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Mastering Azure Serverless Computing

By : Lorenzo Barbieri, Massimo Bonanni
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Mastering Azure Serverless Computing

By: Lorenzo Barbieri, Massimo Bonanni

Overview of this book

Application development has evolved from traditional monolithic app development to using serverless options and microservices. This book is designed to guide you through using Microsoft's Azure Functions to process data, integrate systems, and build simple APIs and microservices. You will discover how to apply serverless computing to speed up deployment and reduce downtime. You'll also explore Azure Functions, including its core functionalities and essential tools, along with understanding how to debug and even customize Azure Functions. In addition to this, the book will take you through how you can effectively implement DevOps and automation in your working environment. Toward the concluding chapters, you'll cover some quick tips, troubleshooting techniques, and real-world serverless use cases that will help you make the most of serverless computing. By the end of this book, you will have gained the skills you need to develop and deliver cost-effective Azure serverless solutions.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Section 1: Azure Functions 2.0 Fundamentals
5
Section 2: Azure Functions 2.0 Deployment and Automation
10
Section 3: Serverless Orchestration, API Management, and Event Processing
15
Section 4: Real-World Serverless Use Cases

Azure Pipelines and Azure Functions

In this section, you will learn how to implement CI/CD pipelines to build your function app and deploy it on Azure. Let's set them up by going through the following steps:

  1. First of all, you must have an organization in Azure DevOps; then you can create a team project to host your pipelines. In this example, we will assume that your code is on GitHub.
  2. To create your team project, use the Create project button in Azure DevOps:
  1. Then configure it:
  1. You can set a description to describe your project. In this case, the advanced configurations are useless as you will not be using Azure Boards and Azure Repos (instead, you will connect your Azure DevOps team project to the GitHub repository).
  2. Finally, to integrate Azure Pipelines with GitHub, you must enable Azure Pipelines on your GitHub repository. You can find the Azure Pipelines extension...