Serverless Beyond the Buzzword: A Strategic Approach to Modern Cloud Management

by Thomas Smart

About the author Acknowledgements Prologue Who is this book for? Technical levels used in this book What will you learn? Amazon Web Services (AWS) Second edition Chapter 1: Serverless basics What is Serverless architecture? Microservices Serverless example History of Serverless Types of projects Key challenges Key benefits Common objections Public case studies Chapter 2: Strategy Introduction Traditional organization structure vs Serverless Cloud Centre of Excellence (CCoE) Cloud controls as compliance guardrails Supporting tools Serverless current state Serverless desired state Serverless gap analysis Application suitability for Serverless Event Storming Public case studies Chapter 3: Finances Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) The value of paying for utilization The cost to develop Serverless The cost of migrating applications The cost of maintenance and operations Estimating the cloud operational costs Collecting the input data for an estimate Calculating the estimate Cost management Cost optimization Chapter 4: Security Shared responsibility Serverless security Principle of Least Privilege IAM Policy tips Security for cloud users Security for microservices User input validation Storing credentials Encryption Protecting Data Securing Databases Privacy and GDPR Security monitoring with ElectricEye Chapter 5: People Serverless roles Serverless Solution Architect Serverless Cloud Security Engineer Serverless Deployment Automation Engineer Serverless Full Stack Developer Serverless Database Engineer Serverless training Serverless team structure Working with Serverless vendors Vetting Serverless capabilities Chapter 6: DevOps & Tooling What is DevOps? Infrastructure as Code AWS CloudFormation AWS CloudFormation planning Terraform AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM) AWS Amplify AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) CDK technical considerations Serverless Framework Code Repositories GIT Submodules Developer Tooling Code quality assurance Chapter 7: Data Data is a valuable asset Database selection Event Sourcing Data tenancy Relational Database Service (RDS) Redshift Serverless DynamoDB NoSQL Serverless NoSQL databases Managed NoSQL databases NoSQL databases comparison In-memory databases AppSync Simple Storage Solution (S3) Elastic File System (EFS) Chapter 8: Logging & Testing Logging Reactive Logging Proactive Logging Logging format and content Log types in the cloud Cloud logging services CloudWatch &nbs

746 pages, Paperback

Published December 29, 2022