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Azure Serverless Computing Cookbook

You're reading from   Azure Serverless Computing Cookbook Build and monitor Azure applications hosted on serverless architecture using Azure Functions

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789615265
Length 424 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Jason Marston Jason Marston
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Praveen Kumar Sreeram Praveen Kumar Sreeram
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Preface 1. Developing Cloud Applications Using Function Triggers and Bindings FREE CHAPTER 2. Working with Notifications Using the SendGrid and Twilio Services 3. Seamless Integration of Azure Functions with Azure Services 4. Understanding the Integrated Developer Experience of Visual Studio Tools 5. Exploring Testing Tools for the Validation of Azure Functions 6. Monitoring and Troubleshooting Azure Serverless Services 7. Developing Reliable Serverless Applications Using Durable Functions 8. Bulk Import of Data Using Azure Durable Functions and Cosmos DB 9. Implementing Best Practices for Azure Functions 10. Configuring of Serverless Applications in the Production Environment 11. Implementing and Deploying Continuous Integration Using Azure DevOps 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Deploying Azure Functions in a container

By now, you might have understood the major use case of why we might use Azure Functions. Yes—it's for when developing a piece of code and deploying it in a serverless environment, where a developer or administrator doesn't need to worry about the provisioning and scaling of instances for hosting your server-side applications.

Making all of the features of serverless could only be achieved when you create your Function App by choosing the Consumption plan in the Hosting Plan drop-down menu.

By looking at the title of this recipe, you might already be wondering why and how deploying an Azure Function to a Docker container would help. Yes, the combination of Azure Functions and Docker Container might not make sense, as you would lose all of the serverless benefits of Azure Functions when you deploy to Docker. However, there...

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