[openstack-dev] [FaaS] Function as a service in OpenStack

Lingxian Kong anlin.kong at gmail.com
Wed Dec 21 11:13:36 UTC 2016


On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 6:04 PM, Derek Schultz <schultz.derek at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> We just released Picasso[1][2], an OpenStack API for Functions as a
> Service. I think it may be of particular interest to those in this thread,
> as it's based on IronFunctions, an open-source alternative to Lambda.
>
> The mission is to provide an API to run functions on OpenStack.
>

​Thanks very much for bringing Picasso here, I personally think it's very
import to have such a project in OpenStack ecosystem.


>
> Picasso is comprised of two main components:
>
>    - Picasso API
>       - The Picasso API server uses Keystone authentication and
>       authorization through its middleware.
>    - IronFunctions
>       - Picasso leverages the backend container engine provided by
>       IronFunctions[3], an open-source Serverless/FaaS platform based on Docker.
>
> You can try out Picasso now on DevStack by following the quick start
> guide[4]. Let us know what you think!
>
> If you’re interested in contributing or just have any questions, please
> join us on Slack at open-iron.slack.com.
>

​Why not using an IRC channel?
​

>
> Regards,
> Derek
>
> [1] https://launchpad.net/picasso
>
> [2] https://launchpad.net/python-picassoclient
>
> [3] https://github.com/iron-io/functions
>
> [4] https://github.com/iron-io/picasso/blob/master/README.
> md#quick-start-guide
>
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