You're reading from The Definitive Guide to Modernizing Applications on Google Cloud The what, why, and how of application modernization on Google Cloud

Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800209794

Length 488 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

SQL

Tools

Firebase

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Authors (3):

Jason Marston

Dheeraj Panyam

Steve (Satish) Sangapu

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Table of Contents (26) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Cloud-Native Application Development and App Modernization in Google Cloud

2. Chapter 1: Cloud-Native Application Fundamentals FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: End-to-End Extensible Tooling for Cloud-Native Application Development

4. Chapter 3: Cloud-Native Architecture Patterns and System Architecture Tenets

5. Section 2: Selecting the Right Google Cloud Services

6. Chapter 4: Choosing the Right Compute Option

7. Chapter 5: Choosing the Right Database and Storage

8. Chapter 6: Implementing a Messaging and Scheduling System

9. Chapter 7: Implementing Cloud-Native Security

10. Section 3: Rehosting and Replatforming the Application

11. Chapter 8: Introducing the Legacy Application

12. Chapter 9: The Initial Architecture on Google Compute Engine

13. Chapter 10: Addressing Scalability and Availability

14. Chapter 11: Re-Platforming the Data Layer

15. Chapter 12: Designing the Interim Architecture

16. Chapter 13: Refactoring to Microservices

17. Section 4: Refactoring the Application on Cloud-Native/PaaS and Serverless in Google Cloud

18. Chapter 14: Refactoring the Frontend and Exposing REST Services

19. Chapter 15: Handling Eventual Consistency with the Compensation Pattern

20. Chapter 16: Orchestrating Your Application with Google Kubernetes Engine

21. Chapter 17: Going Serverless with Google App Engine

22. Chapter 18: Future Proofing Your App with Google Cloud Run

23. Other Books You May Enjoy

Appendix A: Choosing the Right Migration Strategy

1. Appendix B: Application Modernization Solutions

When to use Google App Engine

The choice between Google App Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine, and Google Cloud Run can be a tricky one and, in a professional environment, is often determined by company policies. If we have total freedom, it can still be a subjective choice. However, the following is some guidance to help with the decision-making process.

Consider using Google App Engine when the following criteria apply:

The services are HTTP(S) based.
The services are stateless.
There is a small number of services.
The services do not require complex orchestration.
Google Cloud Run is not available in the region you wish to deploy to.

The previous guidance comes down to two major concerns. Are the microservices stateless web apps, and do we need to coordinate between them? If, based on the previous list of considerations, Google App Engine is not a good fit, then we need to consider Google Kubernetes Engine or Google Cloud Run.

That concludes our...