Architecting Cloud-Native Serverless Solutions: Design, build, and operate serverless solutions on cloud and open source

Get up and running with serverless workloads across AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, and virtual machines with real-life examples and best practices for design, development, and security of serverless applications

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Key Features

Learn with DIY projects and step-by-step instructions for different serverless technologies and vendors
Explore detailed sections on running serverless workloads across Kubernetes and virtual machines
Discover Cloudflare Serverless Solutions to modernize your web applications

Book Description

Serverless computing has emerged as a mainstream paradigm in both cloud and on-premises computing, with AWS Lambda playing a pivotal role in shaping the Function-as-a-Service (FaaS) landscape. However, with the explosion of serverless technologies and vendors, it has become increasingly challenging to comprehend the foundational services and their offerings.

Architecting Cloud Native Serverless Solutions lays a strong foundation for understanding the serverless landscape and technologies in a vendor-agnostic manner. You'll learn how to select the appropriate cloud vendors and technologies based on your specific needs. In addition, you'll dive deep into the serverless services across AWS, GCP, Azure, and Cloudflare followed by open source serverless tools such as Knative, OpenFaaS, and OpenWhisk, along with examples. You'll explore serverless solutions on Kubernetes that can be deployed on both cloud-hosted clusters and on-premises environments, with real-world use cases. Furthermore, you'll explore development frameworks, DevOps approaches, best practices, security considerations, and design principles associated with serverless computing.

By the end of this serverless book, you'll be well equipped to solve your business problems by using the appropriate serverless vendors and technologies to build efficient and cost-effective serverless systems independently.
What you will learn

Understand the serverless landscape and its potential
Build serverless solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP
Develop and run serverless applications on Kubernetes
Implement open source FaaS with Knative, OpenFaaS, and OpenWhisk
Modernize web architecture with Cloudflare Serverless
Discover popular serverless frameworks and DevOps for serverless
Explore software design and serverless architecture patterns
Acquire an understanding of serverless development and security best practices

Who this book is for

This book is for DevOps, platform, cloud, site reliability engineers, or application developers looking to build serverless solutions. It's a valuable reference for solution architects trying to modernize a legacy application or working on a greenfield project. It's also helpful for anyone trying to solve business or operational problems without wanting to manage complicated technology infrastructure using serverless technologies. A basic understanding of cloud computing and some familiarity with at least one cloud vendor, Python programming language, and working with CLI will be helpful when reading this book.
Table of Contents

Serverless computing and Function as a service
Backend as a Service and Powerful Serverless Platforms
Serverless solutions in AWS
Serverless Solutions in Azure
Serverless solutions in GCP
Serverless Cloudflare
Kubernetes, Knative, and OpenFaaS
Self-hosted FaaS with Apache Openwhisk
Implementing DevOps Practices for Serverless
Serverless security, Observability, and Best Practices
Architectural and Design Patterns for Serverless