Distributed Cloud Edge Container API C++ Client Library
An idiomatic C++ client library for theDistributed Cloud Edge Container API, a service that allows you to run Kubernetes clusters on dedicated hardware provided and maintained by Google that is separate from the Google Cloud data center.
While this library isGA, please note that the Google Cloud C++ client libraries donotfollowSemantic Versioning.
Quickstart
The following shows the code that you'll run in thegoogle/cloud/edgecontainer/quickstart/directory, which should give you a taste of the Distributed Cloud Edge Container API C++ client library API.
The library automatically retries requests that fail with transient errors, and usesexponential backoffto backoff between retries. Application developers can override the default policies.
More Information
Error Handling- describes how the library reports errors.
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All RPCs are exposed as member functions of this class. Other classes provide helpers, configuration parameters, and infrastructure to mock [`edgecontainer_v1::EdgeContainerClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/edgecontainer/2.12.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1edgecontainer__v1_1_1EdgeContainerClient) when testing your application.\n\n### Retry, Backoff, and Idempotency Policies.\n\nThe library automatically retries requests that fail with transient errors, and uses [exponential backoff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_backoff) to backoff between retries. Application developers can override the default policies.\n\n### More Information\n\n- [Error Handling](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/common-error-handling.html) - describes how the library reports errors.\n- [How to Override the Default Endpoint](/cpp/docs/reference/edgecontainer/2.12.0/edgecontainer-override-endpoint) - describes how to override the default endpoint.\n- [How to Override the Authentication Credentials](/cpp/docs/reference/edgecontainer/2.12.0/edgecontainer-override-authentication) - describes how to change the authentication credentials used by the library.\n- [Environment Variables](/cpp/docs/reference/edgecontainer/2.12.0/edgecontainer-env) - describes environment variables that can configure the behavior of the library."]]