Logging, Monitoring and Observability in Google Cloud

Course Description

"Logging, Monitoring and Observability in Google Cloud" is an introductory-level course designed to equip students with essential skills in monitoring, troubleshooting, and improving infrastructure and application performance within the Google Cloud environment. This comprehensive course is guided by the principles of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and offers a blend of lectures, demonstrations, hands-on labs, and real-world case studies. Students will gain practical experience in full-stack monitoring, real-time log management and analysis, debugging code in production, and profiling CPU and memory usage.

What Students Will Learn

• Plan and implement a well-architected logging and monitoring infrastructure
• Define service level indicators (SLIs) and service level objectives (SLOs)
• Create effective monitoring dashboards and alerts
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve Google Cloud infrastructure
• Develop alerting strategies and policies
• Configure Google Cloud services for observability
• Utilize advanced logging and analysis techniques
• Monitor network security and audit logs
• Manage incidents using a systematic process
• Investigate application performance issues
• Optimize the costs of monitoring in Google Cloud

Prerequisites

• Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure or equivalent experience
• Basic scripting or coding familiarity
• Proficiency with command-line tools and Linux operating system environments

Course Coverage

• Introduction to Monitoring in Google Cloud
• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) concepts
• Alerting policies and strategies
• Monitoring critical systems
• Configuring Google Cloud services for observability
• Advanced logging and analysis
• Monitoring network security and audit logs
• Incident management
• Application performance investigation
• Cost optimization for monitoring

Target Audience

This course is ideal for IT professionals, cloud engineers, developers, and system administrators who want to enhance their skills in managing and optimizing Google Cloud environments. It's particularly suitable for those pursuing careers in cloud architecture, DevOps, or site reliability engineering.

Real-World Application

The skills acquired in this course are directly applicable to real-world scenarios in cloud-based environments. Learners will be able to:

• Implement robust monitoring and logging systems for cloud infrastructure
• Troubleshoot and resolve performance issues in production environments
• Create effective alerting systems to prevent and quickly address potential problems
• Optimize cloud resource usage and costs
• Ensure better reliability and performance of cloud-based applications
• Implement best practices for incident management and resolution
• Enhance security monitoring and audit capabilities
• Improve overall operational efficiency in cloud environments

Syllabus

1. Introduction
2. Introduction to Monitoring in Google Cloud
3. Avoiding Customer Pain
4. Alerting Policies
5. Monitoring Critical Systems
6. Configuring Google Cloud Services for Observability
7. Advanced Logging and Analysis
8. Monitoring Network Security and Audit Logs
9. Managing Incidents
10. Investigating Application Performance Issues
11. Optimizing the Costs of Monitoring
12. Course Resources

Each module covers specific topics and includes hands-on labs and real-world case studies to reinforce learning and practical application of the concepts.