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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


To help you better remember and understand the concepts and practices of Docker described in this chapter, try answering the following questions without going back to the chapter's contents. Let's get started:

  1. What are containers? What's the key difference between containers and virtual machines?
  2. What are the main features inside the Linux kernel to enable container technology? Please name at least two of them.
  3. What are the key concepts of the Docker workflow?
  4. What is a Dockerfile for? Which Docker command do you use to interact with it?
  5. What is the ENTRYPOINT instruction inside a Dockerfile?
  6. Which command do we use to list all Docker images?
  1. Which command do we use to form a Docker Swarm cluster?
  2. What is the key difference between Swarm classic and Swarm mode?
  3. Please explain the relationship between services and tasks.
  4. How can we create an NGINX service with five replicas?
  5. How can we scale down the number of the NGINX services to two?
  6. What is the minimum number of nodes required to form a...