Knative and the three Dwarfs | Kamesh Sampath

Discover how Knative simplifies serverless application development with automated scaling, multiple revisions, and build and serving components, making it a great solution for developers.

Key takeaways
  • Knative provides a solution for automated scalability, deploying, and management of serverless applications.
  • Knative supports multiple revisions of a service, allowing for easy rollbacks and feature flags.
  • Knative uses a build and serving component to handle the creation and deployment of containers.
  • The serving component handles scaling, routing, and ingress for the application.
  • Knative supports a variety of eventing systems, including CloudEvents.
  • Knative provides a robust and scalable way to handle high traffic and spikes in demand.
  • The system can automatically scale up and down based on demand, eliminating the need for manual intervention.
  • Knative supports hybrid cloud environments and can bridge between multiple cloud providers.
  • The system provides a 12-factor application development approach, following best practices for cloud-native applications.
  • Knative provides a set of middleware components, including a message broker and ingress controller.
  • The system supports custom resources and custom triggers, allowing for a high degree of customization and flexibility.
  • Knative provides a simple and intuitive CLI tool for managing and deploying applications.
  • The system supports OpenShift and other Kubernetes-based environments.
  • Knative provides a scalable and dynamic way to handle event-driven architecture, allowing for easy integration with other systems.
  • The system supports a variety of messaging queuing systems, including Apache Kafka and RabbitMQ.
  • Knative provides a focus on developer experience and ease of use, making it a great solution for developers new to serverless computing.