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date: 2021-02-20T16:28:45.084-08:00
category:
    - OpenFaas
    - faasd
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I have been meaning to tinker with [[OpenFaas]], specifically the non-Kubernetes [[faasd]]. This article -- [Bring a lightweight Serverless experience to DigitalOcean with Terraform and faasd](https://www.openfaas.com/blog/faasd-tls-terraform/) -- walks you through using [[Terraform]] and [[Digital Ocean]] to set things up. 

I've been looking for an open source [[serverless]] function runner to work with [[Fission]]. I think this could then also run things like [[IndieKit]] for me personally.

I ended up buying the book [Serverless for everyone else](https://gumroad.com/l/serverless-for-everyone-else), which is an ebook by the creator of OpenFaas, [[Alex Ellis]].

I got as far as Terraform automating the creation of a Digital Ocean droplet, which is pretty great, but have some errors that may be DNS related. As part of getting things setup, also installed [[doctl]], the command line tool for Digital Ocean.