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Serverless computing hides infrastructure management from developers and runs code on-demand automatically scaled and billed during the code's execution time. One of the most popular serverless backend services is called Function-as-a-Service (FaaS), in which developers are often confronted with cloud-specific requirements. Function signature requirements, and the usage of custom libraries that are unique to cloud providers, were identified as the two main reasons for portability issues in FaaS applications, leading to various vendor lock-in problems. In this work, we define three cloud-agnostic models that compose FaaS platforms. Based on these models, we developed QuickFaaS, a multi-cloud interoperability desktop tool targeting cloud-agnostic functions and FaaS deployments. The proposed cloud-agnostic approach enables developers to reuse their serverless functions in different cloud providers with no need to change code or install extra software. We also provide an evaluation that validates the proposed solution by measuring the impact of a cloud-agnostic approach on the function's performance, when compared to a cloud-non-agnostic one. The study shows that a cloud-agnostic approach does not significantly impact the function's performance.
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Keywords
Cloud computingserverless computing Function-as-a-Service Vendor lock-in Cloud interoperability Cloud orchestration Cloud-agnostic FaaS portability
Citation
RODRIGUES, Pedro; FREITAS, Filipe; SIMÃO, José – QuickFaaS: providing portability and interoperability between FaaS Platforms. Future Internet. eISSN 1999-5903. Vol. 14, N.º 12 (2022), pp. 1-29.
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MDPI