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Managing Google Cloud's Apigee API Platform for Hybrid Cloud Specialization

Install and Manage the Apigee Hybrid API Platform. Understand the architecture, terminology and concepts that are used to install, manage, scale and monitor the Apigee hybrid API management platform.

Instructor: Google Cloud Training

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3 course series

Get in-depth knowledge of a subject

4.6

(51 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

1 month at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Earn a career credential

Share your expertise with employers

3 course series

Get in-depth knowledge of a subject

4.6

(51 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

1 month at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Earn a career credential

Share your expertise with employers

What you'll learn

Learn the Apigee hybrid architecture, terminology and organizational model. Learn how to install Apigee hybrid on Google Kubernetes Engine.
Learn how to manage and scale Apigee hybrid runtime environments, the API proxy deployment process, and how hybrid data and services are secured.
Learn how to upgrade and rollback the Apigee hybrid installation, and how to monitor and troubleshoot the Apigee hybrid runtime plane components.

Overview

In this specialization, you will learn the Apigee hybrid architecture, and develop an understanding of the Apigee hybrid terminology and organizational model. You will install Apigee hybrid, and implement scenarios to manage, scale, and monitor the software components that make up the hybrid platform.

By completing this specialization, you will help accelerate customer time to value, minimize customer dependency on PSO and support for Apigee hybrid, and enable customers to scale up the platform as their API programs grow.

What’s included

Shareable certificate

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Taught in English

8 practice exercises

Advance your subject-matter expertise

Learn in-demand skills from university and industry experts
Master a subject or tool with hands-on projects
Develop a deep understanding of key concepts
Earn a career certificate from Google Cloud

Specialization - 3 course series

In this specialization, learners will be able to practically apply the skills they learn through a hands-on lab exercise utilizing Qwiklabs and by following demonstrations.

The lab covers installing and managing Apigee hybrid. The demos include tracing and debugging an API proxy running on Apigee hybrid, implementing API key verification in Apigee hybrid, scaling Apigee hybrid, using analytics in Apigee hybrid, and monitoring apigee hybrid. By completing these projects, learners gain the knowledge and skills required to implement these common tasks when managing and operating Apigee hybrid.

Architecting and Installing the Apigee Hybrid API Platform

Course 16 hours4.7 (43 ratings)View course

What you'll learn

Identify the purpose and value of Apigee API Platform.
Describe basic concepts and capabilities of Google Cloud, Kubernetes, REST and Anthos.
Discuss Apigee API Platform architecture and recommended practices for topology design.
Explain Apigee terminology and logical organizational structures.

Skills you'll gain

Kubernetes, Software Installation, Configuration Management, Identity and Access Management, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud-Native Computing, Application Programming Interface (API), Restful API, API Gateway, Cloud API, Verification And Validation, Hybrid Cloud Computing, and Application Deployment

Managing and Securing the Apigee Hybrid API Platform

Course 22 hours4.5 (17 ratings)View course

What you'll learn

Discuss infrastructure security, user access management, data storage and encryption practices used in Apigee hybrid.
Manage environments in Apigee hybrid.
Discuss capacity planning.
Scale runtime components in the hybrid runtime plane.

Skills you'll gain

Capacity Management, Application Deployment, Application Programming Interface (API), Encryption, Scalability, Data Security, Google Cloud Platform, Security Controls, Debugging, Hybrid Cloud Computing, API Gateway, Application Security, Cloud API, Development Environment, Proxy Servers, and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

Upgrading and Monitoring the Apigee Hybrid API Platform

Course 31 hour4.8 (15 ratings)View course

What you'll learn

Describe the upgrade and rollback process used for the Apigee hybrid installation.
Troubleshoot and monitor the hybrid runtime plane components using logs, metrics, and analytics.

Skills you'll gain

Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform, Release Management, Application Deployment, Network Troubleshooting, System Monitoring, Hybrid Cloud Computing, Patch Management, Configuration Management, Application Performance Management, and Application Programming Interface (API)