Serverless on Kubernetes Using Knative - Mirantis Labs Tech Talks

This introductory session explains serverless computing on Kubernetes with Knative. It covers Knative deployments, scale-to-zero behavior, eventing, monitoring with Lens, and differences from standard Kubernetes deployments.

Syllabus

- Introduction, housekeeping & agenda
- What is serverless & why use it?
- Inside the Lambda Management Console
- What is Knative & why do I want a serverless platform on K8s?
- Live Demo: using the kn command-line client to deploy Knative
- Differences between a Knative & standard Kubernetes deployment
- What is "scale-to-zero"?
- Live Q&A: what is the difference between Lambda & Knative?
- Live Q&A: why run your App on serverless Kubernetes?
- Live Q&A: how to implement Kuryr in a serverless deployment
- Live Q&A: if there are no requests made in the first 30 seconds, does the pod go down?
- Let's take a look at Eventing
- Live Demo: using Lens for full situational awareness
- Live Q&A: can we run stateful Apps on Knative-based Kubernetes?
- A quick review of what we've covered today
- Live Q&A: if someone is looking to contribute to Lens or Knative, what are the prerequisites?
- Live Q&A: is a Rest event source available in serverless Kubernetes?
- Live Q&A: is there a limit to how long Knative services will run?
- Live Q&A: will serverless overtake traditional Kubernetes?
- Check our Eric's latest eBook: Learn Kubernetes 5 Minutes at a Time
- A look ahead to next week's Tech Talk
- Outro