How does AWS Lambda work? Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software 1 comment Looks like you’re not logged in. Users need to be logged in to answer questions Log In Loading... Debarshi M. Serverless Developer
AWS Lambda's main resources are Lambda functions, which contain a granular piece of code that performs a specific task. Functions can initiate using multiple mechanisms, such as the AWS SDK, HTTP endpoints or configurable events from other AWS services. This delivers flexibility to make functions ...
Your AWS Lambda functions should not require setting up a complex environment or large amount of dependencies to create and initialize the component under test. Generally speaking, you should write a handler that extracts and validates data from the incoming event and context objects, then sends ...
There are various ways to create AWS Lambda functions, such as with AWS Management Console, AWS CLI and third-party tools. The focus of this tutorial is AWS CloudFormation, an infrastructure-as-code tool that automates the launch and management of AWS infrastructure components in a sca...
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Typically, Lambda functions are deployed using a .zip file with all the code dependencies as well as Lambda Layers. However, there’s also the option to deploy the code for a Lambda function using a Lambda Container Image, which is essentially a Docker image stored in the AWS Elastic Contain...
Lambda runtimes Lambda runtime support includes deprecation policy, notifications, end-of-life schedules, and security updates for managed runtimes. May 30, 2025 Next topic:Configuration Previous topic:Asynchronous invocation Need help? Try AWS re:Post Connect with an AWS IQ expert Recommended tasks...
AWS Lambdais a serverless, event-driven compute service that lets you run code for any type of application or backend service without provisioning or managing servers. You can trigger Lambda functions from over 200 AWS services and software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications, includingAmazon CloudWatc...
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Managing database connections with AWS Lambda functions can become an issue when your application reaches scale. Learn strategies for managing your RDS connections in a serverless application.