I have a reusable module for lambdas that has a dummy zip file with one dummy text file in it. I provision the lambda, permissions, cron, env, whatever it needs. Then I use GitHub Actions to actually publish the real zip file. My IAC and app code live in different repos. Answer from derekmckinnon on reddit.com
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February 10, 2025 - By following these steps, we provisioned an AWS Lambda function using Terraform that fetches Chuck Norris jokes using the requests library. We used Lambda Layers to manage dependencies efficiently and exposed our function using a Function URL, enabling seamless HTTP access without an API Gateway.
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I have a reusable module for lambdas that has a dummy zip file with one dummy text file in it. I provision the lambda, permissions, cron, env, whatever it needs. Then I use GitHub Actions to actually publish the real zip file. My IAC and app code live in different repos. More on reddit.com
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module "lambda_function" { source = "terraform-aws-modules/lambda/aws" function_name = "lambda-with-layer" description = "My awesome lambda function" handler = "index.lambda_handler" runtime = "python3.12" publish = true source_path = "../src/lambda-function1" store_on_s3 = true s3_bucket = "my-bucket-id-with-lambda-builds" layers = [ module.lambda_layer_s3.lambda_layer_arn, ] environment_variables = { Serverless = "Terraform" } tags = { Module = "lambda-with-layer" } } module "lambda_layer_s3" { source = "terraform-aws-modules/lambda/aws" create_layer = true layer_name = "lambda-layer-s3" description = "My amazing lambda layer (deployed from S3)" compatible_runtimes = ["python3.12"] source_path = "../src/lambda-layer" store_on_s3 = true s3_bucket = "my-bucket-id-with-lambda-builds" }
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April 29, 2024 - The Ultimate Guide to Creating Lambda Layers Using Terraform. Overview :- Imagine you’ve written several Lambda functions, and they all use the same utility library or a particular SDK. Instead of …
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I have a reusable module for lambdas that has a dummy zip file with one dummy text file in it. I provision the lambda, permissions, cron, env, whatever it needs. Then I use GitHub Actions to actually publish the real zip file. My IAC and app code live in different repos.
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Why not let terraform do the zipping for you? No need to S3 it to a bucket: data "archive_file" "my_function_lambda_payload" { type = "zip" source_dir = var.my_function_lambda_src_dir excludes = [ "venv", "_pycache_" ] output_path = "${var.my_function_lambda_payload_dir}/payload.zip" } resource "aws_lambda_function" "my_function" { filename = data.archive_file.my_function_lambda_payload.output_path source_code_hash = data.archive_file.my_function_lambda_payload.output_base64sha256 ... }
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Create AWS Lambda Layer using Docker, Terraform and GitHub Actions – My Devops Journal
October 6, 2024 - In this use case, I am referencing two GitHub repositories. Repository#1 is aws-lambda-base-images where I executed the Docker commands and created the Docker image. Repository#2 is aws-lambda-layer-terraform where I have the Terraform code and the Python3.10 libraries to create the Lambda layer.
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3 Ways To Publish and Use an AWS Lambda Layer in Terraform
April 2, 2025 - In particular, AWS publishes a set of AWS SDK for pandas Lambda layers for different versions of Python. Since we are using Python 3.11, aws-sdk-pandas-layer-py3-11 is what we can use to indirectly access NumPy. ... For the full Terraform configuration of this method, refer to the 1_serverless_app_repo directory in the accompanying GitHub repository.
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Terraform module designed to facilitate the creation of AWS Lambda layers - enter-at/terraform-aws-lambda-layer
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GitHub - kunduso/aws-lambda-layer-terraform: This repository contains the Terraform code to create an AWS Lambda layer for Python 3 using Docker, Terraform, and GitHub Actions, promoting code reuse and simplifying dependency management across AWS Lambda functions. · GitHub
This repository contains the Terraform code to create an AWS Lambda layer for Python 3 using Docker, Terraform, and GitHub Actions, promoting code reuse and simplifying dependency management across AWS Lambda functions. - kunduso/aws-lambda-layer-terraform
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AWS Lambda Layer Version is a resource for Lambda of Amazon Web Service. Settings can be wrote in Terraform and CloudFormation.
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November 14, 2019 - I’m trying to use datadog lambda layer in my lambda function to send datadog metrics: I can set this up manually from console. However, I’m not sure how to get it working in terraform. So far I have the following resource: resource "aws_lambda_layer_version" "datadog_layer" { layer_name = "${local.datadog_layer_name}" compatible_runtimes = ["python2.7"] } And I tried to import it with: terraform import ...
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How to deploy an AWS Lambda function with a layer using Terraform
June 10, 2023 - To create a layer, we just need to reference the module location (could be an external registry or local machine), in my the lambda layer location is one back folder at my root directory: module "lambda_noiselesstech" { source = "../terraform-aws-lambda" // A public registry path is allowed too code_location = "./lambdas/example" filename = "example.zip" lambda_function_name = "NoiselesstechExample" lambda_runtime = "nodejs14.x" layer_arn = module.layer.arn environment_variables = { secret = "super secret value" } }
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module "lambda_example_complete" { source = "terraform-aws-modules/lambda/aws//examples/complete" version = "8.7.0" } Configuration in this directory creates AWS Lambda Function, Layers, Alias, and so on with the large variety of supported features showing this module in action.
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January 7, 2021 - I’m trying to use libre office lambda layer in my lambda function : I can set this up manually from console. However, I’m not sure how to get it working in terraform. So far I have the following resource: data “archive_file” “converttopdf_lambda” { type = “zip” source_dir = “./data/converttopdf” output_path = “converttopdf.zip” } resource “aws_lambda_layer_version” “lambda_converttopdf_lambda” { layer_name = var.converttopdf_layername filename = “${data.archive_file....
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reddit.com › r/terraform › i worked on an aws + terraform project and would like to upload it to github, should i avoid uploading my lambda layers? what's best practice for showcasing my work with terraform on github?
r/Terraform on Reddit: I worked on an AWS + Terraform project and would like to upload it to Github, should I avoid uploading my Lambda layers? What's best practice for showcasing my work with Terraform on Github?
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Sorry if this is an obtuse or otherwise dumb question, I'm trying to get as much experience as I can with AWS and Terraform and would like to showcase that professionally. I'm new to all of this and am unsure what's the best way to go about showcasing my IaC work with AWS on a Github repo.
I have two artifacts or zip files that my project on AWS uses. One is a lambda layer with my third-party dependencies and the other is my lambda function itself. Should I avoid uploading these onto Github along with other misc. Terraform files and typical .gitignore files? I would technically already have my main app file uploaded onto the project repo, so I feel having the .zip file of it would be redundant. I'm totally unaware on what to do with my lambda layer zip file. Any advice for a newbie would be great.
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Terraform can package your lambda folder into a zip and then publish it as a function. Same with the layer: can be packaged same way and then published as lambda_layer_version . You definitely should not be committing your zip files to the repo, as those are generated artifacts.
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The question is oddly formulated. What do you mean by uploading your lambda layer? If you mean the packages, no you shouldn't. You should be committing your requirements.txt file, and ignore the actual packages. I am assuming your lambda layers are packaged and deployed via Terraform.