Session 6: Serverless Cloud Computing

example real-world cloud application

Introductory Material by topic

• Overview of Serverless

• About Linux Containers with readings and activities

Serverless and FaaS Readings

As you read these materials, do you think "serverless" resources are IaaS or PaaS? They sure feel like infrastructure as they require significant configuration, but run like PaaS, hence they are often called "Function as a Service."

• Re-visit Chapter 4 Computing as a service

• An additional report Serverless Computing and FaaS "Observations about Serverless Computing, With a few examples from AWS Lambda, Azure Functions and Open Whisk" by Dennis Gannon

• All About Azure Functions: https://www.serverless360.com/azure-functions

• Example pricing for Azure functions: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/functions/

Azure Functions triggers and bindings conceptstabs=csharp

An Introduction for Academics and links to Use Case in Bioinformatics : Grzesik, P., Augustyn, D. R., Wyciślik, Ł., & Mrozek, D. (2021). Serverless computing in omics data analysis and integration. Briefings in bioinformatics, bbab349. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbab349

Activities

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/create-long-running-serverless-workflow-with-durable-functions/

For Python programmers who have used the azure commaand line: Quickstart: Create a Python function in Azure from the command line

*This is a long and very command line oriented tutorial which requires installation of components on your computer, or using the CloudShell

Fellowship Meeting

November 12, 2021 : Zoom

• Announcements, survey request
• Discussion of Previous Weeks
• Introduction the Session materials
• Talk and demonstration: a cloud-based web application for gene function prediction