Serverless frameworks and containers

Serverless frameworks running on top of container platforms such as Docker are a great way to build and deploy cloud native applications. At DockerCon EU and the Moby Summit, we were fortunate to have representatives from some of the top serverless framework projects. They introduced their respective open source projects and covered some of the topics discussed in the Cloud Native Computing Foundation Serverless special interest group.

Each of the speakers explained what is unique about their architecture, how they are leveraging Docker and the differences and synergies between container and serverless technologies.

Introduction to the Fn project by Chad Arimura

Fn is an event-driven, open source, functions-as-a-service compute platform that you can run anywhere.

Introduction to OpenFaaS by Alex Ellis

OpenFaaS (Functions as a Service) is a framework for building serverless functions with Docker which has first class support for metrics. Any process can be packaged as a function enabling you to consume a range of web events without repetitive boiler-plate coding.

Introduction to Apache OpenWhisk by Phil Estes

Apache OpenWhisk is a serverless, open source cloud platform that executes functions in response to events at any scale.

Learn more about these serverless frameworks and how they fit in the container ecosystem by watching the video from our DockerCon serverless panel featuring:

• Alex Ellis: Principal Developer at ADP
• Chad Arimura: VP Software Development at Oracle.
• Erica Windish : CTO & Founder of at IOpipes
• Patrick Chanezon : Chief Developer Advocate, Docker.
• Phil Estes: STSM, CTO Office, Container Architecture, IBM.