What is OpenFaaS?
OpenFaaS is a framework and infrastructure preparation system for building serverless applications. It originated from the serverless framework in the Docker Swarm and now supports other kinds of infrastructure backends, such as Kubernetes or Hyper.sh. Functions in OpenFaaS are containers. Any program written in any language can be packed as a function by leveraging the container technologies of Docker. This enables us to fully reuse the existing code to consume a wide range of web service events without rewriting the code. OpenFaaS is a great tool for modernizing old systems to run on a cloud-based infrastructure.
There are several serverless frameworks out there in the cloud-native landscape. However, some problems need to be addressed by Alex Ellis, the original author of OpenFaaS. The driving factor behind the making of the framework is shaping the following, compelling features:
- Ease of use: Basically, many serverless frameworks are complex to deploy by nature, as they...
