Serverless does not mean there are no servers; those are only just hidden from you. Scale with ease without provisioning server and without paying for idle...is this for real? Yes it is! Can Drupal also be part of a serverless architecure? You bet! Can Drupal itself run serverles? Let's find out! After this talk you will understand why serverless architecture is great and you will be excited to create your own serverless solutions to make your life easier. And last but not least...it's lot's of fun!
Are you looking to expand your knowledge in the field of DevOps and development? This is for you! This talk will introduce the concept of serverless architecture and will cover it's advantages and disadvantages. You will learn about the common use cases where serverless is useful and I will highlight some projects where serverless is used in production. Think about things like automatic content injection/moderation/enrichment, video encoding with ffmpeg, chat bots, APIs and much more. We will also explore options to run Drupal with near infinite scale using a serverless setup.
After this session you will know:
- What "serverless" actually means
- What the difference is with containers
- Where and how you can run your serverless code
- What types of serverless are common
- Common use cases
- Example projects where we used this in production
- The advantages and disadvantages
- How this architecture can be combined with Drupal
- If Drupal can run on a serverless environment (hint: yes!)
- About the possibility to create a serverless state machine
- How you can get started today (for free!)
Disclaimer
Serverless architecture is fairly new and it's gaining a lot of popularity. Although the session isn't primarily aimed at Drupal this session can attract both Drupal developers looking to broaden their knowledge. It's also very interesting to DevOps engineers and technical directors/solution architects.
About me
I've been a PHP developer for 12 years and recently changed into the role of Technical Director at MediaMonks where I work on various kinds of technologies including Drupal. I try to introduce new concepts and ideas in the Drupal community to stimulate development. I've done sessions at various events including small local meetups, DrupalCamps, DrupalJam, DrupalCon Seattle and Tweakers Developer Summit.
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