The document provides an overview of managing serverless workloads using Knative, a Kubernetes-based platform designed for modern serverless applications. It covers key modules such as building, serving, and eventing, and explains Knative's functionality, including auto-scaling and infrastructure management. Additionally, it includes terminology related to Knative services and references useful resources for further information.

1. Managing serverless workloads with
Knative

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3. Agenda
➢ Serverless Again :)
○ Overview
➢ Knative
○ Overview, Modules, Products
➢ Serving
○ Terminology, Workflow
➢ Demo
○ Migrating existing K8S Deployment to Knative Service

4. SERVERLESS

5. Serverless?
-- CNCF Definition,
https://www.cncf.io/blog/2018/02/14/cncf-takes-first-step-towards-serverless-co
mputing/
Events
Action
Result

6. 1. No worries about infrastructure
2. Auto scaling
3. Pay as you go
Principles

7. Knative

9. Knative
Kubernetes-based platform to deploy and manage modern serverless
workloads.
1. Open Source project
2. Acts as a layer between Kubernetes and Serverless
3. Can run anywhere: on premises, cloud and third-party data center
https://knative.dev/blog/2020/02/03/2019-annual-report/

10. Knative Modules
Build Serving Eventing
Knative
Kubernetes
Platform
Primitives

11. Knative Modules
Build Serving Eventing
Knative
Kubernetes
Platform
Primitives

12. Knative Modules
Build Serving Eventing
Knative
Kubernetes
Platform
Primitives
Tekton

13. Knative Modules
Knative
Kubernetes
Platform
Primitives
Serving Eventing

14. Products
Platform
Primitives
Products
Kubernetes
Serving Eventing
Google
cloud run
SAP Kyma
Red Hat Openshift
Pivotal Function Service
Trigger MeshIBM Cloud Kubernetes service

15. Serving

16. Terminology
Object Short Form
● Service ksvc
● Configuration cfg
● Route rt
Knative
Kind:
Service
Knative
Service
k8s Service
● Revision rev
User can Creates
Serving Creates

17. Workflow
Service
Configuration
Manag
es
Route

18. Workflow
Service
Configuration
Manag
es
Route
Revision
Revision
Record and
manage history

19. Workflow
Service
Configuration
Manag
es
Route
Revision
Revision
Record and
manage history
Routes
Traffic
To

20. Workflow
Service
Configuration
Manag
es
Route
Revision
Revision
Record and
manage history
Routes
Traffic
To
Knative

21. Workflow
Service
Configuration
Manag
es
Route
Revision
Revision
Record and
manage history
Routes
Traffic
To
Knative
Deployment
Replica Set
Pod

22. Workflow
Service
Configuration
Manag
es
Route
Revision
Revision
Record and
manage history
Routes
Traffic
To
Knative
Deployment
Replica Set
Pod
Kubernetes

23. 1. Activates and scale up/down based on request.
2. Manages code and configuration revisions
3. Integrates with different networking solutions for routes
4. Support custom domain and certificate management
Benefits

24. Demo

25. https://knative.dev/
https://github.com/knative/serving
https://developers.redhat.com/topics/serverless-architecture/
https://knative.dev/docs/install/
References

26. Thank you