3Managing and provisioning infrastructure
- 3.1Provisioning with Infrastructure as Code
Understand reproducible provisioning with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Infrastructure Manager), state management and modularization, integration into CI/CD, and avoiding manual clickops to gain consistency and reviewability.
- 3.2Configuring networking (VPC, load balancers, connectivity)
Understand designing VPCs/subnets/firewall rules, centralized management via Shared VPC, Cloud Load Balancing types (global/regional, L7/L4), outbound via Cloud NAT, and secure connectivity via Private Google Access and VPC Service Controls.

