It's essentially 'set up your own servers and run a lambda-like service yourself.' Here's some documentation for OpenWhisk on Kubernetes (running locally or on

It's essentially 'set up your own servers and run a lambda-like service yourself.' Here's some documentation for OpenWhisk on Kubernetes (running locally or on your own servers or cloud providers' Kubernetes cluster meeting the requirements specified). https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk-deploy-kube/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk-deploy-kube/bl... There are other ways OpenWhisk could be deployed besides as well (see https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk/blob/master/ansible/README_DISTRIBUTED.md https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk/blob/master/an... ), but it appears you will need server(s) or local computer to run OpenWhisk on. I do completely agree the Apache site for the project seems lacking in terms of the deployment docs. Which is a shame, because as you can see from the links I posted, deployment can be quite involved. It is still incubating though. Maybe they need volunteers to step up and help with the documentation on the Apache site? This is all just from what I could find in docs/searching for info, I've never run OpenWhisk.