Tikal, a company assisting ISVs in Israel and abroad, focuses on technological challenges with a team of fullstack developers excelling in open-source technologies. The document discusses Function as a Service (FaaS) and serverless computing, highlighting its advantages, misconceptions, and differences from traditional platforms, while addressing both the benefits and drawbacks of serverless architectures. It also explores examples of serverless applications and providers, aiming to demystify the concept of serverless and its applications in modern development.

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HAGGAI PHILIP ZAGURY - DEVOPS ARCHITECT
ASSAF GANNON - JAVASCRIPT ARCHITECT
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INTRO - WHO WE ARE
WHO WE ARE ?
▸ Tikal helps ISV’s in Israel & abroad in their technological
challenges.
▸ Our Engineers are Fullstack Developers with expertise in
Backend, DevOps, Frontend & Mobile
▸ We are passionate about technology and specialize in
OpenSource technologies.
▸ Our Tech and Group leaders help establish & enhance existing
software teams with innovative & creative thinking.
https://www.meetup.com/full-stack-developer-il/

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INTRODUCTION
▸ What all this “talking” Functions, Lambda, Serverless …
▸ Clear the ‘musk’ about Lambda
▸ What is this serverless stuff again ?!
▸ Didn’t we loose that fight to Docker ?
▸ Abstract backend services …
▸ Serverless -> Who am I married too then ?!
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WHAT ALL THIS “TALKING” FUNCTIONS, LAMBDA, SERVERLESS …
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CLEAR THE ‘MUSK’ ABOUT LAMBDA MISCONCEPTIONS
▸ Lambda is Amazon Web Services commercial name for it’s “event-driven,
serverless computing platform” another great way to sell “compute” (and calling it
serverless ;) )
▸ AWS Lambda is named after:
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HERE COME GOOGLE
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HERE COME MICROSOFT
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BASICALLY, A NEW MODEL CONSUMING COMPUTE RESOURCES … WITH A BIG +
Time Days Minuets Seconds Milliseconds
Cost
Agility
Scalability
https://www.slideshare.net/BryanMcAninch/the-faas-and-the-curious-86874211
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FROM SERVERS TO SERVICES = SERVERLESS…
https://www.slideshare.net/BryanMcAninch/the-faas-and-the-curious-86874211
Days Minuets Seconds Milliseconds
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TELL ME SOMETHING I DON’T KNOW !
▸ Time is money
▸ More for less!
▸ Pay as you go …
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FUNCTIONS, FUNCTIONS, FUNCTIONS
▸ We’ve been doing them all along …
▸ So what’s all the (big) fuss about ?
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EVOLUTION
In one word…
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THE
HOST
THE
APP
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OS -> “APP CONTAINER” -> A CONTAINER
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THE
HOST
WHATS ALL THE FAAS ABOUT ?
APP SCALE … (AUTO SCALE TO LIMIT)
THE
HOST
THE
APP
THE
APP
LOAD BALANCER
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WHAT IF ? WE TAKE AWAY THE HOST …
THE
APP
THE
APP
LOAD BALANCER
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WHAT IF ? WE TAKE AWAY THE HOST … AND THE APP
LOAD BALANCER
FUNCTION
FUNCTION
FUNCTION
FUNCTION
FUNCTION
FUNCTION
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WHAT IF ? WE TAKE AWAY THE HOST … AND THE APP
APPLICATION GATEWAY
[ BAAS ]
FUNCTION
FUNCTION
FUNCTION
FUNCTION
FUNCTION
FUNCTION
/{user} -> user function
/{pet} -> pets function
Common Backend Services such as
- Authentication
- Image rendering
- * Messaging
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SO, FUNCTIONS ARE JUST 1/2 OF THE STORY ….
▸ Authentication
▸ Authorization
▸ Databases
▸ Queues
▸ Messaging
▸ …
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WHAT IF ? WE TAKE AWAY THE HOST … AND THE APP
APPLICATION GATEWAY
[ BAAS ]
FUNCTION
FUNCTION
FUNCTION
FUNCTION
FUNCTION
FUNCTION
/{user} -> user function
/{pet} -> pets function
Common Backend Services such as
- Authentication
- Image rendering
- * Messaging
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WHAT IF ? WE TAKE AWAY THE HOST … AND THE APP
APPLICATION GATEWAY
[ BAAS ]
FUNCTION
FUNCTION
FUNCTION
FUNCTION
FUNCTION
FUNCTION
/{user} -> user function
/{pet} -> pets function
Common Backend Services such as
- Authentication
- Image rendering
- * Messaging
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SO FAAS IS THE NEW MICRO-SERVICE !
THE
MONOLITH
> >
FUNCTION
FUNCTION
FUNCTION
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WAIT !, ISN’T “SERVERLESS” PAAS ?
▸ How does this differ from
▸ Heorku
▸ CloudFormation
▸ CloudFoundery …
▸ …
Let’s ask someone who knows a thing or 2 …
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SERVERLESS JUST MEANS “LESS” “SERVERS” …
IaaS Paas Severless SaaS
Application Application Application Application
Data Data Data Data
Runtime Runtime Runtime Runtime
Middleware Middleware Middleware Middleware
OS OS OS OS
Virtualization Virtualization Virtualization Virtualization
Servers Servers Servers Servers
Storage Storage Storage Storage
Network Network Network Network
You need to manage
You consume

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SERVERLESS PROS
▸ Capacity Management
▸ Pay Per use / As you go
▸ Auto Recovery / Auto healing
▸ Versioning
▸ Centralised Log & Monitoring
▸ A standardised way to:
▸ enforce process isolation
▸ Unify deployment
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▸ Trigger more functions …
▸ Your billed by the second
▸ If one fails just spin another
▸ Functions are behind a url have /dev /prod /v1 /v2 …
▸ Process is logged / monitored by the “providers watchdog”
▸ A standardised way to:
▸ Every part of your app is isolated
▸ Even deployment either has an endpoint or not …

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SERVERLESS CONS
▸ Less control on Infra
▸ Vendor lock-in
▸ Learning curve
▸ Services have no state
▸ Vendor differences
▸ Cold Start for JVM’s
▸ Security
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▸ That’s what you wanted ! Ins't it ?!
▸ Use Frameworks / Kubernetes / Combine …
▸ Like any new tool / framework
▸ Do not rely on API GW’s cache (more BaaS)
▸ Migration has a cost from 1 provider 2 another
▸ “Warming lambda’s” - link
▸ Use a common solution (which integrates with all)

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WHAT CAN WE FUNCTIONIZE ?
▸ HINT - pretty much anything …
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BUILD SIMPLE APPLICATIONS
▸ Create a full-stack serverless web-app with a single file
https://rea.tech/create-a-full-stack-serverless-web-app-with-a-single-file/
https://github.com/Kalimaha/serverless-guestbook
https://keiran.scot/2017/11/03/going-serverless-with-aws-serverless-user-authentication-part-1/

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OR COMPLEX ONES …
https://read.acloud.guru/serverless-event-sourcing-at-nordstrom-ea69bd8fb7cc
▸ Step by Step
▸ Monolith to
Serverless
architecture for
“part”s of you
application

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MANAGING IOT WITH SERVERLESS
▸ Designed to scale
▸ Scalable by design …
▸ Pay as you go …

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BUILDING CHATBOTS WITH SERVERLESS AND AWS LAMBDA
https://chatbotsmagazine.com/a-serverless-event-driven-architecture-for-chatbots-3095eb40cbb7

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SERVERLESS -> WHO R WE MARRIED TO ?
▸ Choose from many F**S/B**S providers
▸ Or … Use Frameworks !
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STDLIB

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https://nuclio.io/

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DATA DRIVEN BASS & FAAS

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STREAM ALERT
https://medium.com/airbnb-engineering/streamalert-real-time-data-analysis-and-alerting-e8619e3e5043
▸ Airbnb’s serverless
framework.
▸ Scalable to TB’s/hour,
infrastructure deployment is
automated and it’s
▸ Secure by default.

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SERVERLESS.COM || SERVERLESS JS

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MANY OPTIONS
https://serverless.com/framework/docs/

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SERVERLESS -> WHO R WE MARRIED TO ? - YOUR CHOICES !
▸ Choose from many F**S/B**S providers
▸ Or … Use Frameworks !
▸ Or Build your own …
▸ [ we didn’t say Kubernetes yet ;) ]
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CHOICES … MORE CHOICES
▸ Use the cloud all the way
▸ Use the cloud via Framework
▸ Use the cloud via cloud Native
implementations
▸ Mix ’n’ Match …

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UNDER THE HOOD

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UNDER THE HOOD
Provider’s Monitor
Provider’s Log
Your …
Provider’s Infra
Provider’s Base Images
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DESIGN YOUR OWN CLOUD NATIVE SERVERLESS IMPLEMENTATION
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OPENFAAS || FAAS NETES
▸ Use underlaying docker orchestration engines
such as Swarm or Kubernetes.
▸ Encapsulate functions into containers { just like
cloud providers do }
▸ Infrastructure scaling in<->out done via IaaS auto
scaling capabilities
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OPENFAAS ARCHITECTURE

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OPENFAAS ARCHITECTURE
Request router
Monitor / Alerts
on Functions
“IaaS Provider”
Build & Execute

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FUNCTION AS A SERVICE WITH OPENFAAS ON BANZAI CLOUD PIPELINE
https://banzaicloud.com/blog/openfaas/
▸ Use Kubernetes.
▸ Encapsulate
functions into
containers
▸ Infrastructure
scaling in<->out
done via IaaS
auto scaling
capabilities

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COMBINE :: FAAS / KUBELESS

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A LITTLE DEMO TO GET US STARTED

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A LITTLE DEMO TO GET US STARTED

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WHATS NEXT ?
MORE CLOUD NATIVE SERVERLESS SOLUTIONS

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