Cloud Foundations
A guided path through core concepts used to understand how modern cloud applications are hosted, stored, scaled, and delivered.
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Cloud Foundations connects the core infrastructure concepts behind modern cloud applications, from shared computing resources and storage through packaging, orchestration, traffic distribution, delivery, and managed runtime models.
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7 terms
1.Cloud ComputingOn-demand access to shared computing resources such as servers, storage, networking, and applications over a network.Cloud & Systems2.Object StorageA storage model that keeps data as individually addressable objects with metadata rather than organizing it primarily as files in folders or blocks on a disk.Cloud & Systems3.ContainerAn isolated software environment that packages an application with the dependencies it needs to run consistently.Cloud & Systems4.KubernetesAn open-source platform for deploying, managing, and scaling containerized applications across clusters of computers.Cloud & Systems5.Load BalancerA system that distributes incoming network traffic across multiple servers or application instances.Cloud & Systems6.CDNContent delivery network: geographically distributed network of servers that caches and delivers content from locations closer to users.Cloud & Systems7.ServerlessA cloud application model in which the provider manages much of the underlying server infrastructure, scaling, and runtime operations for the developer.Cloud & Systems