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Docker for Serverless Applications

By : Chanwit Kaewkasi
Book Image

Docker for Serverless Applications

By: Chanwit Kaewkasi

Overview of this book

Serverless applications have gained a lot of popularity among developers and are currently the buzzwords in the tech market. Docker and serverless are two terms that go hand-in-hand. This book will start by explaining serverless and Function-as-a-Service (FaaS) concepts, and why they are important. Then, it will introduce the concepts of containerization and how Docker fits into the Serverless ideology. It will explore the architectures and components of three major Docker-based FaaS platforms, how to deploy and how to use their CLI. Then, this book will discuss how to set up and operate a production-grade Docker cluster. We will cover all concepts of FaaS frameworks with practical use cases, followed by deploying and orchestrating these serverless systems using Docker. Finally, we will also explore advanced topics and prototypes for FaaS architectures in the last chapter. By the end of this book, you will be in a position to build and deploy your own FaaS platform using Docker.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Title Page
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Exercise


Let's do some revision by trying to answer the questions without reviewing the contents:

  1. How long is the time limitation for an AWS Lambda?
  2. Why do you think the cloud providers limit computational time for FaaS functions?
  3. What are Azure's durable functions? Do they have any benefit?
  4. How can we test an AWS Lambda program just with Docker?
  5. What's the engine behind IBM Cloud Functions? What do you think is the reason behind IBM open sourcing it?
  6. What is the Serverless Framework? Why is it important?
  7. How could we make a FaaS function work across cloud providers? Do you think it is really possible?
  8. Please explain the difference between stateless and share-nothing models.