ACE syllabus
The Associate Cloud Engineer exam is about doing everyday work on Google Cloud: setting up projects and access, deploying compute, containers and data, then operating and securing them with gcloud, kubectl and the console. The official guide has five sections; this outline maps them onto four domains (planning and deploying are combined). Tick topics off as you cover them. Your ticks are saved in this browser.
This outline follows the official ACE exam guide (PDF). Check it for the exact wording.
Setting up a cloud solution environment
20%Projects, the resource hierarchy, identities, APIs, quotas, the operations suite and billing. Official guide section 1.
Planning and implementing a cloud solution
42.5%Choosing and deploying compute, storage, data, network and infrastructure as code. Official guide sections 2 and 3.
Ensuring successful operation
20%Operating what you deployed: VMs, clusters, Cloud Run, storage, networks, monitoring and logging. Official guide section 4.
Configuring access and security
17.5%IAM and service accounts. Official guide section 5.