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S. LyuPractical Rust Web Projectshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6589-5_5

5. Going Serverless

Shing Lyu1  
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We built a website, a REST API, and WebSocket servers in the previous chapters. They work fine when you run them on your local machine and test them with low traffic. But when you need to make them publicly accessible, managing the server becomes a headache. Traditionally you’ll have to buy physical servers and run your applications on them. You’ll have to take care of every aspect of it, from keeping the operating system and system libraries up-to-date, to making sure failed hardware is replaced, and keeping the servers powered even when there is a power outage. Unless you have a big budget ...

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