Serverless Migration: review your existing application

This article is part of a series:

• Part One — review your existing application (Wed. 09/18)
• Part Two — break apart your application (Fri. 09/20)
• Part Three — lift-and-shift (Wed. 09/25)
• Part Four — choose a deployment framework (Fri. 09/27)
• Part Five — build a strong foundation (Fri. 10/11)

In this series, we take a look at what areas you need to think about when making a “serverless migration”. First, we will touch on what you should review about your existing application, move into breaking your application apart, talk about lift-and-shift, choose a cloud provider, choose a deployment framework, and how to build a strong foundation.

Related reading before diving into this:

• Serverless Impact — What is serverless, less overhead

Let’s start the series off by taking a look into how your existing application is setup.

Review your existing application

We want to start off by reviewing how your application is configured and currently running. This is to determine the level of ephemeral-ness and see what needs to be refactored and what…