Answers: <p>According to <a href="https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this GitHub readme</a> </p>
  
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    <p>OpenWhisk is a serverless event-based programming service.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>In order to get an idea how to setup this tool on a cluster one could run the following code that is defined in the readme:</p>
  
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  <pre><code># Clone openwhisk
  git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk.git openwhisk
  
  # Change directory to tools/vagrant
  cd openwhisk/tools/vagrant
  
  # Run script to create vm and run hello action
  ./hello
  </code></pre>
  </blockquote>
  
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Body: <p>On IBM bluemix platform it is possible to write cloud functions using OpenWhisk, but what is OpenWhisk and how to setup a cluster using this technology?</p>
  
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Title: What is OpenWhisk and how to setup a cluster using this technology?
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ThreadText: # What is OpenWhisk and how to setup a cluster using this technology?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-08-13)
  
  On IBM bluemix platform it is possible to write cloud functions using OpenWhisk, but what is OpenWhisk and how to setup a cluster using this technology?
  
  **Tags:** serverless, ibm-cloud, openwhisk
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OPENWHISK/OpenWhisk+Project+Wiki  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2017-11-26. Score: 1
  
  According to [this GitHub readme](https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk)
  
  > OpenWhisk is a serverless event-based programming service.
  
  In order to get an idea how to setup this tool on a cluster one could run the following code that is defined in the readme:
  
  > ```
  > # Clone openwhisk
  > git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk.git openwhisk
  >
  > # Change directory to tools/vagrant
  > cd openwhisk/tools/vagrant
  >
  > # Run script to create vm and run hello action
  > ./hello
  >
  > ```
  
  
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