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AWS Lambda Developer Guide

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Contents

• What is AWS Lambda?
• Setting up with Lambda
• Getting started with Lambda
  • Create a Lambda function with the console
  • Create a function defined as a container image
• AWS Lambda foundations
  • Lambda concepts
  • Lambda features
  • Lambda programming model
  • Lambda instruction set architectures
  • VPC networking for Lambda
  • Lambda function scaling
  • Lambda deployment packages
  • Lambda console
  • Using Lambda with the AWS CLI
• AWS Lambda permissions
  • AWS Lambda execution role
  • Using resource-based policies for AWS Lambda
  • Identity-based IAM policies for Lambda
  • Resources and conditions for Lambda actions
  • Using permissions boundaries for AWS Lambda applications
• Configuring AWS Lambda functions
  • Creating Lambda functions defined as .zip file archives
  • Creating and sharing Lambda layers
  • Creating Lambda functions defined as container images
  • Configuring Lambda function options
  • Using AWS Lambda environment variables
  • Lambda function versions
  • Lambda function aliases
• Managing AWS Lambda functions
  • Managing Lambda reserved concurrency
  • Managing Lambda provisioned concurrency
  • Configuring a Lambda function to access resources in a VPC
  • Configuring interface VPC endpoints for Lambda
  • Configuring database access for a Lambda function
  • Configuring file system access for Lambda functions
  • Configuring code signing for AWS Lambda
  • Using tags on AWS Lambda functions
  • Using layers with your Lambda function
• Invoking Lambda functions
  • Synchronous invocation
  • Asynchronous invocation
  • Lambda event source mappings
  • Lambda event filtering
  • Lambda function states
  • Error handling and automatic retries in AWS Lambda
  • Using Lambda extensions
  • Invoking functions defined as container images
• Lambda runtimes
  • Runtime support policy
  • AWS Lambda execution environment
  • Runtime support for Lambda container images
  • AWS Lambda runtime API
  • Lambda Extensions API
  • Lambda Logs API
  • Modifying the runtime environment
  • Custom AWS Lambda runtimes
  • Tutorial – Publishing a custom runtime
  • Using AVX2 vectorization in Lambda
• Using container images with Lambda
  • Creating Lambda container images
  • Testing Lambda container images locally
• Building Lambda functions with Node.js
  • AWS Lambda function handler in Node.js
  • Deploy Node.js Lambda functions with .zip file archives
  • Deploy Node.js Lambda functions with container images
  • AWS Lambda context object in Node.js
  • AWS Lambda function logging in Node.js
  • AWS Lambda function errors in Node.js
  • Instrumenting Node.js code in AWS Lambda
• Building Lambda functions with Python
  • Lambda function handler in Python
  • Deploy Python Lambda functions with .zip file archives
  • Deploy Python Lambda functions with container images
  • AWS Lambda context object in Python
  • AWS Lambda function logging in Python
  • AWS Lambda function errors in Python
  • Instrumenting Python code in AWS Lambda
• Building Lambda functions with Ruby
  • AWS Lambda function handler in Ruby
  • Deploy Ruby Lambda functions with .zip file archives
  • Deploy Ruby Lambda functions with container images
  • AWS Lambda context object in Ruby
  • AWS Lambda function logging in Ruby
  • AWS Lambda function errors in Ruby
  • Instrumenting Ruby code in AWS Lambda
• Building Lambda functions with Java
  • AWS Lambda function handler in Java
  • Deploy Java Lambda functions with .zip or JAR file archives
  • Deploy Java Lambda functions with container images
  • AWS Lambda context object in Java
  • AWS Lambda function logging in Java
  • AWS Lambda function errors in Java
  • Instrumenting Java code in AWS Lambda
  • Creating a deployment package using Eclipse
  • Java sample applications for AWS Lambda
• Building Lambda functions with Go
  • AWS Lambda function handler in Go
  • AWS Lambda context object in Go
  • Deploy Go Lambda functions with .zip file archives
  • Deploy Go Lambda functions with container images
  • AWS Lambda function logging in Go
  • AWS Lambda function errors in Go
  • Instrumenting Go code in AWS Lambda
  • Using environment variables
• Building Lambda functions with C#
  • Lambda function handler in C#
  • Deploy C# Lambda functions with .zip file archives
    • .NET Core CLI
    • AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio
  • Deploy .NET Lambda functions with container images
  • AWS Lambda context object in C#
  • Lambda function logging in C#
  • AWS Lambda function errors in C#
  • Instrumenting C# code in AWS Lambda
• Building Lambda functions with PowerShell
  • Setting Up a PowerShell Development Environment
  • Deploy PowerShell Lambda functions with .zip file archives
  • AWS Lambda function handler in PowerShell
  • AWS Lambda context object in PowerShell
  • AWS Lambda function logging in PowerShell
  • AWS Lambda function errors in PowerShell
• Using AWS Lambda with other services
  • Common Lambda application types and use cases
  • Using AWS Lambda with Alexa
  • Using AWS Lambda with Amazon API Gateway
    • Tutorial: Using Lambda with API Gateway
    • Sample function code
    • Create a simple microservice using Lambda and API Gateway
    • AWS SAM template for an API Gateway application
  • Using AWS Lambda with AWS CloudTrail
    • Logging Lambda API calls with CloudTrail
    • Tutorial: Triggering a Lambda function with AWS CloudTrail events
    • Sample function code
  • Using AWS Lambda with Amazon EventBridge (CloudWatch Events)
    • Tutorial: Using AWS Lambda with scheduled events
    • Schedule expressions using rate or cron
  • Using Lambda with CloudWatch Logs
  • Using AWS Lambda with AWS CloudFormation
  • Using AWS Lambda with CloudFront Lambda@Edge
  • Using AWS Lambda with AWS CodeCommit
  • Using AWS Lambda with AWS CodePipeline
  • Using AWS Lambda with Amazon Cognito
  • Using AWS Lambda with AWS Config
  • Using Lambda with Amazon Connect
  • Using AWS Lambda with Amazon DynamoDB
    • Tutorial: Using AWS Lambda with Amazon DynamoDB streams
    • Sample function code
    • AWS SAM template for a DynamoDB application
  • Using AWS Lambda with Amazon EC2
    • Tutorial: Using AWS SDK for .NET to manage Amazon EC2 Spot Instances
  • Tutorial: Configuring a Lambda function to access Amazon ElastiCache in an Amazon VPC
  • Using AWS Lambda with an Application Load Balancer
  • Using Amazon EFS with Lambda
  • Using AWS Lambda with AWS IoT
  • Using AWS Lambda with AWS IoT Events
  • Using Lambda with self-managed Apache Kafka
  • Using AWS Lambda with Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose
  • Using AWS Lambda with Amazon Kinesis
    • Tutorial: Using AWS Lambda with Amazon Kinesis
    • Sample function code
    • AWS SAM template for a Kinesis application
  • Using AWS Lambda with Amazon Lex
  • Using Lambda with Amazon MQ
  • Using Lambda with Amazon MSK
  • Using AWS Lambda with Amazon RDS
    • Tutorial: Configuring a Lambda function to access Amazon RDS in an Amazon VPC
  • Using AWS Lambda with Amazon S3
    • Tutorial: Using an Amazon S3 trigger to invoke a Lambda function
    • Tutorial: Using an Amazon S3 trigger to create thumbnail images
    • AWS SAM template for an Amazon S3 application
  • Using AWS Lambda with Amazon S3 batch operations
  • Transforming S3 Objects with S3 Object Lambda
  • Using AWS Lambda with Secrets Manager
  • Using AWS Lambda with Amazon SES
  • Using AWS Lambda with Amazon SNS
    • Tutorial: Using AWS Lambda with Amazon Simple Notification Service
    • Sample function code
  • Using Lambda with Amazon SQS
    • Tutorial: Using Lambda with Amazon SQS
    • Tutorial: Using a cross-account Amazon SQS queue as an event source
    • Sample Amazon SQS function code
    • AWS SAM template for an Amazon SQS application
  • Using AWS Lambda with AWS X-Ray
• Monitoring and troubleshooting Lambda applications
  • Monitoring functions on the Lambda console
  • Using Lambda Insights in Amazon CloudWatch
  • Working with Lambda function metrics
  • Accessing Amazon CloudWatch logs for AWS Lambda
  • Using CodeGuru Profiler with your Lambda function
  • Example workflows using other AWS services
• Security in AWS Lambda
  • Data protection in AWS Lambda
  • Identity and access management for Lambda
    • How AWS Lambda works with IAM
    • AWS Lambda identity-based policy examples
    • Troubleshooting AWS Lambda identity and access
  • Compliance validation for AWS Lambda
  • Resilience in AWS Lambda
  • Infrastructure security in AWS Lambda
  • Configuration and vulnerability analysis in AWS Lambda
• Troubleshooting issues in Lambda
  • Troubleshoot deployment issues in Lambda
  • Troubleshoot invocation issues in Lambda
  • Troubleshoot execution issues in Lambda
  • Troubleshoot networking issues in Lambda
  • Troubleshoot container image issues in Lambda
• AWS Lambda applications
  • Managing applications in the AWS Lambda console
  • Creating an application with continuous delivery in the Lambda console
  • Rolling deployments for Lambda functions
  • Invoking Lambda functions with the AWS Mobile SDK for Android
    • Tutorial: Using AWS Lambda with the Mobile SDK for Android
    • Sample function code
• Orchestrating functions with Step Functions
  • State machine application patterns
  • Managing state machines in the Lambda console
  • Orchestration examples with Step Functions
• Best practices for working with AWS Lambda functions
• Lambda quotas
• Lambda sample applications
  • Blank function sample application for AWS Lambda
  • Error processor sample application for AWS Lambda
  • List manager sample application for AWS Lambda
• AWS Lambda releases
• API reference
  • Actions
    • AddLayerVersionPermission
    • AddPermission
    • CreateAlias
    • CreateCodeSigningConfig
    • CreateEventSourceMapping
    • CreateFunction
    • DeleteAlias
    • DeleteCodeSigningConfig
    • DeleteEventSourceMapping
    • DeleteFunction
    • DeleteFunctionCodeSigningConfig
    • DeleteFunctionConcurrency
    • DeleteFunctionEventInvokeConfig
    • DeleteLayerVersion
    • DeleteProvisionedConcurrencyConfig
    • GetAccountSettings
    • GetAlias
    • GetCodeSigningConfig
    • GetEventSourceMapping
    • GetFunction
    • GetFunctionCodeSigningConfig
    • GetFunctionConcurrency
    • GetFunctionConfiguration
    • GetFunctionEventInvokeConfig
    • GetLayerVersion
    • GetLayerVersionByArn
    • GetLayerVersionPolicy
    • GetPolicy
    • GetProvisionedConcurrencyConfig
    • Invoke
    • InvokeAsync
    • ListAliases
    • ListCodeSigningConfigs
    • ListEventSourceMappings
    • ListFunctionEventInvokeConfigs
    • ListFunctions
    • ListFunctionsByCodeSigningConfig
    • ListLayers
    • ListLayerVersions
    • ListProvisionedConcurrencyConfigs
    • ListTags
    • ListVersionsByFunction
    • PublishLayerVersion
    • PublishVersion
    • PutFunctionCodeSigningConfig
    • PutFunctionConcurrency
    • PutFunctionEventInvokeConfig
    • PutProvisionedConcurrencyConfig
    • RemoveLayerVersionPermission
    • RemovePermission
    • TagResource
    • UntagResource
    • UpdateAlias
    • UpdateCodeSigningConfig
    • UpdateEventSourceMapping
    • UpdateFunctionCode
    • UpdateFunctionConfiguration
    • UpdateFunctionEventInvokeConfig
  • Data Types
    • AccountLimit
    • AccountUsage
    • AliasConfiguration
    • AliasRoutingConfiguration
    • AllowedPublishers
    • CodeSigningConfig
    • CodeSigningPolicies
    • Concurrency
    • DeadLetterConfig
    • DestinationConfig
    • Environment
    • EnvironmentError
    • EnvironmentResponse
    • EventSourceMappingConfiguration
    • FileSystemConfig
    • Filter
    • FilterCriteria
    • FunctionCode
    • FunctionCodeLocation
    • FunctionConfiguration
    • FunctionEventInvokeConfig
    • ImageConfig
    • ImageConfigError
    • ImageConfigResponse
    • Layer
    • LayersListItem
    • LayerVersionContentInput
    • LayerVersionContentOutput
    • LayerVersionsListItem
    • OnFailure
    • OnSuccess
    • ProvisionedConcurrencyConfigListItem
    • SelfManagedEventSource
    • SourceAccessConfiguration
    • TracingConfig
    • TracingConfigResponse
    • VpcConfig
    • VpcConfigResponse
• AWS glossary