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)¶

Understanding Cloud Concepts: 01_Cloud_Computing_Overview
Account Setup: 02_AWS_GCP_Account_Setup
Understanding Infrastructure Architecture: 03_Regions_Availability_Zones

Phase 2: Compute Services (04-06)¶

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

Phase 3: Storage (07-08)¶

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

Phase 4: Networking (09-10)¶

VPC Design: 09_Virtual_Private_Cloud
Load Balancing & CDN: 10_Load_Balancing_CDN

Phase 5: Databases (11-12)¶

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

Phase 6: Security (13-14)¶

IAM: 13_Identity_Access_Management
Security Services: 14_Security_Services

Phase 7: DevOps & IaC (15-16)¶

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

Phase 8: Operations (17)¶

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

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