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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's a list of questions to you help review all of the topics you should remember and understand from this chapter:

  1. What are the advantages of using OpenFaaS?
  2. Please describe the OpenFaaS architecture. How does each component talk to another?
  3. How do we deploy an OpenFaaS stack on the Docker Swarm?
  4. Why does OpenFaaS use a multi-stage build?
  5. How do we create a new OpenFaaS function for Node.js?
  6. How do we build and pack an OpenFaaS function?
  7. What is the default name of the overlay network used by OpenFaaS?
  8. What is the function template? What is it for?
  9. Describe the steps to prepare a custom template and host it on GitHub.
  10. How do we define a Grafana dashboard for OpenFaaS?