Using Cloud Run for Anthos

As mentioned earlier, working with Cloud Run for Anthos provides the ability to utilize many of the benefits of Kubernetes. In this section, we will explore some of these capabilities. Let's begin by creating (that is, provisioning) a cluster with access to Cloud Run a GKE environment.

Provisioning GKE

Cloud Run for Anthos requires a Kubernetes cluster. At a high level, Kubernetes provides a platform on which to manage (or orchestrate) containers. Outlining the value of Kubernetes is beyond the scope of this book, but it suffices to say it is something that is well worth the investment of time.

To deploy code to Cloud Run for Anthos, there is an assumption that there is a GKE cluster available...