You're reading from Architecting Cloud-Native Serverless Solutions Design, build, and operate serverless solutions on cloud and open source platforms

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803230085

Length 350 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Serverless

Concepts

Design

Authors (2):

Aditya Krishnakumar

Safeer CM

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1 – Serverless Essentials

2. Chapter 1: Serverless Computing and Function as a Service FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Backend as a Service and Powerful Serverless Platforms

4. Part 2 – Platforms and Solutions in Action

5. Chapter 3: Serverless Solutions in AWS

6. Chapter 4: Serverless Solutions in Azure

7. Chapter 5: Serverless Solutions in GCP

8. Chapter 6: Serverless Cloudflare

9. Chapter 7: Kubernetes, Knative and OpenFaaS

10. Chapter 8: Self-Hosted FaaS with Apache OpenWhisk

11. Part 3 – Design, Build, and Operate Serverless

12. Chapter 9: Implementing DevOps Practices for Serverless

13. Chapter 10: Serverless Security, Observability, and Best Practices

14. Chapter 11: Architectural and Design Patterns for Serverless

15. Index

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