A Literature Review on the challenges of using Serverless Computing in Web Services

Abstract

This paper presents a review of literature on the challenges of using Serverless Computing in Web Services. The research paper reflects on the understanding of the different issues and challenges in the earlier years. The literature review demonstrates the solutions to the challenges of using Serverless Computing in Web Services, examines current research on the topic, and points out gaps in the existing literature. The study's findings revealed that using Serverless Computing in Web Services encountered challenges in the past years. The researcher presented the challenges in using Serverless Computing in Web Services, namely cold start, security, programming and debugging, and other subcategories. Still, there are some purpose solutions to resolve most of the challenges of Serverless Computing. Those solutions are data processing and SaaS integration, serverless application use cases, web application architecture, and mobile back-end, and, lastly, scheduled tasks, automated backups, and log analysis. However, the challenges of using Serverless Computing in Web Services brought about potential opportunities for serverless computing in web services. These opportunities provide insight for further studies and keep future researchers using Serverless Computing in Web Services.