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Respond to Events with Google Cloud Run Functions

Difficulty: Beginner

Duration: Up to 40 minutes

Students: 2,144

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Description

Cloud Run functions provide an event-driven serverless compute platform in Google's Cloud. Some of the benefits of using Cloud Run functions are:

No server management
Pay only what you use pricing model
Autoscaling
Event-driven triggers

This lab teaches you how to use Cloud Run functions. Along the way, the lab introduces you to all the key concepts and trade-offs you need to understand to work effectively with Cloud Run functions. The lab is performed using the Console web browser interface to Google Cloud.

Lab Objectives

Upon completion of this beginner-level lab, you will be able to:

Understand key concepts in Cloud Run functions including functions, and triggers
Deploying an HTTP Cloud Run function from the Console
Deploying a Cloud Run function that receives Google Cloud events (e.g., Cloud Pub/Sub events, Cloud Storage object change notification events).