{"id":2700,"date":"2019-04-11T19:42:38","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T19:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contentlab.com\/serverless-computing-an-introduction-to-faas-with-machine-learning-2\/"},"modified":"2021-12-01T22:02:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T22:02:35","slug":"serverless-computing-an-introduction-to-faas-with-machine-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/contentlab.com\/serverless-computing-an-introduction-to-faas-with-machine-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Serverless Computing: An Introduction to FaaS with Machine Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2700\" class=\"elementor elementor-2700\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-499e0be4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"499e0be4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6fbab361\" data-id=\"6fbab361\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ea42f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ea42f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 25-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Cloud computing has changed the way we model software and solutions. There\u2019s a constant demand for more efficient, economic and intelligent solutions. Machine learning (ML) is powering the next breed of built-in intelligent software, while &#8220;serverless&#8221; computing is redefining how we use cloud computing platforms to attain new levels of application development simplicity, efficiency and productivity.<\/p><p>What is serverless computing? It\u2019s an execution model where you upload code at the function level to a serverless cloud provider and the cloud provider is responsible for executing your code by dynamically allocating the resources. It is an event-driven model, in which your application will respond to events and triggers happening in near-real time. This model is sometimes referred to as Functions as a Service (FaaS).<\/p><p>In this article we\u2019ll look at some advantages of serverless computing and then dig into a real-world example using the Microsoft Azure Functions service to build and deploy a sample ML inferencing function.<\/p><h2>Why Serverless Computing?<\/h2><p>There are quite a few advantages to adopting a serverless architecture for projects, whether they\u2019re cloud applications themselves or simply use other cloud computing services.<\/p><ul style=\"font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Cost savings: most serverless offerings are charged on a usage basis, so you pay only for the number and duration of executions of your functions \u2014 you don\u2019t pay for idle servers.<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Low administration overhead: managing servers is a distraction for development teams. Serverless computing eliminates server management from the deployment workflow so you just focus on the logic.<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Decentralized deployment: serverless architecture follows the Microservice Principal and it allows you to deploy your model as a service by means of a RESTFul interface. It not only provides easy and fast deployment, but also isolates the service from other modules and hides the implementation details.<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Auto scaling: when using serverless architecture, you don\u2019t need to worry about scaling. It will handle load spikes transparently and your service would continue to work smoothly even if number of requests rises significantly.<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Reusability: since service is just invoked by means of events and triggers, you can use your models for variety of tasks.<\/li><\/ul><p>Simply saying, going serverless means you offload the hardest part of managing server infrastructure; your cloud vendor is responsible for things like scaling, networking, resources and so on. Thus, serverless computing lets you focus on is application logic and feature development logic rather than managing servers and infrastructure.<\/p><p>There are some potential limitations to the serverless architecture that you should take into account in project planning and budgeting. You\u2019ll want to make sure that your cloud vendor supports languages and frameworks critical to your application and aligned with your team\u2019s abilities. How easy is it to develop, debug, and deploy applications from your environment to the vendor\u2019s environment. Do the cloud provider\u2019s management and administration tools meet your needs? Can you easily integrate your serverless components with other aspects of your application, such as storage buckets, databases, and logging infrastructure?<\/p><p>Aside from these possible issues, I would still argue that the benefits outweigh the cost for many applications.<\/p><h2>Serverless Architecture with Azure Functions<\/h2><p>All the major cloud vendors are already in the game to provide serverless computing options for developers. Here are just a few of the current products available:<\/p><ul style=\"font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Microsoft Azure Functions<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Alibaba Cloud Function Compute<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Amazon AWS Lambda<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Google Cloud Functions<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">IBM Cloud Functions (using Apache OpenWhisk)<\/li><\/ul><p>In this article we\u2019ll take a look at Azure Functions to see how can we easily write and deploy a cloud application.<\/p><p>Azure Functions is Microsoft\u2019s fully managed event-driven serverless compute experience that allows you to easily run small pieces of code in the cloud. It uses built-in triggers (HTTP, timer or any other event available from the sister Azure Event Hubs service) and bindings (Blob, Cosmos Db, Queue and so on) to connect the invoked function with input data sources or output services.<\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/contentlab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"351\" \/><\/p><p>Azure Functions allow you to write functions in C#, JavaScript, F#, Java and Python (currently in preview). You can test and debug locally using your preferred IDE or the easy-to-use web based interface. When your code is ready, you can choose from a variety of deployment models including continuous deployment using App Service continuous integration and many of the popular source code repositories, ZIP upload, run directly from a package, and more.<\/p><h2>Building a Sample ML Function<\/h2><p>Now we\u2019ll demonstrate using a serverless architecture using Azure Functions to create a simple ML example solution written in Python. We\u2019ll take the classic ML example of classifying and predicting images of Iris flowers. We will be using an HTTP trigger to get an inference of Iris flower species from a trained model. The Azure Function is supposed to predict the class of the flower based on its features and return the classification as output.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/contentlab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/unnamed2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"351\" \/><\/p><p>To get started you\u2019ll need an active Azure subscription. To follow the example you\u2019ll also need the following tools installed in your development environment:<\/p><ul style=\"font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Python 3.6<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Azure Functions Core Tools<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Azure CLI <br \/><br \/><\/li><\/ul><p>Once you have the prerequisites installed, create and activate a virtual environment named .env:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-989acee elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"989acee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-javascript line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>python3.6 -m venv .env\r\n\r\nsource .env\/bin\/activate<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d8289b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d8289b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Create a local function project by executing the following command:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a41b5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"5a41b5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-python line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-python\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>func init predict-iris-function<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abcf1ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"abcf1ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Choose python for the runtime.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5141\" src=\"https:\/\/contentlab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/unnamed3-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/contentlab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/unnamed3-1.png 512w, https:\/\/contentlab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/unnamed3-1-300x146.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p><p>Now we need to create our desired function. Change the directory to the newly created folder and create a new function as follows:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4868a63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"4868a63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-python line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-python\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>func new<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dccbbbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dccbbbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When prompted for a template, choose the &#8220;HTTP trigger&#8221; template. Name it predict_type.<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5142\" src=\"https:\/\/contentlab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/unnamed4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/contentlab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/unnamed4.png 512w, https:\/\/contentlab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/unnamed4-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p><p>The function has been created, but it\u2019s empty. You can run and test it, but it doesn\u2019t do what we want right now.<\/p><p>Here comes the ML part. Building an entire training model is beyond the scope of this article, so I\u2019m using a pre-trained model that can classify the species of Iris flower when specifications like petal and sepal size are given. I\u2019m going to bind my model with the classify function.<\/p><p>There are certain libraries required to serve the model. Append the requirements.txt file as follows:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-394ff67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"394ff67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-python line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-python\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>azure-functions==1.0.0a5\r\nazure-functions-worker==1.0.0a6\r\ngrpcio==1.14.2\r\ngrpcio-tools==1.14.2\r\nprotobuf==3.6.1\r\nsix==1.11.0\r\nnumpy\r\nsklearn\r\nscipy<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc5aff8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cc5aff8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can just copy the model to the function directory.<\/p><p>Let\u2019s move ahead and code our main function:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ee79d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"5ee79d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-python line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-python\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>import azure.functions\r\nimport pickle\r\nimport sys\r\nimport os\r\n \r\nimport numpy as np\r\n \r\ndef main(req: azure.functions.HttpRequest):\r\n \r\n  # loading the model\r\n  f = open('predict_type\/model.pkl', 'rb')\r\n  model = pickle.load(f)\r\n \r\n  # request new features for sample\r\n  sepal_length = float(req.params['slen'])\r\n  sepal_width = float(req.params['swid'])\r\n  petal_length = float(req.params['plen'])\r\n  petal_width = float(req.params['pwid'])\r\n \r\n  # setting new sample\r\n  new_flower = [[sepal_length, \r\n                 sepal_width, \r\n                 petal_length, \r\n                 petal_width]]\r\n \r\n  # adding random features to match the training data\r\n  n=40\r\n  random_features = np.random.RandomState(0)\r\n  new_flower_with_random_features = np.c_[new_flower, \r\n    random_features.randn(1, n)]\r\n \r\n  # getting prediction on the new sample\r\n  prediction = model.predict(new_flower_with_random_features)\r\n \r\n  return np.array_str(prediction)<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cc9dcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8cc9dcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The code is pretty self-explanatory. I just loaded a pre-trained model and added some random features that would match the training data. I invoke the function by specifying the values for new sample flower: sepal_length, sepal_width, petal_length and petal_width.<\/p><p>Before testing the function, change the scriptFile name in function.json file.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b8ea6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"2b8ea6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-json line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-json\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>\"scriptFile\": \"main.py\"<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1c1934 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1c1934\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Now that everything\u2019s in-place, install the required libraries and start the host function.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20d617a elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"20d617a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-javascript line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>pip install -r\r\nrequirements.txt\r\nfunc host start<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b33d4b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b33d4b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\" src=\"https:\/\/contentlab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/unnamed5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"195\" \/><\/p><p>It will only take a few seconds to apply the configuration and would provide you the URL at which it is listening.<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/contentlab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/unnamed6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"309\" \/><\/p><p>Test the deployed model by executing the following:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b9b5fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"8b9b5fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-javascript line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>curl -w 'n' 'http:\/\/localhost:7071\/api\/predict_type?plen=2.0&pwid=2.0&slen=2.0&swid=2.0'<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6698fad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6698fad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can also try and test the model by specifying different values for features.<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5145\" src=\"https:\/\/contentlab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/unnamed7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/contentlab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/unnamed7.png 512w, https:\/\/contentlab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/unnamed7-300x98.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p><p>Observe the output on the other screen each time you pass the URL for inference. The HTTP trigger function is invoked and processes the request.<\/p><h2>Publishing to Azure Functions<\/h2><p>We\u2019ve written the function locally and tested in a local environment. The next step is to publish our local project to Azure Functions.<\/p><p>You need to be connected to Azure from your local machine. Visual Studio Code lets you sign into the Azure portal and you can specify the subscription you want to use for your service deployment. Once you\u2019re connected to the portal, search for\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Azure Functions: Deploy to Function App<\/span>\u00a0in the command pallet. Choose a unique name for the function app, resource group, storage account (you don\u2019t need a storage account for HTTP trigger, but you may for other events) and follow the prompts. You can check the output panel as it displays all the Azure resources created.<\/p><p>Once deployed successfully, you can navigate to the Function App endpoint and pass your query parameters.<\/p><p>You can also use Docker to automatically build and configure the required binaries and Azure Functions Core Tools to publish your service on Azure. Run the following command with the name of your Linux Function App.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b492988 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"b492988\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-python line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-python\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>func azure functionapp publish <APP_NAME> --build-native-deps<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f9a8570 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f9a8570\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 178, 169); font-family: Sailec, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem;\">Conclusion<\/span><br><\/pre>\n<p>In this article, we introduced the concept of serverless computing along with some of the benefits you gain from FaaS and a few architectural points to keep in mind when planning a serverless computing projects.<\/p>\n<p>We also saw how Azure Functions makes it easy to build and test a function, then deploy it to Azure Functions to expose your model as an API. 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