Lambda

This guide explains how to use AWS Lambda over the CLI.


Create the execution role

aws iam create-role --role-name lambda-ex --assume-role-policy-document file://roles/trust-policy.json

Grant Lambda execution permissions to the role

aws iam attach-role-policy --role-name lambda-ex \
--policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSLambdaBasicExecutionRole

Delete a function

aws lambda delete-function --function-name my-function

Create deployment package

zip function.zip index.js

Create a function

aws lambda create-function --function-name my-function \
--zip-file fileb://function.zip --handler index.handler --runtime nodejs12.x \
--role arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/lambda-ex

Updating a function

aws lambda update-function-code --function-name my-function --zip-file fileb://function.zip

List Lambda functions

aws lambda list-functions --max-items 10

Invoke function with logs

aws lambda invoke --function-name my-function out --log-type Tail \
--query 'LogResult' --output text |  base64 -d