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GCP: Cloud Run/Function to handle requests to GKE cluster during maintenance


Categories: Hyperscaler

At some point, there will be a system change significant enough that a maintenance window needs to be scheduled with customers.   But that doesn’t mean the end-user traffic or client integrations will stop requesting the services. What we need to present to end-users is a maintenance page during this outage to indicate the overall solution … GCP: Cloud Run/Function to handle requests to GKE cluster during maintenance

GCP: Deploying a 2nd gen Python Cloud Function and exposing from an HTTPS LB


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GCP Cloud Functions have taken a step forward with the 2nd generation release.  One of the biggest architectural differences is that now multiple request can run concurrently on a single instance, enabling large traffic loads. In this article, I will show you how to deploy a simple Python Flask web server as a 2nd gen … GCP: Deploying a 2nd gen Python Cloud Function and exposing from an HTTPS LB