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Professional Cloud Architect –  Google Cloud Certification Guide

You're reading from   Professional Cloud Architect – Google Cloud Certification Guide A handy guide to designing, developing, and managing enterprise-grade GCP cloud solutions

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838555276
Length 520 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Brian Gerrard Brian Gerrard
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Table of Contents (26) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Introduction to GCP FREE CHAPTER
2. GCP Cloud Architect Professional 3. Getting Started with Google Cloud Platform 4. Google Cloud Platform Core Services 5. Section 2: Managing, Designing, and Planning a Cloud Solution Architecture
6. Working with Google Compute Engine 7. Managing Kubernetes Clusters with Google Kubernetes Engine 8. Exploring Google App Engine as a Compute Option 9. Running Serverless Functions with Google Cloud Functions 10. Networking Options in GCP 11. Exploring Storage Options in GCP - Part 1 12. Exploring Storage Options in GCP - Part 2 13. Analyzing Big Data Options 14. Putting Machine Learning to Work 15. Section 3: Designing for Security and Compliance
16. Security and Compliance 17. Section 4: Managing Implementation
18. Google Cloud Management Options 19. Section 5: Ensuring Solution and Operations Reliability
20. Monitoring Your Infrastructure 21. Section 6: Exam Focus
22. Case Studies 23. Test Your Knowledge 24. Assessments 25. Other Books You May Enjoy

Running Serverless Functions with Google Cloud Functions

In this chapter, we will finally talk about fully serverless compute options, that is, Cloud Functions. This means no more servers and no more containers. Obviously, this service is leveraging them in the backend, but they aren't visible to the end user. All we need to care about now is the code. Cloud Functions is a Function as a Service (FaaS) offering. This means that you write a function in one of the languages supported by GCP and it can be triggered by an event or via HTTP. GCP takes care of provisioning and scaling the resources that are needed to run your functions.

How do Cloud Functions work in the backend? Again, you don't really need to bother about GCP's backend infrastructure, which runs the functions for you. However, being an engineer, I bet you will still search for answers on your own. Cloud...
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