Hands-on with Faasd and Inlets - Building and Deploying Serverless Functions

Explore faasd, a lightweight alternative to OpenFaaS on Kubernetes, and inlets, a tool for exposing internal services, in this hands-on tutorial. Learn to install faasd using cloud-init and manually, understand its benefits for cost-sensitive projects and edge computing, and discover how to add containers and build functions. Dive into the advantages of faasd's fast cold starts, then shift focus to inlets for exposing services securely. Follow along as the instructor demonstrates practical implementations, including using the inlets operator with arkade to expose services efficiently.

- Holding screen
- Introductions
- Installing faasd with cloud-init on Equinix Metal
- Installing faasd manually
- What is faasd?
- Adding containers to faasd
- Building our first FaaS function
- Super fast cold starts with faasd
- Introduction to inlets
- Exposing a service with inlets and the inlets operator with arkade