Serverless Ops

Table of contents

1. Preface
   1. You and Me
   2. Acknowledgments
2. 1. Overview
   1. A Spectrum of Computing Paradigms
   2. The Concept of Serverless Computing
   3. Conclusion
3. 2. The Ecosystem
   1. Overview
   2. AWS Lambda
   3. Azure Functions
   4. Google Cloud Functions
   5. Iron.io
   6. Galactic Fog’s Gestalt
   7. IBM OpenWhisk
   8. Other Players
   9. Cloud or on-Premises?
   10. Conclusion
4. 3. Serverless from an Operations Perspective
   1. AppOps
   2. Operations: What’s Required and What Isn’t
   3. Infrastructure Team Checklist
   4. Conclusion
5. 4. Serverless Operations Field Guide
   1. Latency Versus Access Frequency
   2. When (Not) to Go Serverless
      1. Application Areas and Use Cases
      2. Challenges
      3. Migration Guide
   3. Walkthrough Example
      1. Preparation
      2. Trigger Configuration
      3. Function Definition
      4. Review and Deploy
      5. Invoke
      6. Where Does the Code Come From?
      7. How Is Testing Performed?
      8. Who Takes Care of Troubleshooting?
      9. How Do You Handle Multiple Functions?
   4. Conclusion
6. A. Roll Your Own Serverless Infrastructure
   1. Flock of Birds Architecture
   2. Interacting with Flock of Birds
   3. Limitations of Flock of Birds
7. B. References
   1. General
   2. Community and Events
   3. Tooling
   4. In-Use Examples