The document discusses serverless computing, detailing its execution model where the cloud provider manages the infrastructure, allowing for automatic scaling and payment by request. It describes key concepts like Function as a Service (FaaS) and Backend as a Service (BaaS), along with their benefits such as economies of scale and simplified programming. Furthermore, it outlines communication patterns, API management, and considerations for choosing serverless versus containerized solutions.

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5 things Developers should know
about Serverless
Prithpal Bhogill
Product Management

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What is Serverless?

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Execution model where code runs in a fully-managed,
serverless environment in which the cloud provider
handles the servers, operating systems and runtime
environments

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Attributes of Serverless
No servers to manage Automatic Scale
Pay by request
Lightweight Event-based
Microservices

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FaaS BaaS
PubSub
API Gateway
Async
Events
Sync
Events

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What is FaaS?
● Deployment = VM Code
● Event based
● No access to file system
● Pay by request
● Built-in logging /
monitoring
Google Cloud Functions
AWS Lambda
Azure Functions

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Communication Patterns
FaaS
PubSub
API Gateway
Async
Events
Sync
Events

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APIs for REST <-> RPC
/order
function getOrder(..)
function createOrder(..)
function updateOrder(..)
function deleteOrder(..)

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Full lifecycle API Management
Design
Develop
Secure
PublishMonitor
Analyze
Monetize
Scale

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What is BaaS?
● Multi-Tenant DB
● Usually based on NoSQL
● Limited index configuration
● Pay by request / storage
● Built-in logging /
monitoring
API BaaS
(Usergrid)
Firebase
DynamoDB
Cloud
Datastore
SimpleDB
Google BaaS
AWS BaaS

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Original Launch Target Estimated Worst Case Actual Traffic

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Benefits
● Economies of Scale
● No Less Ops
● Simplified Programming
Model

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Production Deployment

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How do I choose?
Serverless Containers
Code deployment ✔ ✔
No server management ✔
Persistent workload ✔
Event based workload ✔
OS level access ✔

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Intelligent Chat Bots

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Demo Architecture
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5 things to know
Stack Reimagined Simplified
Cheap Lots of fun
Some Gotchas