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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


Please try to answer the following questions without going back to read the chapter's content:

  1. List at least three components described in the stable cluster configuration.
  2. Why are retry and circuit breaker important?
  3. How do we replace the default ingress layer with the new one?
  4. How can we install the network plugin?
  5. What is the most frontal part of the ELK stack?
  6. Why is the Go language suitable for scripting the Docker system?
  7. How do we listen to Docker events of a certain type?
  8. How do we set up a control plane?
  9. What is the operator pattern? Why is it important?
  10. What is the characteristic of Spot instances that makes them cheaper than normal instances?