global business executives transform their
organizations securely in the cloud at Google Cloud, Capital One, and
more. He has 10+ years of experience in the cloud and holds 14 technical
certifications, including the Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect,
Professional Security Engineer, CISSP, and several more.
Iman is the founder of TheCertsGuy.com—a blog site intended to
provide technologists easy insight into achieving certificates and growing in
their careers. He is a proud Hokie, holding a B.S. in Business Information
Technology at Virginia Tech.
As a first-generation Afghan-American, Iman seeks to amplify and
accelerate the growth of underrepresented communities in their professional
lives. He strongly believes that helping others grow and provide for their
families is the ultimate form of fulfillment.
He is also an avid gamer and, in his own words, if he were to hit the
jackpot and retire, he’d probably start retirement by drinking energy drinks,
eating donuts and pizza, and playing all the games he wishes he had time
for now.

About the Technical Editor

Richard Foltak is VP, Head of Cloud for Dito (ditoweb.com, a Google
Premier Partner). Richard focuses on enriching Dito clients’ business value
streams in embracing and optimizing leading cloud technologies within
their practices. Richard holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree and an
MBA, along with numerous industry certifications, including those in
Infrastructure Architecture, Data Engineering, Data Analytics, Machine
Learning, DevOps, Networking, Cyber Security, IT Governance, and ITIL
4. His professional background includes being chief architect at Deloitte
Consulting, distinguished architect at Verizon Data, and senior tech leader
at Cisco Systems.
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 To my mom and dad, Nahid and Basir, refugees who escaped a brutal war
and sacrificed every ounce of their lives for their children to have a better
life than them. No matter the achievement, it pales in comparison to your
sacrifices. You are my inspiration for success.
My sister, Marwa, who has been a shining beacon of light and optimism
every time I am challenged in life. I love you, and I hope I can give you the
world in return.
My brothers, Sajad and Iraj, who are the OG technology nerds and my
mentors through life. If it weren’t for you hacking those payphones when
we were 5 and modding Quake 3 Arena, we wouldn’t be here.
My best friend, Sami Ullah, who passed on during college. His infectious
positivity inspired me to smile more and look ahead. He dreamed of landing
a job at Oracle after college. I wish you were here to see this.
Finally, my Number 0, who has challenged me to grow in every aspect of
my life. You mean the world to me.
 CONTENTS AT A GLANCE

Chapter 1 Introduction to the Professional Cloud Architect

Certification
Chapter 2 Overview of Cloud Computing and Google Cloud
Chapter 3 Cloud Identity
Chapter 4 Resource Management
Chapter 5 Cloud Identity and Access Management
Chapter 6 Networking
Chapter 7 Compute and Containers
Chapter 8 Storage, Databases, and Data Analytics
Chapter 9 DevOps
Chapter 10 Cloud Operations
Chapter 11 Security
Chapter 12 Billing, Migration, and Support
Appendix A Objective Map
Appendix B About the Online Content
Glossary
Index
 CONTENTS

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduction to the Professional Cloud Architect
Certification
Reasons to Take the Professional Cloud Architect Exam
Prerequisite Knowledge
Case Studies
Mountkirk Games
Dress4Win
TerramEarth
General Tips on Taking Technical Certification Exams
How to Use the Supplementary Resources
Chapter Review
Questions
Answers
Chapter 2 Overview of Cloud Computing and Google Cloud
Overview of Cloud Computing
Google Cloud vs. Other Clouds
Security First
Open Cloud
Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
Global Data Centers and Network
Principles of System Design
A 10,000-Foot Overview of GCP
Compute Solutions
Storage Solutions
 Database Solutions
Data Analytics
Networking Solutions
Operations Solutions
Developer Tools
Hybrid Cloud and Multi-Cloud Solutions
Migration Solutions
Security and Identity Solutions
Interacting with the GCP
Google Cloud Console
Command-Line Interface
Exercise 2-1: CLI Example
Client Libraries
Business and Technical Context for the Google Cloud
Architect
Assessing Business Requirements
Assessing Technical Requirements
Chapter Review
Additional References
Questions
Answers
Chapter 3 Cloud Identity
Setting Up a Cloud Identity and Admin Account
Security Principles in the Cloud
The AAA Security Model
Least Privilege and Separation of Duties
Cloud Identity Overview
Managing Users in Cloud Identity
How Users Authenticate to GCP
2-Step Verification
Security Auditing
Chapter Review
Additional References
Questions
 Answers
Chapter 4 Resource Management
Cloud Resource Manager Overview
Organization Hierarchy
Organization, Folders, Projects, and Resources
Organization Policies
Best Practices
Exercise 4-1: Creating a Project
Chapter Review
Additional References
Questions
Answers
Chapter 5 Cloud Identity and Access Management
Cloud IAM Overview
Members, Roles, and Policies
Google Accounts
Groups
Service Accounts
IAM Roles
IAM Policies
IAM Conditions
Accounting and Technical Compliance
Chapter Review
Additional References
Questions
Answers
Chapter 6 Networking
Networking Deep Dive
Google’s Global Network
Network Tiers
Virtual Private Cloud, Subnets, Regions, and Zones
Subnet Ranges and IP Addressing
Routes and Firewall Rules
 Private Access
Cross-Project Communication
Cloud DNS
Connectivity to Your Cloud
Cloud Router
Cloud VPN
Cloud Interconnect
Cloud Load Balancing
Overview
Cloud CDN
Network Security
Network Security Principles
Google Front End
Firewalls
Cloud Armor
Cloud NAT
VPC Service Controls
Identity-Aware Proxy
Network Logging
Chapter Review
Additional References
Questions
Answers
Chapter 7 Compute and Containers
Google Compute Engine
Virtual Machine Instances
Images
Instance Templates and Instance Groups
Storage Options
OS Login
Google App Engine
App Engine Flex vs. App Engine Standard
Google Kubernetes Engine
Cluster Architecture
 Configuration
Node Upgrades
Cloud Functions
Cloud Run
API Management
Apigee
Cloud Endpoints
Secure Your APIs
Chapter Review
Additional References
Questions
Answers
Chapter 8 Storage, Databases, and Data Analytics
Storage
Google Cloud Storage
Cloud Filestore
Persistent Disk
Local SSD
Databases
Cloud SQL
Cloud Spanner
Cloud Bigtable
Cloud Firestore
Cloud Memorystore
Data Analytics
BigQuery
Cloud Dataproc
Cloud Dataflow
Cloud Pub/Sub
Data Security
Data Classification
Cloud DLP
Encryption
Chapter Review
 Additional References
Questions
Answers
Chapter 9 DevOps
The DevOps Philosophy
Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment
Continuous Integration
Continuous Deployment
Infrastructure as Code
Deployment Strategies
Blue-Green Deployment
Rolling Deployment
Canary Deployment
A/B Deployment
Deployment Tools
Google Cloud Deployment Manager
Cloud Build
Cloud Source Repositories
Container Registry
Chapter Review
Additional References
Questions
Answers
Chapter 10 Cloud Operations
Cloud Logging
Log Types
Cloud Trace, Cloud Profiler, and Cloud Debugger
Cloud Monitoring
Workspaces
Monitoring Agent
Uptime Checks
Metrics and Alerts
Dashboards
 The Importance of Resilience
Chapter Review
Additional References
Questions
Answers
Chapter 11 Security
Security Fundamentals
CIA Triad
Control Categories
Control Functions
Asset × Threat × Vulnerability = Risk
Security Modernization
Compliance
Infrastructure Security Highlights
Identity Security
Resource Management Security
IAM Security
Network Security
Application Layer Security
Data Security
DevOps Security
Security Operations
Cloud Asset Inventory
Security Command Center
Chapter Review
Additional References
Questions
Answers
Chapter 12 Billing, Migration, and Support
Billing Fundamentals
Cost Control
Migration Planning
Resource Quotas vs. Capacity
 Transferring Applications and Data
Training and Enablement
Google Cloud Support
Chapter Review
Questions
Answers
Closing Thoughts
Appendix A Objective Map
Appendix B About the Online Content
System Requirements
Your Total Seminars Training Hub Account
Privacy Notice
Single User License Terms and Conditions
TotalTester Online
Technical Support

Glossary

Index
 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Throughout my journey, countless individuals have played significant roles

in my life. Nothing is achieved alone, so I’d love to acknowledge a very
tiny subset of people who’ve made their mark on my career, knowing that
there are so many more not mentioned.
There were four women who’ve played significant roles in my career by
embracing my potential and letting me shine. Thank you Emily Markmann,
Lourdes Caballero, Jessica Rihani, and Ann Wallace.
When I was eager to move to my dream city of Los Angeles, I cold-
messaged hundreds of people in LA; Nick Reva was the only one who
responded. That call meant a lot to me, and now he’s a great friend—thank
you Nick.
I will never forget that it was a small introduction by Shawn Horton to
Toby Velte that led me to McGraw Hill and this book—thank you Shawn
and Toby.
Thank you to the Google team, Rochana Golani, Brian Rice, Jason
Martin, Joanie Norwood, Matt Dauphinee, and Michael Zuo, for your
support in this effort.
Thank you to the publishing team, Lisa McLain and Emily Walters, for
trusting my voice and empowering it through the process.
And thank you Rich Foltak—you’ve been an incredible colleague,
mentor, and friend since we met. Having your expertise and your insight
has been incredible through the projects we’ve worked on together, through
every bit of this book, and through our philosophical conversations about
life.
To everyone else who has impacted me positively, even in the slightest
of ways, you know who you are and I want to thank you.
 INTRODUCTION

First and foremost, thank you for purchasing this book. I am truly humbled
that you are joining this learning journey by reading this content. Second,
you owe yourself thanks for even getting this far in investing in your future.
If you’re reading this page, you’ve already set the intention of gaining
knowledge in exchange for a better future for yourself and your loved ones.
Now you just need to follow through with your decision and spend an hour
a day on this investment. Everything you want to achieve in life takes work,
and although there are failures along the way, great things never come easy.
Whether you’re reading this book because you’ve been tasked with
passing the Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification for
your job or for your personal objectives, you should know that having a
certification is not the end all, be all. There is a lot more to being a cloud
architect than carrying the badge on your belt. But the badge itself can open
up so many high-paying doors in a market that is significantly growing for
GCP architects. So our focus here is to help you pass the Google Cloud
Professional Cloud Architecture exam and also to help you understand
Google Cloud architecture from a more pragmatic point of view. This will
make more of an impact in your meetings, day-to-day work, and job
interviews.
One thing you’ll notice about this book is that it doesn’t read like a
traditional technical certification book. One of the biggest issues I have
with certification books is that they prepare you to take an exam, but leave
you struggling to identify and articulate concepts in the real world. In this
book, you’ll find quite a few elements of philosophy, academia, on-the-job
scenarios, and humor scattered around. You don’t have to take learning so
seriously all the time—it can be fun, enjoyable, thought-provoking, and
deeply technical all at the same time. You’d much rather be a multifaceted
architect—being technical is only one piece of the puzzle. Building
relationships and building influence will help you grow in your career,
especially as an architect, where you’re trusted to design the expensive
technology systems that power your organization. Also, know that this book
intentionally starts from scratch and iteratively builds on, from basic
foundational knowledge of computing concepts to the full-fledged cloud
architecture best practices. It picks up heavily when you get to Chapter 6,
the networking chapter; that’s when the mask comes off and the fun begins!
As technologists, we’ve innovated at the speed of light, yet the ethical
and moral standards of life haven’t kept up through our technological
advances. Technology runs the world in today’s day and age. So you, my
friends, hold a lot of power in your fingertips. It takes true representation to
solve issues unseen to the common technologist, and that is what makes
Google and some of the other leading companies that strive for equality so
special. There is a lot of merit involved for everyone who is fighting for
equal opportunity. But even if the opportunity is equal, we still need to do a
better job of attracting and grooming individuals from all walks of life into
tech. Big shout out to every underrepresented and marginalized group that
strives for equality and equal representation—women, people of color,
LGBTQ+ folks, and beyond. Nobody should ever be discriminated against
by the things that are absolute. We need to be aware of the unintended
implications our technology might trigger if we’re not designing it with
everyone in mind.

NOTE Unconscious biases are the automatic, mental shortcuts our minds
use to process information and make quick decisions. Your mind filters out
these bits of information from your consciousness, so you may not even
realize your biases unless you educate yourself and actively work to
overcome them. Take a look at all of the research behind Google’s
philosophy on unbiasing; it’s a big element of Google’s culture and has
been scientifically proven to help facilitate better decision-making:
https://rework.withgoogle.com/subjects/unbiasing/.

The Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect exam is quite a bit more
comprehensive than your typical technology certification. Google Cloud
has done a phenomenal job of putting together a certification exam that
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 THE WINNETUXET.

I’ve rowed the Juniata,

I’ve trailed the Kennebec,
I’ve drifted down Algerian shores
Stretched on the upper deck.

I’ve seen the Golden Gate swing wide

To let the sunset through
On wings of flowing opal,
With tangerine and blue.

I’ve idled down the Congo

And dallied up the tide
That girdles the Bahamas,
I’ve floated down the Clyde,

But let me hear the music,

And smell the briar rose,
Of summer’s listless noontide where
The Winnetuxet flows.

Singlehurst,
Plympton, Mass.
 HYMN ANCESTRAL.

O, the glory of the Autumn

On the old New England hills,
When the summer-leaf is dying in its pride;
O, the song of wine and wonder
Where the wild grape’s udder fills;
O, the hymn of homage where the gentians hide.

O, the dream enchanted woodlands;

O, the spell that’s on the seas,
And the cricket’s lovesick murmur of repose;
O, the gossamer and damask
Spreading underneath the trees;
O, the silken tassels where the tangle grows.

Let me slumber ’neath the shadow

Of the old New England hills,
Weave my raiment of the starlight when I die;
May the storms caress my temple,
May the winds caress my throne,
In the Pilgrims’ hallowed sands O let me lie.
FEEL OF THE WANDER-LURE.

My sandals are of starlight,

My soul has a flame,
And all the spheres along the sky
Are trumpeting my name.

My spirit, warm and eager,

And longing to be free,
Tired of a Shadow-house of Dreams,
Lured by immensity,
Will answer when the wild winds call
My name, on some dark night,
And I, a lone adventurer,
Will take the Road of Light.
OVERHEARD AT THE MONEY
CHANGERS OF
NINEVEH.
Our Pilgrim sires—brief the story—
They planted and we reaped the glory;
Their simple thrift and noble deeds
We swapped for affluence and creeds;
Our bank account the trickster rifles,
Their Sabbath Day we sold for trifles;
They, wisdom-governed, graced creation,
Ill-timed and aimless, now a nation
Has bartered Freedom at its forum,
Where statesmen wait to find a quorum.
 THE INNERMOST.
I would not like to think my song will die into the arching night;
I would not like to think my soul will lose itself in morning light;
But I would have my song increase and star some little world with
peace;
My soul, with beauty stretching far should be the spirit of that star.
 THE AUTUMN RAIN.
Mother of Darkness, Mother of Pain,
White on the rim of the autumn rain,
Pressing the cold of your cheek to my face,
Roving the infinite hills of space,
Wandering, wandering everywhere,
Wearing a leaf that is dead in your hair,
Mother of Darkness, Mother of Pain,
White on the rim of the autumn rain.
CRY OF THE WOUNDED LOON.

A dirge was on the waters,

Each wave a muffled bell;
Against the west a hunter strolled,
Nor heeded he the knell.
I heard a cripple calling,
In one unwonted cry of pain,
And down the sorrow of the wind,
The darkness and the river-rain,
The cry went wandering, alone,
Through gloomings of abysmal space,
Till, midst a weary waste of marsh
We met as lovers, face to face.
A dirge hung on the waters,
As from a convent bell,
Against the west a hunter strolled,
Nor wist he of the knell,
But sobbing, sobbing down the years,
Through all my joys and all my tears,
Along the silence comes to me
That Ave Mary of the sea.

Written at Cut River, 1920.

THE OLD BUSH PASTURE.

Give me the old bush-path again

Which wandered past my Uncle Tim’s,
The dusky dells, the musky smells,
That filtered through the sunset glims;
The goblins crouching ’neath the trees,
The bats and witches by the mill,
The foolish talk of all the leaves;
And let me hear the whip-poor-will
Above the pines, the old new moon
Hung high and dry, up there alone,
And golden-clear and far and near,
A-chanting in an undertone
Of something half a-kin to fear,
Which only whip-poor-wills can hear.

Give me the old bush-path again,

The barefoot days, the old-time ways,
The old-time ties, the dragon-flies,
And childish joys unfit for men.

Plympton, Mass.,
September 17, 1920.
 A GARLAND.
In one aspiring carillon
God’s Sabbath-bells a-rhyme,
From country-side to country-side
Have set the world a-chime.
Like jewels dropped from heaven,
Ere time or death were known,
The arbutus is blooming,
Where never dust is blown,
For her—the Pilgrim Mother,—
Steadfast and halo-spanned,
Where, still, like constellations burn,
Her footsteps in the sand.
THE UMPAME MUSKETEERS.

The musketeers went marching by,

Went marching, marching, marching by;
On, on with sword and bandoleer,
I saw men come and disappear;
And no one knew the reason why
The musketeers went marching by,
Went marching, marching by.

But forward swept the caravan,

And step by step and man to man,
In gold and martial hue and sway,
I saw the column march away,
And breast to breast, and none knew why
The musketeers went marching by,
Went marching, marching by.

Would that my pen could write in time

To glorify this simple rhyme!
But why the dead that ever bleed?
And why was Standish in the lead?
But onward! on! with fife and drum,
With clank and rattle, still they come.
Who knoweth but the winds in flight,
A battle never won a fight?
And still the musketeers go by,
Go marching, marching by.

O Son of Heaven, answer, why

Do musketeers go marching by
With trumpet-blare, in fringe and gold,
And flags that flutter, fold on fold;
And rush and rattle, surge and swing,
And left to right, all glittering
In lordly plumes, that flash and glow,
And guns and stretchers, row on row!
There’s no one knows the reason why
The musketeers go marching by,
Go marching, marching, marching by.
 A MEMORY.

Long buried, that Elysian noon

When first I saw the wildering waste of sea,
And felt the call of rainbow wings a-flutter in my little soul—
That elfin music only childhood hears.

O barefoot days, the bickering rains have deluged all the years,
But still the wide blue wonder calls to me,
And some day I shall answer where the waves run wild,
Once more a happy child.

36 Woodland Street,
Hartford, Ct.,
January 17, 1921.
 NEW ENGLAND.
New England—Daughter of the Sun—
A laurel on your brow,
The thrill of springtime in your heart,
Yea, we are lovers now,
And we shall wind a lover’s horn
High on the hills of space,
To echo far beyond the stars;
I shall behold your face,
With laughing eyes, when time is not;
Your lifting vistas then,
As now, will haunt and wake in me
A chording great amen.
 HILLS O’ MY HEART.
The bloom of night lay on the hills,
Lay on the hills o’ my heart,
When a white star came as on wings of light,
And my soul grew warm,
And my soul grew bright,
With a wild-sweet wonder of yesterday,
Mid a valley green, but it would not stay,
For the bloom of night lay on the hills,
Lay on the hills o’ my heart.
 MASCOTTE.

Plymouth wears a dimple,

Kingston wears a rose,
Plympton wears a feather,
Everybody knows.

Search the groves of Arcady,

’Neath the azure sky,
Carver, like a cherished dream,
With a flag goes by.

Like an old doxology,

Glittering, a bugle-mouth,
“Keep to the right, and go ahead!”
Trumpets from the South.
 YE OLDEN TIME.
A TRIBUTE.

Written for Carver’s Old Home Day Celebration.

A song to the brave of ye olden time,

Who rest where the night hangs low,
Where never a breeze of the morning stirs,
And only the death-lamps glow.

Where ever and ever, a-side by side,

The prince and the pauper dwell,
While the summer blooms and the autumn fades
And the winter weaves its spell

Through the leafless boughs, and the snow descends,

And wraps them all as one,
And the stars adore, and the still moon waits,
While the hurrying world moves on.

A song to the man of a courtly mien,

With his buckles, and wig, and frill,
And a song to the man with a horny palm,
And the grip of an iron will,

Who planted these fields with their living green,

With the plough, and the hoe and pick;
Who lighted his way by the Psalmist’s lay,
And the glow of a tallowed wick.

A song to the maid of the minuet,

With a blush as of autumn fruit,
Whose wheel was rife with such magic strains
 As the strings of a lover’s lute;

Who caught with her shuttle the firelight glim,

As she worked at her cloth of gold,
And took up her task at the early dawn
With the skillet and candle mould.

A song to the dame with her green calash,

Her curls and her pensive grace,
Who gladdened the days with her homespun ways,
And the charm of her tranquil face.

A song to the woman who made the Home,

Who hovered about the nest
With the sheltering wings of a mother’s prayers,
And the warmth of a mother’s breast.

To her be the chaplet of stars we bring!

To her be our gifts of myrrh!
For heaven is heaven and God is God,
For the goodness we found in her.

Swing out ye bells from your signal towers!

Swing out with your tongues of gold!
And mingle your strain, O ye fields of grain,
With a tenderness yet untold,

Till it reach the throngs on those peaks of light

Where the hosts of the holy stand,
And their voices wake for the old love’s sake—
For the loves of life’s yester-land.
SUNDOWN ON THE MARSHES.

The tide is ebbing out to sea;

Much as an old-time tapestry,
Bayeux or Gobelin, it might be,
The wizard weavers weave for me,
In strangely picturesque design,
Of colors rare that intertwine
Like those of Botticelli’s “Spring,”
Or tints that blend a wood-drake’s wing,
With rose-tipped grasses, amethyst,
And blazing jewels, Shylock missed;
While here and there, as if ’twere worn
By splash of spray, the threads are torn,
Or, as ’twere some old water-witch,
Grown weary eyed, had dropped a stitch,
Appears a patch of faded stuff,
Of fretted, dingy-brown, or buff,
With nets of fisher-folk, in spots,
Entangled with the lobster-pots.
But see! a bit of old brocade,
A water-kelpie must have made;
And there’s a garb of quaintest kind
Some Pilgrim farer left behind.
Out where the shallows turn to blood,
Lost in the trailing weeds and mud,
A crimson crescent blinks at me—
A vagabond who loves the sea—
While mythic muse with ancient loom,
Who knows where Clytie’s flowers bloom,
Has wrought of weeds and tinsel string,
A garment suited to a king.
And look! some oracle of time—
Some sorcerer of ooze and slime—
Has left a panoply most rare
For lazy-footed night to wear,
With girdle of a sombre dye,
And hung it on a rock to dry,
Where, flushed with slumber, drones a stream
To charm some lonely mermaid’s dream.

And this my heritage, more fair

Than mosque that ever called to prayer
A Moslem, bids me kneel and pray;
These simple words are all I say—
“I’ve been with God an hour or two”—
A shadow tiptoes down the blue;
And like a mother wraps the sea
In stillness of eternity.

Marshfield, August 16, 1920.

 NEIGHBORS.
I love to think o’ days what’s been
’th all the neighbors droppin’ in
To spend the day, or arternoon,
’n in the evenin’ have a tune
Like Mear or some such ainshunt air,
’th cider, ’n’ doughnuts; I declare
It seems jest like they’s settin’ there
A-bindin’ shoes, or knittin’ lace,
Eround that old big fireplace,
Afore some blazin’ apple bough.
There’s too much cultivation now!
I love to think o’ days what’s been—
“Good night—good night, run in agin’.”