Hands-On Serverless Computing with Google Cloud: Build, deploy, and containerize apps using Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, and cloud-native technologies

by Richard Rose (Author)

Effectively deploy fully managed workloads using Google Cloud's serverless services

Key Features

• Use real-world use cases to understand the core functionalities of Functions as a Service
• Explore the potential of Cloud Run, Knative, Cloud Build, Google Kubernetes Engine, and Cloud Storage
• Get to grips with architectural decisions, seamless deployments, containerization, and serverless solutions

Book Description

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.

What you will learn

• Explore the various options for deploying serverless workloads on Google Cloud
• Determine the appropriate serverless product for your application use case
• Integrate multiple lightweight functions to build scalable and resilient services
• Increase productivity through build process automation
• Understand how to secure serverless workloads using service accounts
• Build a scalable architecture with Google Cloud Functions and Cloud Run

Who this book is for

If you are a cloud administrator, architect, or developer who wants to build scalable systems and deploy serverless workloads on Google Cloud, then this book is for you. To get the most out of this book, a basic understanding of the serverless ecosystem and cloud computing will be beneficial.

Table of Contents

1. Introducing App Engine
2. Developing with App Engine
3. Introducing Lightweight Functions
4. Developing Cloud Functions
5. Exploring Functions as a Service
6. Cloud Functions Labs
7. Introducing Cloud Run
8. Developing with Cloud Run
9. Developing with Cloud Run for Anthos
10. Cloud Run Labs
11. Building a PDF Conversion Service
12. Consuming Third-Party Data via a REST API