chalice

ruling a domain without a server

AWS serverless architecture

• API Gateway
• Lambda

chalice, a serverless microframework

• chalice library
• chalice command line

$ pip install chalice
$ chalice new-project myapp
          

from chalice import Chalice

app = Chalice(app_name='myapp')

@app.route('/')
def index():
    return {'hello': 'world'}
          

$ chalice deploy
          

pluses

• dead simple
• no infrastructure
• easily scalable
• it's micro!

minuses

• it's REALLY micro

but is serverless cheaper?

• you pay almost nothing for lightweight workloads
• occasional usage spikes don't add much to the cost
• VMs are probably cheaper for consistent heavy use