Mastering Azure Serverless Computing

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Mastering Azure Serverless Computing

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Preface

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Section 1: Azure Functions 2.0 Fundamentals

Developing and Running Azure Functions

Technical requirements

Introduction to Azure Functions

Azure Functions Core Tools

Developing Azure Functions with Visual Studio

Visual Studio Code

The OpenAPI Specification in Azure Functions

Exposing your Azure Functions on the internet with ngrok

Debugging an Azure Function

Debugging your function locally

Debug your function remotely

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Customizing Your Azure Functions

Technical requirements

Discovering Azure Functions extensions

Creating a custom trigger

Creating a custom binding

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Programming Languages Supported in Azure Functions

Technical requirements

Azure Functions and JavaScript

Azure Functions and Java

Azure Functions and Python

Azure Functions and PowerShell

Language extensibility

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Section 2: Azure Functions 2.0 Deployment and Automation

Deploying and Configuring Your Azure Functions

Technical requirements

Creating the Azure function app

Deploying the Azure function app

Using the deployment slots

Kudu – the Azure Function deployment service

Configuring your Azure Functions

Reading the app settings in your Azure Function

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Leverage the Power of DevOps with Azure Functions

Technical requirements

Understanding Azure DevOps

Azure Pipelines and Azure Functions

Creating your first build pipeline

The Variables tab

The Triggers tab

The Options tab

The History tab

The Tasks tab

Using YAML definition

Creating the release pipeline

CI/CD at a glance

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Testing and Monitoring

Technical requirements

Testing your Azure Functions

Dependency injection in Azure Functions

Monitoring Azure Functions

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Serverless and Containers

Technical requirements

Linux-based Azure Functions

Creating an Azure Functions project with support to create a custom Docker image

Creating a custom Docker image that contains an Azure Function

Publishing the custom Docker image to Docker Hub

Publishing the custom Docker image to an ACR

Creating a function app based on a custom Docker image

Updating the Docker image

Pointing the function app to a new tag and enabling continuous deployment

Hosting Azure Functions containers in Kubernetes with KEDA