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Hands-On Serverless Computing with Google Cloud

By : Richard Rose
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Hands-On Serverless Computing with Google Cloud

By: Richard Rose

Overview of this book

Google Cloud's serverless platform allows organizations to scale fully managed solutions without worrying about the underlying infrastructure. With this book, you will learn how to design, develop, and deploy full stack serverless apps on Google Cloud. The book starts with a quick overview of the Google Cloud console, its features, user interface (UI), and capabilities. After getting to grips with the Google Cloud interface and its features, you will explore the core aspects of serverless products such as Cloud Run, Cloud Functions and App Engine. You will also learn essential features such as version control, containerization, and identity and access management with the help of real-world use cases. Later, you will understand how to incorporate continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) techniques for serverless applications. Toward the concluding chapters, you will get to grips with how key technologies such as Knative enable Cloud Run to be hosted on multiple platforms including Kubernetes and VMware. By the end of this book, you will have become proficient in confidently developing, managing, and deploying containerized applications on Google Cloud.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
1
Section 1: App Engine
4
Section 2: Google Cloud Functions
9
Section 3: Google Cloud Run
14
Section 4: Building a Serverless Workload

Introducing Cloud Run

Cloud Run (and Cloud Run for Anthos) is a container-based serverless technology. A distinct advantage here is that containerization is a widely adopted approach. Being able to package your application as a container and then subsequently migrate it to a fully managed serverless environment without any additional work is a desirable proposition.

When working with any technology, it is always good to have an understanding of the constituent parts. In this respect, Google Cloud has chosen to base its technology on several open source technologies that the community can contribute to. Underestimating the ability to move between cloud providers occurs frequently. When developing an application, an important consideration is how that product/service technology can be adapted and the support it will receive.

Beyond the fundamental proposition of running containers...