Free Cloud Automation Course: Configuration and Puppet

About this course

Explore configuration management and cloud automation through four extended Google teaching videos. This free course connects consistent system configuration with cloud instances, introduces Puppet in a local environment and discusses cloud services and automation. It is a useful conceptual next step for learners who understand basic systems administration and want to reduce repetitive configuration work.

What you can learn

• Configuration management
• Cloud instances
• Puppet
• Local environments
• Cloud services
• IT automation

Course at a glance

Inside the course

Start with configuration management as an automation approach, then examine the management of cloud instances. The third lesson brings Puppet into a local environment, and the final chapter returns to cloud services and automation. Follow the videos in sequence to connect a declared configuration with the systems that need to maintain it.

Try this learning exercise

Design a configuration plan for three fictional servers. List the packages, services and settings that should be consistent, distinguish desired state from one-off commands and sketch how changes would be checked before wider rollout. Complete the plan without creating a paid cloud resource.

How to follow the course

Choose a lesson from the list or search for a specific topic. Use Previous and Next to continue, and mark lessons complete as you go. Progress is saved in this browser without a WikiFree account.

Free access, requirements and certificates

The selected public YouTube videos are free to watch. No paid subscription, payment card or examination is required for this video learning path. WikiFree organizes the public lessons for self-paced viewing; this listing does not include a Google certificate, graded assignment or instructor feedback.

Basic command-line and systems knowledge is recommended. The recordings may show older interfaces or commands. Running cloud instances or reproducing optional labs can require accounts and incur charges; these activities are not needed to complete the free video path. No Google certificate or assessed lab access is included.

Official Grow with Google playlist source ↗

Provider: Google. Videos play from the Grow with Google channel on YouTube.