Firecracker: The MicroVM Powering Serverless Functions

Approved

Session Description

In this talk, I will explain what serverless functions are and provide a comparative study of virtual machines (VMs), MicroVM and containers.

We will discuss the limitations of serverless architecture, as well as explore alternative free and open-source tools and services available.

If time permits, I will demonstrate running a MicroVM by booting a kernel and root filesystem and will simulate a simple project that triggers an event to execute a small function via API or HTTP.

Key Takeaways

None

References

Session Categories

FOSS

Speakers

Sakhil Ahamed

Human NA

Reviews

100 %

Approvability

Approvals

Rejections

Not Sure

Reviewer #1

Approved

Firecracker is a nice and interesting topic for a talk

Reviewer #2

Approved

Reviewer #3

Approved