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Cloud Computing Study Guide (AWS & GCP)

Introduction

This folder contains cloud computing learning materials that allow you to study AWS (Amazon Web Services) and GCP (Google Cloud Platform) in parallel comparison. By explaining the core services of both platforms in a corresponding manner, you can easily transition from one platform to another once you learn one.

Target Audience: Cloud beginners to intermediate level (practical basics)

File List

Filename Topic Difficulty AWS Services GCP Services
01_Cloud_Computing_Overview.md Cloud Overview, IaaS/PaaS/SaaS ⭐ - -
02_AWS_GCP_Account_Setup.md Account Creation, Console Navigation, MFA ⭐ Console Console
03_Regions_Availability_Zones.md Regions, Availability Zones, Global Infrastructure ⭐⭐ Regions/AZs Regions/Zones
04_Virtual_Machines.md Virtual Machine Creation, SSH Connection ⭐⭐ EC2 Compute Engine
05_Serverless_Functions.md Serverless Functions, Triggers ⭐⭐⭐ Lambda Cloud Functions
06_Container_Services.md Containers, Kubernetes ⭐⭐⭐ ECS, EKS, Fargate GKE, Cloud Run
07_Object_Storage.md Object Storage, Static Hosting ⭐⭐ S3 Cloud Storage
08_Block_and_File_Storage.md Block/File Storage, Snapshots ⭐⭐⭐ EBS, EFS PD, Filestore
09_Virtual_Private_Cloud.md VPC, Subnets, NAT ⭐⭐⭐ VPC VPC
10_Load_Balancing_CDN.md Load Balancers, CDN ⭐⭐⭐ ELB, CloudFront Cloud LB, CDN
11_Managed_Relational_DB.md Managed RDB, Replication ⭐⭐⭐ RDS, Aurora Cloud SQL
12_NoSQL_Databases.md NoSQL, Cache Services ⭐⭐⭐ DynamoDB, ElastiCache Firestore, Memorystore
13_Identity_Access_Management.md IAM Users, Roles, Policies ⭐⭐⭐ IAM IAM
14_Security_Services.md Security Groups, KMS, Secret Management ⭐⭐⭐⭐ SG, KMS, Secrets Manager Firewall, KMS, Secret Manager
15_CLI_and_SDK.md CLI Installation, SDK Usage ⭐⭐ AWS CLI, boto3 gcloud, google-cloud
16_Infrastructure_as_Code.md Terraform Basics, Modules ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Terraform Terraform
17_Monitoring_Logging_Cost.md Monitoring, Logging, Cost Management ⭐⭐⭐ CloudWatch, Cost Explorer Cloud Monitoring, Billing

Total Lessons: 17

Learning Path

Phase 1: Cloud Fundamentals (01-03)

  1. Understanding Cloud Concepts: 01_Cloud_Computing_Overview
  2. Account Setup: 02_AWS_GCP_Account_Setup
  3. Understanding Infrastructure Architecture: 03_Regions_Availability_Zones

Phase 2: Compute Services (04-06)

  1. Virtual Machines: 04_Virtual_Machines (EC2 / Compute Engine)
  2. Serverless: 05_Serverless_Functions (Lambda / Cloud Functions)
  3. Containers: 06_Container_Services (EKS / GKE)

Phase 3: Storage (07-08)

  1. Object Storage: 07_Object_Storage (S3 / Cloud Storage)
  2. Block/File Storage: 08_Block_and_File_Storage (EBS / Persistent Disk)

Phase 4: Networking (09-10)

  1. VPC Design: 09_Virtual_Private_Cloud
  2. Load Balancing & CDN: 10_Load_Balancing_CDN

Phase 5: Databases (11-12)

  1. Relational Databases: 11_Managed_Relational_DB (RDS / Cloud SQL)
  2. NoSQL Databases: 12_NoSQL_Databases (DynamoDB / Firestore)

Phase 6: Security (13-14)

  1. IAM: 13_Identity_Access_Management
  2. Security Services: 14_Security_Services

Phase 7: DevOps & IaC (15-16)

  1. CLI/SDK: 15_CLI_and_SDK
  2. Infrastructure as Code: 16_Infrastructure_as_Code (Terraform)

Phase 8: Operations (17)

  1. Monitoring & Cost: 17_Monitoring_Logging_Cost

AWS vs GCP Service Mapping Summary

Category AWS GCP
Compute EC2, Lambda, ECS, EKS Compute Engine, Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, GKE
Storage S3, EBS, EFS Cloud Storage, Persistent Disk, Filestore
Networking VPC, ELB, CloudFront VPC, Cloud Load Balancing, Cloud CDN
Databases RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB Cloud SQL, Spanner, Firestore
Security IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager IAM, Cloud KMS, Secret Manager
Monitoring CloudWatch, X-Ray Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Trace
IaC CloudFormation Deployment Manager
CLI AWS CLI gcloud CLI

Practice Environment Setup

Required Tools

# Install AWS CLI
curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/AWSCLIV2.pkg" -o "AWSCLIV2.pkg"  # macOS
# Or: pip install awscli

# Install GCP gcloud CLI
curl https://sdk.cloud.google.com | bash

# Install Terraform
brew install terraform  # macOS
# Or: https://www.terraform.io/downloads

Free Tier Utilization

Platform Free Tier
AWS 12 months free (t2.micro EC2, 5GB S3, etc.)
GCP $300 credit (90 days), Always Free services

Related Resources

Related Folders

  • Docker/ - Container basics, Kubernetes introduction
  • Networking/ - Network fundamentals
  • Linux/ - Server management basics