Application Development with Cloud Run

(2 days)

 

This course introduces you to fundamentals, practices, capabilities, and tools applicable to modern cloud application development with Cloud Run. Through a combination of lectures, hands-on labs, and supplemental materials, you learn how to develop and deploy applications on Google Cloud by using Cloud Run.

Course Objectives

  • Define containers and container images
  • Build and package applications into container images
  • Identify best practices used to create, test, and secure containers
  • Understand the basics of Cloud Run and Google Kubernetes Engine
  • Understand the fundamentals of Cloud Run that include the resource model, container lifecycle, and autoscaling
  • Develop and test applications locally before deploying to Cloud Run
  • Use service identity and IAM with Cloud Run
  • Integrate Cloud Run applications with Google Cloud services

Audience

Partners and customers who want to learn to use the tools and services on Google Cloud to build and run containerized applications.

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this course, participants should have:

  • Familiarity with Linux commands and command line interface.
  • Knowledge of the Google Cloud console, gcloud CLI, and networking.
  • Basic understanding of programming languages such as Node.js or Python.
  • Understanding of shell scripts, HTTP, and experience with HTTP client tools like cURL.

Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to Containers

  • Define containers and container images
  • Build and package applications into container images
  • Understand the use of CI/CD tools to build container images
  • Identify best practices used to create, test, and secure containers
  • Lab: Creating and Running Docker Containers
  • Lab: Creating a Containerized Application with Buildpacks

Module 2: Introduction to Cloud Run and Google Kubernetes Engine

  • Understand Cloud Run and its use in running containerized applications
  • Understand the basics of Google Kubernetes Engine
  • Lab: Deploying a Containerized Application on Cloud Run

Module 3: Fundamentals of Cloud Run

  • Understand the fundamentals of Cloud Run
  • Identify the states of a container’s lifecycle on Cloud Run
  • Control access to Cloud Run with IAM
  • Lab: Hello Cloud Run

Module 4: Service Identity and Authentication

  • Understand the fundamentals of IAM
  • Use IAM and service accounts with Cloud Run services
  • Lab: Implementing Least Privilege IAM Policy Bindings in Cloud Run

Module 5: Application Development, Testing, and Integration

  • Understand the process and tools used to develop and test Cloud Run applications
  • Manage service deployments and revisions on Cloud Run
  • Integrate Cloud Run with other Google Cloud services
  • Lab: Using Pub/Sub with Cloud Run