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Architecting Cloud Computing Solutions

By : Kevin L. Jackson, Goessling
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Architecting Cloud Computing Solutions

By: Kevin L. Jackson, Goessling

Overview of this book

Cloud adoption is a core component of digital transformation. Scaling the IT environment, making it resilient, and reducing costs are what organizations want. Architecting Cloud Computing Solutions presents and explains critical cloud solution design considerations and technology decisions required to be made for deploying the right cloud service and deployment models, based on your business and technology service requirements. This book starts with the fundamentals of cloud computing and its architectural concepts. It then walks you through cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS), deployment models (public, private, community, and hybrid) and implementation options (enterprise, MSP, and CSP) to explain and describe the key considerations and challenges organizations face during cloud migration. Later, this book delves into how to leverage DevOps, Cloud-Native, and serverless architectures in your cloud environment and presents industry best practices for scaling your cloud environment. Finally, this book addresses in depth how to manage essential cloud technology service components, such as data storage, security controls, and disaster recovery. By the end of this book, you will have mastered all the design considerations and operational trades required to adopt cloud services, no matter which cloud service provider you choose.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Prologue
18
Hands-On Lab 1 – Basic Cloud Design (Single Server)
20
Hands-On Lab 3 – Optimizing Current State (12 Months Later)
21
Cloud Architecture – Lessons Learned
22
Epilogue

Use of APIs

Application APIs are the glue that connects applications. They manage the virtual discussions between users and the cloud services being consumed. APIs enable business agility, flexibility, and interoperability. These software modules are more than just connective tissue on the web, they are business model drivers and represent organizational core assets that can be reused, shared, and monetized. Using APIs, companies extend the reach of existing services or provide new revenue streams. In some instances, they are actually end products that, in turn, provide access legacy and third-party systems and data.

Infrastructure APIs are used to provision, de-provision, and scale cloud computing resources. As crucial solution components, the cloud solution architecting process should also consider the following:

  • Creation and publication of a service endpoint as an API
  • Deployment...