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<!DOCTYPE FL_Course SYSTEM "https://www.flane.de/dtd/fl_course095.dtd"><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://portal.flane.ch/css/xml-course.xsl"?><course productid="23147" language="en" source="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/en/xml-course/google-lmogc" lastchanged="2026-04-10T21:08:35+02:00" parent="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/en/xml-courses"><title>Logging, Monitoring, and Observability in Google Cloud</title><productcode>LMOGC</productcode><vendorcode>GO</vendorcode><vendorname>Google</vendorname><fullproductcode>GO-LMOGC</fullproductcode><version>2.0</version><objective>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Explain the purpose and capabilities of Google Cloud&amp;rsquo;s operations suite.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Implement monitoring for multiple cloud projects.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create alerting policies, uptime checks and alerts.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Install and manage Ops Agent to collect logs for Compute Engine.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain Cloud Operations for GKE.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Analyze VPC Flow Logs and firewall rules logs.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Analyze and export Cloud Audit Logs instances.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Profile and identify resource-intensive functions in an application.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Analyze resource utilization cost for monitoring related components within Google Cloud.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</objective><essentials>&lt;p&gt;To get the most out of this course, participants should:
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&lt;li&gt;Have completed &lt;span class=&quot;cms-link-marked&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;fl-href-prod&quot; href=&quot;/swisscom/en/course/google-gcf-ci&quot;&gt;&lt;svg role=&quot;img&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; focusable=&quot;false&quot; data-nosnippet class=&quot;cms-linkmark&quot;&gt;&lt;use xlink:href=&quot;/css/img/icnset-linkmarks.svg#linkmark&quot;&gt;&lt;/use&gt;&lt;/svg&gt;Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure &lt;span class=&quot;fl-prod-pcode&quot;&gt;(GCF-CI)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; or have equivalent experience&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Have basic scripting or coding familiarity&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Be proficient with command-line tools and Linux operating system environments&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</essentials><audience>&lt;p&gt;This class is intended for the following participants:
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&lt;li&gt;Cloud architects, administrators, and SysOps personnel&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cloud developers and DevOps personnel&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</audience><outline>&lt;h4&gt;Module 1 - Introduction to Google Cloud Operations Suite&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe the purpose and capabilities of Google Cloud&amp;rsquo;s operations suite&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the purpose of the Cloud Monitoring tool.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the purpose of Cloud Logging and Error Reporting tools.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the purpose of Application Performance Management tools.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Module 2 - Monitoring Critical Systems&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use Cloud Monitoring to view metrics for multiple cloud projects.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the different types of dashboards and charts that can be built.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create an uptime check.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the cloud operations architecture.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain and demonstrate the purpose of using Monitoring Query Language (MQL) for monitoring.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Module 3 - Alerting Policies&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Explain alerting strategies.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain alerting policies.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain error budget.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain why server-level indicators (SLIs), service-level objectives (SLOs), and service-level agreements (SLAs) are important.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify types of alerts and common uses for each.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use Cloud Monitoring to manage services.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Module 4 - Advanced Logging and Analysis&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use Log Explorer features.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the features and benefits of logs-based metrics.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define log sinks (inclusion filters) and exclusion filters.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain how BigQuery can be used to analyze logs.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Export logs to BigQuery for analysis.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use log analytics on Google Cloud.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Module 5 - Working with Audit Logs&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Explain Cloud Audit Logs.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List and explain different audit logs.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the features and functionalities of the different audit logs.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List the best practices to implement audit logs.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Module 6 - Configuring Google Cloud Services for Observability&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use the Ops Agent with Compute Engine.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Enable and use Kubernetes Monitoring.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the benefits of using Google Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the usage of PromQL to query Cloud Monitoring metrics.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the uses of Open Telemetry.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain custom metrics.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Module 7 - Monitoring Google Cloud Network and Data Access&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Collect and analyze VPC Flow logs and firewall rules logs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Enable and monitor Packet Mirroring&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the capabilities of Network Intelligence Center&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Module 8 - Investigating Application Performance Issues&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Explain the features and benefits of Error Reporting, Cloud Trace, and Cloud Profiler.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the functionalities of the Error Reporting, Cloud Trace, and Cloud Profiler&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Module 9 - Optimizing the Costs for Operations Suite&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Analyze resource utilization cost for monitoring related components within Google Cloud.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Implement best practices for controlling the cost of monitoring within Google Cloud.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</outline><objective_plain>- Explain the purpose and capabilities of Google Cloud’s operations suite.
- Implement monitoring for multiple cloud projects.
- Create alerting policies, uptime checks and alerts.
- Install and manage Ops Agent to collect logs for Compute Engine.
- Explain Cloud Operations for GKE.
- Analyze VPC Flow Logs and firewall rules logs.
- Analyze and export Cloud Audit Logs instances.
- Profile and identify resource-intensive functions in an application.
- Analyze resource utilization cost for monitoring related components within Google Cloud.</objective_plain><essentials_plain>To get the most out of this course, participants should:



- Have completed Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure (GCF-CI) or have equivalent experience
- Have basic scripting or coding familiarity
- Be proficient with command-line tools and Linux operating system environments</essentials_plain><audience_plain>This class is intended for the following participants:



- Cloud architects, administrators, and SysOps personnel
- Cloud developers and DevOps personnel</audience_plain><outline_plain>Module 1 - Introduction to Google Cloud Operations Suite


- Describe the purpose and capabilities of Google Cloud’s operations suite
- Explain the purpose of the Cloud Monitoring tool.
- Explain the purpose of Cloud Logging and Error Reporting tools.
- Explain the purpose of Application Performance Management tools.
Module 2 - Monitoring Critical Systems


- Use Cloud Monitoring to view metrics for multiple cloud projects.
- Explain the different types of dashboards and charts that can be built.
- Create an uptime check.
- Explain the cloud operations architecture.
- Explain and demonstrate the purpose of using Monitoring Query Language (MQL) for monitoring.
Module 3 - Alerting Policies


- Explain alerting strategies.
- Explain alerting policies.
- Explain error budget.
- Explain why server-level indicators (SLIs), service-level objectives (SLOs), and service-level agreements (SLAs) are important.
- Identify types of alerts and common uses for each.
- Use Cloud Monitoring to manage services.
Module 4 - Advanced Logging and Analysis


- Use Log Explorer features.
- Explain the features and benefits of logs-based metrics.
- Define log sinks (inclusion filters) and exclusion filters.
- Explain how BigQuery can be used to analyze logs.
- Export logs to BigQuery for analysis.
- Use log analytics on Google Cloud.
Module 5 - Working with Audit Logs


- Explain Cloud Audit Logs.
- List and explain different audit logs.
- Explain the features and functionalities of the different audit logs.
- List the best practices to implement audit logs.
Module 6 - Configuring Google Cloud Services for Observability


- Use the Ops Agent with Compute Engine.
- Enable and use Kubernetes Monitoring.
- Explain the benefits of using Google Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus.
- Explain the usage of PromQL to query Cloud Monitoring metrics.
- Explain the uses of Open Telemetry.
- Explain custom metrics.
Module 7 - Monitoring Google Cloud Network and Data Access


- Collect and analyze VPC Flow logs and firewall rules logs
- Enable and monitor Packet Mirroring
- Explain the capabilities of Network Intelligence Center
Module 8 - Investigating Application Performance Issues


- Explain the features and benefits of Error Reporting, Cloud Trace, and Cloud Profiler.
- Explain the functionalities of the Error Reporting, Cloud Trace, and Cloud Profiler
Module 9 - Optimizing the Costs for Operations Suite


- Analyze resource utilization cost for monitoring related components within Google Cloud.
- Implement best practices for controlling the cost of monitoring within Google Cloud.</outline_plain><duration unit="d" days="2">2 days</duration><pricelist><price country="DE" currency="EUR">1950.00</price><price country="CH" currency="CHF">2220.00</price><price country="AT" currency="EUR">1950.00</price><price country="IL" currency="ILS">6770.00</price><price country="BE" currency="EUR">2095.00</price><price country="NL" currency="EUR">2095.00</price><price country="GR" currency="EUR">1950.00</price><price country="MK" currency="EUR">1950.00</price><price country="HU" currency="EUR">1950.00</price><price country="PL" currency="PLN">5200.00</price><price country="US" currency="USD">1495.00</price><price country="IT" currency="EUR">1300.00</price><price country="GB" currency="GBP">1210.00</price><price country="SI" currency="EUR">1300.00</price><price country="CA" currency="CAD">2065.00</price><price country="FR" currency="EUR">1550.00</price></pricelist><miles/></course>