Apache OpenWhisk is an open source, distributed Serverless platform that executes functions (fx) in response to events at any scale. OpenWhisk manages the infrastructure, servers and scaling using Docker containers so you can focus on building amazing and efficient applications. The OpenWhisk platform supports a programming model in which developers write functional logic (called Actions), in any supported programming language, that can be dynamically scheduled and run in response to associated events (via Triggers) from external sources (Feeds) or from HTTP requests. The project includes a REST API-based Command Line Interface (CLI) along with other tooling to support packaging, catalog services and many popular container deployment options. Since Apache OpenWhisk builds its components using containers it easily supports many deployment options both locally and within Cloud infrastructures.
Features
- Work with what you know and love
- OpenWhisk supports a growing list of your favorite languages such as Go, Java, NodeJS, .NET, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala, Swift
- Create and customize your own executables as Zip Actions
- Use the wsk CLI, to target your Apache OpenWhisk instance, and run your first action in seconds
- Run your action ten thousand times in a fraction of a second, or once a week
- Enjoy optimal utilization where you don't pay for idle resources