Cloud Computing: Concepts and Techniques

This book offers a complete introduction to Distributed Systems, Cloud Computing, and DevOps, covering the essential principles, structures, and technologies that shape modern computing. It starts with Distributed Systems and investigates their properties, remote invocation methods, coordination mechanisms, and temporal synchronization. The focus then changes to Cloud Computing, which is explained in terms of key principles, elasticity, provisioning, service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), and open-source cloud platforms. The book also covers cloud infrastructure, including cloud architecture, cloud kinds, storage providers, and IoT integration. The book also covers cloud infrastructure, including cloud architecture, cloud types, storage providers, and IoT integration. Cloud-enabling technologies include virtualization, service-oriented architecture, web services, and key cloud platforms such as AWS and Google App Engine. Finally, the book discusses microservices and DevOps, including microservice architectures, deployment methodologies, DevOps ideas, and tools. This resource is vital for students, academics, and professionals who want to learn and apply cloud-based distributed systems and DevOps approaches.