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Docker for Serverless Applications: Containerize and orchestrate functions using OpenFaas, OpenWhisk, and Fn

Chanwit Kaewkasi

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eBook Apr 2018 250 pages 1st Edition

Chanwit Kaewkasi

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eBook Apr 2018 250 pages 1st Edition

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Key benefits

- Implement containerization in Serverless/FaaS environments
- Utilize Docker as a functional unit of work for Serverless/FaaS platforms
- Use Docker as a portable infrastructure for Serverless Applications

Description

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.

Who is this book for?

If you are a Developer, a Docker Engineer, a DevOps Engineer, or any stakeholder interested in learning the use of Docker on Serverless environments then this book is for you.

What you will learn

• Learn what Serverless and FaaS applications are
• Get acquainted with the architectures of three major serverless systems
• Explore how Docker technologies can help develop Serverless applications
• Create and maintain FaaS infrastructures
• Set up Docker infrastructures to serve as on-premises FaaS infrastructures
• Define functions for Serverless applications with Docker containers

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Product Details

Publication date : Apr 19, 2018

Length: 250 pages

Edition : 1st

Language : English

ISBN-13 : 9781788837576

Vendor :

Docker

Category :

Cloud & Networking

Concepts :

Serverless

Tools :

Docker

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10 Chapters

Serverless and Docker

What is serverless?

Common architecture of a serverless FaaS

Serverless/FaaS use cases

Hello world, the FaaS/Docker way

Exercise

Summary

Docker and Swarm Clusters

What is a container?

What is Docker?

Docker Swarm clusters

Exercises

Summary

Serverless Frameworks

AWS Lambda

Azure Functions

Google Cloud Functions

IBM Cloud Functions

The Serverless Framework

OpenFaaS on Docker

Using the OpenFaaS CLI

The OpenFaaS dashboard

The Fn Project

Let's deploy a local function

Deploying Fn on Docker Swarm

Exercise

Summary

OpenWhisk on Docker

What is OpenWhisk?

Components and architecture

Operating FaaS Clusters

Stabilizing the configuration

Retry and circuit breaker

Preparing a production cluster

Logging

Scripting Docker with Golang

Exercises

Summary

Putting Them All Together

A mobile payment scenario

A Parse platform as a backend

Preparing a WebHook in Fn

An event state machine with a blockchain

Wrapping a legacy with a function

A function as a Glue

A stream processor

Inter-FaaS platform networking

Exercises

Summary

The Future of Serverless

FaaS and Docker reviews

Runtime for function containers

LinuxKit – immutable infrastructure for FaaS

Beyond serverless

Declarative containers

Exercises

Summary

References

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About the author

Chanwit Kaewkasi

Chanwit Kaewkasi is an assistant professor at the School of Computer Engineering, Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand. He started contributing code to the Docker Swarm project in its early day around 0.1. Later in 2016, he led the Swarm2K project together with contributors around the world to form the largest Docker Swarm cluster. Beside teaching and doing research in the field of software engineering, he provides consulting to several companies to help them adopt Docker, microservices, and FaaS technologies. He currently serves the Docker community as a Docker Captain.

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