Installing and Managing Google Cloud’s Apigee API Platform for Private Cloud

Overview

This course introduces you to the fundamentals and advanced practices used to install and manage Google Cloud's Apigee API Platform for private cloud.

Through a combination of lectures, hands-on labs, and supplemental materials, you will learn how to design, install, secure, manage, and scale the Apigee API Platform for Private Cloud.

Prerequisites

Participants should have:

• Familiarity with Linux command and command line interface
• Basic understanding of networking.
• Basic understanding of shell script, XML, JSON, HTTP, REST, and TLS

Target Audience

This course is designed for:

• Cloud Architects, Cloud Engineers and Operation Specialists

Objectives

By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

• Identify the purpose and value of the Apigee API Platform.
• Gain a detailed understanding of the Apigee API Platform for Private Cloud architecture and the recommended practices for topology design.
• Gain a detailed understanding of the Apigee terminology and logical organizational structure.
• Interact with the Apigee API Platform and solve scenarios by leveraging recommended practices.
• Understand the capabilities and practices used to secure, manage and scale the platform.
• Learn and practice the installation and upgrade of the Apigee API Platform for Private Cloud.

Outline

Module 1: Architecture

Objectives

• Familiarize with Apigee product capabilities and its place in the enterprise architecture
• Gain an understanding of the Apigee technology stack
• Gain a basic understanding of Apache Cassandra capabilities and how they are leveraged by the Apigee platform
• Gain a detailed understanding of Apigee terminology and organizational structure
• Explore topology design options

Activities

• Lectures

Module 2: Installation

Objectives

• Discuss installation planning
• Understand installation dependencies
• Learn and practice the installation process
• Discuss post installation tasks and recurring activities recommended for the platform Learn how to uninstall the platform

Activities

• Lectures and Labs

Module 3: Developer Portal installation

Objectives

• Discuss the role of the Apigee Developer Portal
• Discuss recommended practices for hosting the Developer Portal
• Discuss the software distribution and installation process

Activities

• Lectures

Module 4: Management

• Discuss platform operations capabilities and recommended practices
• Discuss the role of the Management API and how it is leveraged by the platform
• Gain an understanding of the API deployment process
• Gain an understanding of Apigee analytics
• Discuss infrastructure operations capabilities and recommended practices

Activities

• Lectures

Module 5: Security

• Discuss Apigee capabilities to secure API traffic
• Understand how to configure TLS and mTLS for critical path components and user facing interfaces
• Learn how to configure single sign-on (SSO)

Activities

• Lectures

Module 6: Upgrade

Objectives

• Discuss upgrade planning and recommended practices
• Discuss upgrade prerequisites and dependencies
• Learn and practice the upgrade process
• Discuss rollback scenarios and the rollback process

Activities

• Lectures and Labs

Module 7: Capacity Planning and Scaling

Objectives

• Understand scenarios and recommended practices for capacity planning
• Understand how to scale up/down physical and logical capacity
• Understand how to add individual components, extend clusters and add new regions

Activities

• Lectures and Labs

Module 8: Monitoring

Objectives

• Discuss recommended practices for monitoring the platform
• Understand how to monitor individual components
• Discuss the role of synthetic transactions monitoring
• Discuss recommended practices for API monitoring

Activities

• Lectures

Module 9: Troubleshooting

Objectives

• Discuss failure scenarios and troubleshooting practices
• Understand the Apigee support model

Activities

• Lectures

Exams and Assessments

There are no examinations or certifications associated with this course

Hands-On Learning

This course is delivered via a mixture of presentations, demonstrations and practical labs.