Serverless

How to deploy a serverless REST API on AWS Lambda

Build and deploy a production REST API using AWS Lambda and API Gateway with infrastructure as code.

How to build an HTTP API with Azure Functions

Create and deploy a serverless HTTP-triggered API on Azure Functions using the Azure CLI and a consumption plan.

How to deploy a container to Google Cloud Run

Containerize an app and deploy it to Google Cloud Run for autoscaling, request-billed serverless hosting.

How to route events with Amazon EventBridge

Build an event-driven workflow with Amazon EventBridge using event buses, rules, and pattern-based routing.

How to orchestrate workflows with AWS Step Functions

Build a state machine with AWS Step Functions to orchestrate Lambda tasks with retries, branching, and error handling.

How to deploy a serverless container with Azure Container Apps

Deploy a containerized service to Azure Container Apps with scale-to-zero, ingress, and revision-based updates.

How to deploy a Python function on Google Cloud Functions

Write and deploy an HTTP-triggered Python function on Google Cloud Functions (2nd gen) with the gcloud CLI.

Blueprints2

Blueprint

Lift-and-Shift to Re-Platform Blueprint

Take rehosted cloud workloads from a lift-and-shift phase and progressively re-platform them onto managed and serverless services for better cost and operations.

Blueprint

Synchronous API to SNS/SQS Fan-Out Blueprint

Decouple synchronous workloads using Amazon SNS topics and SQS queues for durable, buffered fan-out and asynchronous processing.

Migrations1

Migration

Azure Functions v3 to v4 (Isolated) Migration

Upgrade Azure Functions v3 apps to v4 isolated worker (net6+), updating bindings, startup, and middleware

Products8

PlanetScale

Serverless MySQL-compatible database platform

Neon

Serverless PostgreSQL with autoscaling

AWS Lambda

Serverless compute service from Amazon Web Services

Cloudflare Workers

Serverless execution environment on Cloudflare's edge

Vercel Functions

Serverless functions on Vercel's edge network

Azure Functions

Event-driven serverless compute on Azure

Google Cloud Functions

Event-driven serverless compute on Google Cloud

Amazon SQS

Fully managed message queuing service

Reference Architectures15

Serverless Web Application

Reference architecture for building serverless web applications with API Gateway, Lambda, and DynamoDB

Serverless API on Azure Functions

An event-driven serverless API built on Azure Functions with Cosmos DB and API Management for pay-per-use, low-operations workloads.

Serverless API on GCP Cloud Run

A container-based serverless API on Google Cloud Run with Cloud SQL and Pub/Sub, scaling to zero while keeping standard container portability.

Edge Compute and CDN Platform

A globally distributed edge platform running compute at CDN points of presence for ultra-low-latency personalization and API responses.

ECS Fargate Microservices Platform

A serverless container microservices platform on AWS ECS Fargate with service discovery, autoscaling, and no servers to manage.

Serverless Event Processing Pipeline on AWS

A fully serverless event-ingestion and processing pipeline on AWS using Lambda, EventBridge, and DynamoDB with no servers to operate.

BigQuery Analytics Platform

A serverless analytics platform on Google BigQuery with streaming ingestion, dbt transforms, and Looker for enterprise BI.

Event Streaming on Amazon Kinesis

A managed event streaming platform on Amazon Kinesis with serverless processing and real-time analytics on AWS.

Retrieval-Augmented Generation Platform on AWS

A reference design for a production RAG system on AWS that grounds LLM answers in private documents using a managed vector store and Bedrock models.

Cloud-Native REST API Platform

A versioned, API-first REST platform with contract-driven development, gateway policies, and managed data services on GCP.

Jamstack Static Site with Edge Functions

Pre-rendered static front end served from a global CDN, with dynamic behavior handled by edge functions and serverless APIs.

Mobile Backend as a Service (BaaS)

A managed backend providing authentication, database, storage, push, and serverless functions to native and cross-platform mobile apps.

Edge-Rendered Web Platform

A web app rendered at CDN edge locations using lightweight serverless runtimes for low-latency dynamic pages worldwide.

SaaS Usage Metering and Billing

An event-driven metering pipeline that records product usage, aggregates it per tenant, and drives usage-based billing.

Headless Commerce on Edge

A composable storefront where a static or edge-rendered front end consumes headless commerce, search, and payment APIs over a CDN.

Playbooks1

Playbook

Serverless Backend Migration Program Playbook

A program to migrate suitable backend workloads to serverless functions with cost, cold-start, and observability controls.

Checklists1

Checklist

Serverless Production Readiness Checklist

Confirm a serverless application is observable, secure, resilient, and cost-aware before it serves production traffic.

Stacks13

JAMstack

JavaScript, APIs, Markup - Modern web architecture

AWS Serverless Stack

Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3 - AWS serverless architecture

Edge Computing Stack

Cloudflare Workers, D1, R2, KV - Edge-first architecture

JAMstack (Headless)

An architecture of pre-rendered markup, JavaScript, and APIs that decouples the front end from services for fast, secure, scalable sites.

Knative Serverless Containers Stack

Kubernetes-based serverless stack using Knative for scale-to-zero, request-driven container workloads with event-driven autoscaling.

AWS Serverless Stack

Fully managed AWS serverless stack using Lambda, DynamoDB, and API Gateway for event-driven, pay-per-use applications with no server management.

Azure Serverless Stack

Managed Microsoft Azure serverless stack using Azure Functions and Cosmos DB for event-driven, globally distributed, pay-per-use applications.

GCP Serverless Stack

Google Cloud serverless stack using Cloud Run and Firestore for container-based, scale-to-zero applications with managed NoSQL storage.

Serverless Containers Stack

Cloud stack running standard OCI containers on managed serverless platforms for scale-to-zero, pay-per-use workloads without cluster management.

Cloudflare Workers + D1 + R2

A serverless edge stack running JavaScript at Cloudflare's edge with Workers, the D1 SQLite database, and R2 object storage for low-latency global apps.

Deno Deploy Edge

A serverless edge runtime stack built on Deno, running secure TypeScript and JavaScript globally with web-standard APIs and built-in KV storage.

Fastly Compute Edge

A high-performance edge computing stack running WebAssembly at Fastly's network for ultra-fast, secure serverless logic close to users.

Firebase Realtime Stack

A serverless realtime app stack on Google Firebase using Cloud Firestore and the Realtime Database, with Auth, Cloud Functions, and offline sync for mobile and web.

Comparisons5

Fargate vs Lambda

AWS Fargate runs serverless containers; AWS Lambda runs serverless functions. Fargate suits long-running services; Lambda suits short, event-driven work.

Serverless vs Containers

Serverless abstracts away infrastructure and scales to zero; containers give portable, full control over the runtime. The choice balances operational simplicity against flexibility.

EC2 vs Lambda

Amazon EC2 provides full virtual servers you manage; AWS Lambda runs event-driven functions with no servers to manage. Control and steady cost versus elasticity and simplicity.

Cloud Run vs Cloud Functions

Google Cloud Run runs serverless containers; Cloud Functions runs serverless functions. Cloud Run offers more flexibility; Cloud Functions is simpler for event glue.