Monitoring Serverless Successfully: A Comprehensive Guide

Since the introduction of AWS Lambda in 2014, serverless computing has grown into a core building block of cloud-native infrastructure. Serverless functions have unlocked new opportunities for optimizing application performance and cost efficiency. Although the code inside a serverless function may not differ fundamentally from traditional applications, the architecture, host environment and deployment patterns associated with serverless functions are profoundly different. These differences create serious challenges for gaining visibility and monitoring application performance in serverless deployments.