Jacques Chester

Knative in Action

Knative in Action

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Knative simplifies building and running serverless systems by providing a collection of Kubernetes extensions curated by Google. Knative in Action guides you through the Knative toolkit, showing you how to launch, modify, and monitor event-based apps built using cloud-hosted functions like AWS Lambda. It covers topics such as Knative Serving, Knative Eventing, and integrating Knative into your shipping pipeline. The book is for software developers comfortable with CLI tools and an OO language like Java or Go.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 01 May 2021
Publisher: Manning Publications


Knative, a collection of Kubernetes extensions curated by Google, simplifies the process of building and running serverless systems. This comprehensive guide, titled "Knative in Action," takes you through the Knative toolkit, showcasing how to launch, modify, and monitor event-based apps built using cloud-hosted functions like AWS Lambda.

In this book, you will learn how to use Knative Serving to develop software that is easily deployed and autoscaled, how to use Knative Eventing to wire together disparate systems into a consistent whole, and how to integrate Knative into your shipping pipeline.

With Knative, managing a serverless application's full lifecycle is a breeze. Knative builds on Kubernetes orchestration features, making it effortless to deploy and run serverless apps. It handles low-level chores, such as starting and stopping instances, so you can focus on features and behavior.

The book "Knative in Action" teaches you to build complex and efficient serverless applications. You will delve into Knative's unique design principles and grasp cloud-native concepts like handling latency-sensitive workloads. You will deliver updates with Knative Serving and interlink apps, services, and systems with Knative Eventing. To keep you moving forward, every example includes deployment advice and tips for debugging.

Who is this book for?

This book is designed for software developers who are comfortable with CLI tools and an object-oriented language like Java or Go.

About the Author:

Jacques Chester has been working in Pivotal and VMWare R&D since 2014, contributing to Knative and other projects.

Weight: 510g
Dimension: 187 x 236 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781617296642

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