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Docker for Serverless Applications

By : Chanwit Kaewkasi
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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

Exercises


Here are more questions to help you review the contents of this chapter:

  1. What are the strengths of OpenWhisk?
  2. Please describe OpenWhisk's architecture.
  3. What is the role of the OpenWhisk controller?
  4. What is the role of Kafka? Why is it important for OpenWhisk?
  5. What is an invoker?
  6. Is there any reason why the controller and invoker are not connected directly?
  7. How could we define and invoke an action on the OpenWhisk platform?
  8. How could we improve the performance of the invoker?