Nodejs

How to run OpenWhisk Actions on Knative?

It’s now time to show case what it takes to run an existing OpenWhisk action on Knative…

OpenWhisk Action Running “npm install” for You

Problem Statement:

OpenWhisk has a limitation in creating Node.js6/8 actions which are dependent on external third party modules. We have to install such modules locally on the client before creating a new…

Migrating from a Node App to Serverless

For a while now I’ve been thinking about how I would go about migrating a “traditional” Node application to a serverless one. All I’ve needed is a good example — and last week I found one. While going through the apps I had set up on Bluemix, I remembered that…

Integrating OpenWhisk with Your Node Application

In most of my posts on OpenWhisk, I either show running the actions via the CLI, or demonstrate them with the anonymous REST API end point. However, there is another way of using actions as well. Every time you use the CLI, it is making…

A Slightly Improved Way to Test OpenWhisk Functions Locally

I’m playing with the OpenWhisk node.js runtime right now, and as I’m still in trial-and-error mode, I’m trying to run my code locally, before I deploy it to Adobe I/O Runtime.