FunLess: Functions-as-a-Service for Private Edge Cloud Systems

Giuseppe De Palma; Saverio Giallorenzo; Jacopo Mauro; Matteo Trentin; Gianluigi Zavattaro

doi:10.1109/ICWS62655.2024.00114

FunLess: Functions-as-a-Service for Private Edge Cloud Systems

Giuseppe De Palma^*, Saverio Giallorenzo, Jacopo Mauro, Matteo Trentin, Gianluigi Zavattaro

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Serverless computing has extended its reach to encompass private edge cloud systems, aiming to enhance latency, security, and privacy while optimising resource usage. However, this extension comes with challenges such as running platforms and functions on disparate and resource-constrained devices. To respond to the challenges, we present FunLess, a Function-as-a-Service (FaaS) platform tailored for private edge cloud systems. Unlike conventional solutions relying on container technologies for function invocation, FunLess leverages WebAssembly (Wasm) as its runtime environment. This choice offers several advantages, including inherent security and isolation mechanisms crucial for data integrity and confidentiality, portability and consistent development and deployment, and a reduced memory footprint that allows functions to run on constrained edge devices.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2024 IEEE International Conference on Web Services, ICWS 2024
Editors	Rong N. Chang, Carl K. Chang, Zigui Jiang, Jingwei Yang, Zhi Jin, Michael Sheng, Jing Fan, Kenneth K. Fletcher, Qiang He, Qiang He, Claudio Ardagna, Jian Yang, Jianwei Yin, Zhongjie Wang, Amin Beheshti, Stefano Russo, Nimanthi Atukorala, Jia Wu, Philip S. Yu, Heiko Ludwig, Stephan Reiff-Marganiec, Emma Zhang, Anca Sailer, Nicola Bena, Kuang Li, Yuji Watanabe, Tiancheng Zhao, Shangguang Wang, Zhiying Tu, Yingjie Wang, Kang Wei
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	Oct 2024
Pages	961-967
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350368550
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICWS62655.2024.00114
Publication status	Published - Oct 2024
Event	2024 IEEE International Conference on Web Services, ICWS 2024 - Shenzhen, China Duration: 7. Jul 2024 → 13. Jul 2024

Conference

Conference	2024 IEEE International Conference on Web Services, ICWS 2024
Country/Territory	China
City	Shenzhen
Period	07/07/2024 → 13/07/2024

Keywords

Function-as-a-Service
Private Edge Cloud Systems
Serverless
WebAssembly

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De Palma, G., Giallorenzo, S., Mauro, J., Trentin, M., & Zavattaro, G. (2024). FunLess: Functions-as-a-Service for Private Edge Cloud Systems. In R. N. Chang, C. K. Chang, Z. Jiang, J. Yang, Z. Jin, M. Sheng, J. Fan, K. K. Fletcher, Q. He, Q. He, C. Ardagna, J. Yang, J. Yin, Z. Wang, A. Beheshti, S. Russo, N. Atukorala, J. Wu, P. S. Yu, H. Ludwig, S. Reiff-Marganiec, E. Zhang, A. Sailer, N. Bena, K. Li, Y. Watanabe, T. Zhao, S. Wang, Z. Tu, Y. Wang, ... K. Wei (Eds.), Proceedings - 2024 IEEE International Conference on Web Services, ICWS 2024 (pp. 961-967). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICWS62655.2024.00114

De Palma, Giuseppe ; Giallorenzo, Saverio ; Mauro, Jacopo et al. / FunLess : Functions-as-a-Service for Private Edge Cloud Systems. Proceedings - 2024 IEEE International Conference on Web Services, ICWS 2024. editor / Rong N. Chang ; Carl K. Chang ; Zigui Jiang ; Jingwei Yang ; Zhi Jin ; Michael Sheng ; Jing Fan ; Kenneth K. Fletcher ; Qiang He ; Qiang He ; Claudio Ardagna ; Jian Yang ; Jianwei Yin ; Zhongjie Wang ; Amin Beheshti ; Stefano Russo ; Nimanthi Atukorala ; Jia Wu ; Philip S. Yu ; Heiko Ludwig ; Stephan Reiff-Marganiec ; Emma Zhang ; Anca Sailer ; Nicola Bena ; Kuang Li ; Yuji Watanabe ; Tiancheng Zhao ; Shangguang Wang ; Zhiying Tu ; Yingjie Wang ; Kang Wei. IEEE, 2024. pp. 961-967

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De Palma, G, Giallorenzo, S, Mauro, J , Trentin, M & Zavattaro, G 2024, FunLess: Functions-as-a-Service for Private Edge Cloud Systems. in RN Chang, CK Chang, Z Jiang, J Yang, Z Jin, M Sheng, J Fan, KK Fletcher, Q He, Q He, C Ardagna, J Yang, J Yin, Z Wang, A Beheshti, S Russo, N Atukorala, J Wu, PS Yu, H Ludwig, S Reiff-Marganiec, E Zhang, A Sailer, N Bena, K Li, Y Watanabe, T Zhao, S Wang, Z Tu, Y Wang & K Wei (eds), Proceedings - 2024 IEEE International Conference on Web Services, ICWS 2024. IEEE, pp. 961-967, 2024 IEEE International Conference on Web Services, ICWS 2024, Shenzhen, China, 07/07/2024. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICWS62655.2024.00114

FunLess: Functions-as-a-Service for Private Edge Cloud Systems. / De Palma, Giuseppe; Giallorenzo, Saverio; Mauro, Jacopo et al.
Proceedings - 2024 IEEE International Conference on Web Services, ICWS 2024. ed. / Rong N. Chang; Carl K. Chang; Zigui Jiang; Jingwei Yang; Zhi Jin; Michael Sheng; Jing Fan; Kenneth K. Fletcher; Qiang He; Qiang He; Claudio Ardagna; Jian Yang; Jianwei Yin; Zhongjie Wang; Amin Beheshti; Stefano Russo; Nimanthi Atukorala; Jia Wu; Philip S. Yu; Heiko Ludwig; Stephan Reiff-Marganiec; Emma Zhang; Anca Sailer; Nicola Bena; Kuang Li; Yuji Watanabe; Tiancheng Zhao; Shangguang Wang; Zhiying Tu; Yingjie Wang; Kang Wei. IEEE, 2024. p. 961-967.

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De Palma G, Giallorenzo S, Mauro J , Trentin M, Zavattaro G. FunLess: Functions-as-a-Service for Private Edge Cloud Systems. In Chang RN, Chang CK, Jiang Z, Yang J, Jin Z, Sheng M, Fan J, Fletcher KK, He Q, He Q, Ardagna C, Yang J, Yin J, Wang Z, Beheshti A, Russo S, Atukorala N, Wu J, Yu PS, Ludwig H, Reiff-Marganiec S, Zhang E, Sailer A, Bena N, Li K, Watanabe Y, Zhao T, Wang S, Tu Z, Wang Y, Wei K, editors, Proceedings - 2024 IEEE International Conference on Web Services, ICWS 2024. IEEE. 2024. p. 961-967 doi: 10.1109/ICWS62655.2024.00114

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