KRkrts-·Feb 28, 2021
There's faasd [https://github.com/openfaas/faasd] which is OpenFaaS without the Kubernetes overhead.
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Lightweight and portable version of OpenFaaS
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What Hacker News says
3 sourcesI was joined by Taylor Dolezal for this live stream and was surprised to learn that Taylor has not only tried OpenFaaS before, but used it in two jobs - including at Disney.
After the intro, we talk a bit about Go features like testing and newer features like generics, before going into a bit of a deep dive coding session, building up functions from scratch in Golang.
The functions built with OpenFaaS are actually containers with a HTTP server inside, so they can be deployed to Kubernetes, Cloud Run or Knative in a similar way. They would probably also work with fly (but I haven't tried that yet)
The "workload" definition is HTTP on port 8080 and a health check (configurable)
https://docs.openfaas.com/reference/workloads/
For folks starting out with FaaS and not ready to go full-on K8s, faasd might be a good option to explore - https://gi
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thub.com/openfaas/faasd - it has containerd and CNI (just like K8s) but no clustering so it's faster and has a sub-second cold-start.
Disclaimer, I am a CNCF Ambassador (voluntary) - so it's in my interest to promote CNCF projects like Kubernetes.
It seems like a good time to mention my blog post from last year "Then he asked me “Is Kubernetes right for us?" -> https://alexellisuk.medium.com/then-he-asked-me-is-kubernete...
Some of the feedback I've had so far is that it was refreshing to get "permission" to consider alternatives vs. the current hype. I use K8s and K3s quite broadly myself, but increasingly see consulting prospects and customers who are not comfortable to make the leap, but are very happy on managed services with their chosen vendor - Azure / AWS / GCP.
GitLab recently released a bunch of terraform to show you how to run side projects in the free tier of a cloud - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/5-minute-production-app/deploy...
The OpenFaaS project again
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is very coupled to Kubernetes, making it easier to use and more reliable is important to the community and project's future. However, we created a version called faasd that works more like docker-compose. It's received much more traction than we expected and companies and individuals are putting it into production. It does't have clustering, and supports only 1 replica per function, so it's surprising. https://github.com/openfaas/faasd
I'll keep doing my bit to promote solutions that make K8s easier to understand like K3s (see also https://k3sup.dev) and to look into alternatives. But as you will see in my blog post - I don't think it's right to assume Kubernetes is the right solution for every team, and every project, without first talking about the problem being solved.