Picasso

Picasso aims to provide an OpenStack API for Functions as a service, abstracting away the infrastructure layer while enabling simplicity, efficiency and scalability for both developers and operators.

Projects

Picasso

Source code	https://github.com/openstack/picasso
Bug tracker	https://bugs.launchpad.net/picasso
Blueprints	https://blueprints.launchpad.net/picasso

Python Picasso Client

Source code	https://github.com/iron-io/python-picassoclient
Bug tracker	https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-picassoclient
Blueprints	https://blueprints.launchpad.net/python-picassoclient

Architecture

Picasso is comprised of two main components:

Picasso API
- The Picasso API server uses Keystone authentication and authorization through its middleware.
IronFunctions
- Picasso leverages the backend container engine provided by IronFunctions, an open-source Serverless/FaaS platform based on Docker.

High-level

Inter-component