@aws-cdk/aws-lambda

What is @aws-cdk/aws-lambda?

@aws-cdk/aws-lambda is an AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) module that allows you to define AWS Lambda functions and manage their configurations using code. It provides a high-level, object-oriented abstraction to define and deploy Lambda functions, making it easier to integrate with other AWS services and manage infrastructure as code.

What are @aws-cdk/aws-lambda's main functionalities?

Define a Lambda Function

This code defines a simple AWS Lambda function using the AWS CDK. The function uses Node.js 14.x runtime, specifies the handler, and points to the code directory.

const lambda = require('@aws-cdk/aws-lambda');
const cdk = require('@aws-cdk/core');

class MyStack extends cdk.Stack {
  constructor(scope, id, props) {
    super(scope, id, props);

    new lambda.Function(this, 'MyFunction', {
      runtime: lambda.Runtime.NODEJS_14_X,
      handler: 'index.handler',
      code: lambda.Code.fromAsset('lambda'),
    });
  }
}

const app = new cdk.App();
new MyStack(app, 'MyStack');

Add Environment Variables

This code demonstrates how to add environment variables to an AWS Lambda function using the AWS CDK.

const lambda = require('@aws-cdk/aws-lambda');
const cdk = require('@aws-cdk/core');

class MyStack extends cdk.Stack {
  constructor(scope, id, props) {
    super(scope, id, props);

    new lambda.Function(this, 'MyFunction', {
      runtime: lambda.Runtime.NODEJS_14_X,
      handler: 'index.handler',
      code: lambda.Code.fromAsset('lambda'),
      environment: {
        KEY: 'value',
      },
    });
  }
}

const app = new cdk.App();
new MyStack(app, 'MyStack');

Add Permissions to Lambda Function

This code shows how to add permissions to an AWS Lambda function using the AWS CDK. In this example, the Lambda function is granted permission to get objects from an S3 bucket.

const lambda = require('@aws-cdk/aws-lambda');
const cdk = require('@aws-cdk/core');
const iam = require('@aws-cdk/aws-iam');

class MyStack extends cdk.Stack {
  constructor(scope, id, props) {
    super(scope, id, props);

    const myFunction = new lambda.Function(this, 'MyFunction', {
      runtime: lambda.Runtime.NODEJS_14_X,
      handler: 'index.handler',
      code: lambda.Code.fromAsset('lambda'),
    });

    myFunction.addToRolePolicy(new iam.PolicyStatement({
      actions: ['s3:GetObject'],
      resources: ['arn:aws:s3:::my-bucket/*'],
    }));
  }
}

const app = new cdk.App();
new MyStack(app, 'MyStack');

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README

AWS Lambda Construct Library

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This construct library allows you to define AWS Lambda Functions.

const fn = new lambda.Function(this, 'MyFunction', {
  runtime: lambda.Runtime.NODEJS_16_X,
  handler: 'index.handler',
  code: lambda.Code.fromAsset(path.join(__dirname, 'lambda-handler')),
});

Handler Code

The lambda.Code class includes static convenience methods for various types of runtime code.

• lambda.Code.fromBucket(bucket, key[, objectVersion]) - specify an S3 object that contains the archive of your runtime code.
• lambda.Code.fromInline(code) - inline the handle code as a string. This is limited to supported runtimes and the code cannot exceed 4KiB.
• lambda.Code.fromAsset(path) - specify a directory or a .zip file in the local filesystem which will be zipped and uploaded to S3 before deployment. See also bundling asset code.
• lambda.Code.fromDockerBuild(path, options) - use the result of a Docker build as code. The runtime code is expected to be located at /asset in the image and will be zipped and uploaded to S3 as an asset.

The following example shows how to define a Python function and deploy the code from the local directory my-lambda-handler to it:

Example of Lambda Code from Local Assets

When deploying a stack that contains this code, the directory will be zip archived and then uploaded to an S3 bucket, then the exact location of the S3 objects will be passed when the stack is deployed.

During synthesis, the CDK expects to find a directory on disk at the asset directory specified. Note that we are referencing the asset directory relatively to our CDK project directory. This is especially important when we want to share this construct through a library. Different programming languages will have different techniques for bundling resources into libraries.

Docker Images

Lambda functions allow specifying their handlers within docker images. The docker image can be an image from ECR or a local asset that the CDK will package and load into ECR.

The following DockerImageFunction construct uses a local folder with a Dockerfile as the asset that will be used as the function handler.

new lambda.DockerImageFunction(this, 'AssetFunction', {
  code: lambda.DockerImageCode.fromImageAsset(path.join(__dirname, 'docker-handler')),
});

You can also specify an image that already exists in ECR as the function handler.

import * as ecr from '@aws-cdk/aws-ecr';
const repo = new ecr.Repository(this, 'Repository');

new lambda.DockerImageFunction(this, 'ECRFunction', {
  code: lambda.DockerImageCode.fromEcr(repo),
});

The props for these docker image resources allow overriding the image's CMD, ENTRYPOINT, and WORKDIR configurations as well as choosing a specific tag or digest. See their docs for more information.

Execution Role

Lambda functions assume an IAM role during execution. In CDK by default, Lambda functions will use an autogenerated Role if one is not provided.

The autogenerated Role is automatically given permissions to execute the Lambda function. To reference the autogenerated Role:

const fn = new lambda.Function(this, 'MyFunction', {
  runtime: lambda.Runtime.NODEJS_16_X,
  handler: 'index.handler',
  code: lambda.Code.fromAsset(path.join(__dirname, 'lambda-handler')),
});

const role = fn.role; // the Role

You can also provide your own IAM role. Provided IAM roles will not automatically be given permissions to execute the Lambda function. To provide a role and grant it appropriate permissions:

const myRole = new iam.Role(this, 'My Role', {
  assumedBy: new iam.ServicePrincipal('sns.amazonaws.com'),
});

const fn = new lambda.Function(this, 'MyFunction', {
  runtime: lambda.Runtime.NODEJS_16_X,
  handler: 'index.handler',
  code: lambda.Code.fromAsset(path.join(__dirname, 'lambda-handler')),
  role: myRole, // user-provided role
});

myRole.addManagedPolicy(iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("service-role/AWSLambdaBasicExecutionRole"));
myRole.addManagedPolicy(iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("service-role/AWSLambdaVPCAccessExecutionRole")); // only required if your function lives in a VPC

Function Timeout

AWS Lambda functions have a default timeout of 3 seconds, but this can be increased up to 15 minutes. The timeout is available as a property of Function so that you can reference it elsewhere in your stack. For instance, you could use it to create a CloudWatch alarm to report when your function timed out:

import * as cdk from '@aws-cdk/core';
import * as cloudwatch from '@aws-cdk/aws-cloudwatch';

const fn = new lambda.Function(this, 'MyFunction', {
   runtime: lambda.Runtime.NODEJS_16_X,
   handler: 'index.handler',
   code: lambda.Code.fromAsset(path.join(__dirname, 'lambda-handler')),
   timeout: cdk.Duration.minutes(5),
});

if (fn.timeout) {
   new cloudwatch.Alarm(this, `MyAlarm`, {
      metric: fn.metricDuration().with({
         statistic: 'Maximum',
      }),
      evaluationPeriods: 1,
      datapointsToAlarm: 1,
      threshold: fn.timeout.toMilliseconds(),
      treatMissingData: cloudwatch.TreatMissingData.IGNORE,
      alarmName: 'My Lambda Timeout',
   });
}

Resource-based Policies

AWS Lambda supports resource-based policies for controlling access to Lambda functions and layers on a per-resource basis. In particular, this allows you to give permission to AWS services and other AWS accounts to modify and invoke your functions. You can also restrict permissions given to AWS services by providing a source account or ARN (representing the account and identifier of the resource that accesses the function or layer).

declare const fn: lambda.Function;
const principal = new iam.ServicePrincipal('my-service');

fn.grantInvoke(principal);

// Equivalent to:
fn.addPermission('my-service Invocation', {
  principal: principal,
});

For more information, see Resource-based policies in the AWS Lambda Developer Guide.

Providing an unowned principal (such as account principals, generic ARN principals, service principals, and principals in other accounts) to a call to fn.grantInvoke will result in a resource-based policy being created. If the principal in question has conditions limiting the source account or ARN of the operation (see above), these conditions will be automatically added to the resource policy.

declare const fn: lambda.Function;
const servicePrincipal = new iam.ServicePrincipal('my-service');
const sourceArn = 'arn:aws:s3:::my-bucket';
const sourceAccount = '111122223333';
const servicePrincipalWithConditions = servicePrincipal.withConditions({
  ArnLike: {
    'aws:SourceArn': sourceArn,
  },
  StringEquals: {
    'aws:SourceAccount': sourceAccount,
  },
});

fn.grantInvoke(servicePrincipalWithConditions);

// Equivalent to:
fn.addPermission('my-service Invocation', {
  principal: servicePrincipal,
  sourceArn: sourceArn,
  sourceAccount: sourceAccount,
});

Versions

You can use versions to manage the deployment of your AWS Lambda functions. For example, you can publish a new version of a function for beta testing without affecting users of the stable production version.

The function version includes the following information:

• The function code and all associated dependencies.
• The Lambda runtime that executes the function.
• All of the function settings, including the environment variables.
• A unique Amazon Resource Name (ARN) to identify this version of the function.

You could create a version to your lambda function using the Version construct.

declare const fn: lambda.Function;
const version = new lambda.Version(this, 'MyVersion', {
  lambda: fn,
});

The major caveat to know here is that a function version must always point to a specific 'version' of the function. When the function is modified, the version will continue to point to the 'then version' of the function.

One way to ensure that the lambda.Version always points to the latest version of your lambda.Function is to set an environment variable which changes at least as often as your code does. This makes sure the function always has the latest code. For instance -

const codeVersion = "stringOrMethodToGetCodeVersion";
const fn = new lambda.Function(this, 'MyFunction', {
  runtime: lambda.Runtime.NODEJS_16_X,
  handler: 'index.handler',
  code: lambda.Code.fromAsset(path.join(__dirname, 'lambda-handler')),
  environment: {
    'CodeVersionString': codeVersion,
  },
});

The fn.latestVersion property returns a lambda.IVersion which represents the $LATEST pseudo-version.

However, most AWS services require a specific AWS Lambda version, and won't allow you to use $LATEST. Therefore, you would normally want to use lambda.currentVersion.

The fn.currentVersion property can be used to obtain a lambda.Version resource that represents the AWS Lambda function defined in your application. Any change to your function's code or configuration will result in the creation of a new version resource. You can specify options for this version through the currentVersionOptions property.

NOTE: The currentVersion property is only supported when your AWS Lambda function uses either lambda.Code.fromAsset or lambda.Code.fromInline. Other types of code providers (such as lambda.Code.fromBucket) require that you define a lambda.Version resource directly since the CDK is unable to determine if their contents had changed.

currentVersion: Updated hashing logic

To produce a new lambda version each time the lambda function is modified, the currentVersion property under the hood, computes a new logical id based on the properties of the function. This informs CloudFormation that a new AWS::Lambda::Version resource should be created pointing to the updated Lambda function.

However, a bug was introduced in this calculation that caused the logical id to change when it was not required (ex: when the Function's Tags property, or when the DependsOn clause was modified). This caused the deployment to fail since the Lambda service does not allow creating duplicate versions.

This has been fixed in the AWS CDK but existing users need to opt-in via a feature flag. Users who have run cdk init since this fix will be opted in, by default.

Otherwise, you will need to enable the feature flag @aws-cdk/aws-lambda:recognizeVersionProps. Since CloudFormation does not allow duplicate versions, you will also need to make some modification to your function so that a new version can be created. To efficiently and trivially modify all your lambda functions at once, you can attach the FunctionVersionUpgrade aspect to the stack, which slightly alters the function description. This aspect is intended for one-time use to upgrade the version of all your functions at the same time, and can safely be removed after deploying once.

const stack = new Stack();
Aspects.of(stack).add(new lambda.FunctionVersionUpgrade(LAMBDA_RECOGNIZE_VERSION_PROPS));

When the new logic is in effect, you may rarely come across the following error: The following properties are not recognized as version properties. This will occur, typically when property overrides are used, when a new property introduced in AWS::Lambda::Function is used that CDK is still unaware of.

To overcome this error, use the API Function.classifyVersionProperty() to record whether a new version should be generated when this property is changed. This can be typically determined by checking whether the property can be modified using the UpdateFunctionConfiguration API or not.

currentVersion: Updated hashing logic for layer versions

An additional update to the hashing logic fixes two issues surrounding layers. Prior to this change, updating the lambda layer version would have no effect on the function version. Also, the order of lambda layers provided to the function was unnecessarily baked into the hash.

This has been fixed in the AWS CDK starting with version 2.27. If you ran cdk init with an earlier version, you will need to opt-in via a feature flag. If you run cdk init with v2.27 or later, this fix will be opted in, by default.

Existing users will need to enable the feature flag @aws-cdk/aws-lambda:recognizeLayerVersion. Since CloudFormation does not allow duplicate versions, they will also need to make some modification to their function so that a new version can be created. To efficiently and trivially modify all your lambda functions at once, users can attach the FunctionVersionUpgrade aspect to the stack, which slightly alters the function description. This aspect is intended for one-time use to upgrade the version of all your functions at the same time, and can safely be removed after deploying once.

const stack = new Stack();
Aspects.of(stack).add(new lambda.FunctionVersionUpgrade(LAMBDA_RECOGNIZE_LAYER_VERSION));

Aliases

You can define one or more aliases for your AWS Lambda function. A Lambda alias is like a pointer to a specific Lambda function version. Users can access the function version using the alias ARN.

The version.addAlias() method can be used to define an AWS Lambda alias that points to a specific version.

The following example defines an alias named live which will always point to a version that represents the function as defined in your CDK app. When you change your lambda code or configuration, a new resource will be created. You can specify options for the current version through the currentVersionOptions property.

const fn = new lambda.Function(this, 'MyFunction', {
  currentVersionOptions: {
    removalPolicy: RemovalPolicy.RETAIN, // retain old versions
    retryAttempts: 1,                   // async retry attempts
  },
  runtime: lambda.Runtime.NODEJS_16_X,
  handler: 'index.handler',
  code: lambda.Code.fromAsset(path.join(__dirname, 'lambda-handler')),
});

fn.addAlias('live');

Function URL

A function URL is a dedicated HTTP(S) endpoint for your Lambda function. When you create a function URL, Lambda automatically generates a unique URL endpoint for you. Function URLs can be created for the latest version Lambda Functions, or Function Aliases (but not for Versions).

Function URLs are dual stack-enabled, supporting IPv4 and IPv6, and cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) configuration. After you configure a function URL for your function, you can invoke your function through its HTTP(S) endpoint via a web browser, curl, Postman, or any HTTP client. To invoke a function using IAM authentication your HTTP client must support SigV4 signing.

See the Invoking Function URLs section of the AWS Lambda Developer Guide for more information on the input and output payloads of Functions invoked in this way.

IAM-authenticated Function URLs

To create a Function URL which can be called by an IAM identity, call addFunctionUrl(), followed by grantInvokeFunctionUrl():

// Can be a Function or an Alias
declare const fn: lambda.Function;
declare const myRole: iam.Role;

const fnUrl = fn.addFunctionUrl();
fnUrl.grantInvokeUrl(myRole);

new CfnOutput(this, 'TheUrl', {
  // The .url attributes will return the unique Function URL
  value: fnUrl.url,
});

Calls to this URL need to be signed with SigV4.

Anonymous Function URLs

To create a Function URL which can be called anonymously, pass authType: FunctionUrlAuthType.NONE to addFunctionUrl():

// Can be a Function or an Alias
declare const fn: lambda.Function;

const fnUrl = fn.addFunctionUrl({
  authType: lambda.FunctionUrlAuthType.NONE,
});

new CfnOutput(this, 'TheUrl', {
  value: fnUrl.url,
});

CORS configuration for Function URLs

If you want your Function URLs to be invokable from a web page in browser, you will need to configure cross-origin resource sharing to allow the call (if you do not do this, your browser will refuse to make the call):

declare const fn: lambda.Function;

fn.addFunctionUrl({
  authType: lambda.FunctionUrlAuthType.NONE,
  cors: {
    // Allow this to be called from websites on https://example.com.
    // Can also be ['*'] to allow all domain.
    allowedOrigins: ['https://example.com'],

    // More options are possible here, see the documentation for FunctionUrlCorsOptions
  },
});

Layers

The lambda.LayerVersion class can be used to define Lambda layers and manage granting permissions to other AWS accounts or organizations.

Example of Lambda Layer usage

By default, updating a layer creates a new layer version, and CloudFormation will delete the old version as part of the stack update.

Alternatively, a removal policy can be used to retain the old version:

new lambda.LayerVersion(this, 'MyLayer', {
  removalPolicy: RemovalPolicy.RETAIN,
  code: lambda.Code.fromAsset(path.join(__dirname, 'lambda-handler')),
});

Architecture

Lambda functions, by default, run on compute systems that have the 64 bit x86 architecture.

The AWS Lambda service also runs compute on the ARM architecture, which can reduce cost for some workloads.

A lambda function can be configured to be run on one of these platforms:

new lambda.Function(this, 'MyFunction', {
  runtime: lambda.Runtime.NODEJS_16_X,
  handler: 'index.handler',
  code: lambda.Code.fromAsset(path.join(__dirname, 'lambda-handler')),
  architecture: lambda.Architecture.ARM_64,
});

Similarly, lambda layer versions can also be tagged with architectures it is compatible with.

new lambda.LayerVersion(this, 'MyLayer', {
  removalPolicy: RemovalPolicy.RETAIN,
  code: lambda.Code.fromAsset(path.join(__dirname, 'lambda-handler')),
  compatibleArchitectures: [lambda.Architecture.X86_64, lambda.Architecture.ARM_64],
});

Lambda Insights

Lambda functions can be configured to use CloudWatch Lambda Insights which provides low-level runtime metrics for a Lambda functions.

new lambda.Function(this, 'MyFunction', {
  runtime: lambda.Runtime.NODEJS_16_X,
  handler: 'index.handler',
  code: lambda.Code.fromAsset(path.join(__dirname, 'lambda-handler')),
  insightsVersion: lambda.LambdaInsightsVersion.VERSION_1_0_98_0,
});

If the version of insights is not yet available in the CDK, you can also provide the ARN directly as so -

const layerArn = 'arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:580247275435:layer:LambdaInsightsExtension:14';
new lambda.Function(this, 'MyFunction', {
  runtime: lambda.Runtime.NODEJS_16_X,
  handler: 'index.handler',
  code: lambda.Code.fromAsset(path.join(__dirname, 'lambda-handler')),
  insightsVersion: lambda.LambdaInsightsVersion.fromInsightVersionArn(layerArn),
});

If you are deploying an ARM_64 Lambda Function, you must specify a Lambda Insights Version >= 1_0_119_0.

new lambda.Function(this, 'MyFunction', {
  runtime: lambda.Runtime.NODEJS_16_X,
  handler: 'index.handler',
  architecture: lambda.Architecture.ARM_64,
  code: lambda.Code.fromAsset(path.join(__dirname, 'lambda-handler')),
  insightsVersion: lambda.LambdaInsightsVersion.VERSION_1_0_119_0,
});

Event Rule Target

You can use an AWS Lambda function as a target for an Amazon CloudWatch event rule:

import * as events from '@aws-cdk/aws-events';
import * as targets from '@aws-cdk/aws-events-targets';

declare const fn: lambda.Function;
const rule = new events.Rule(this, 'Schedule Rule', {
 schedule: events.Schedule.cron({ minute: '0', hour: '4' }),
});
rule.addTarget(new targets.LambdaFunction(fn));

Event Sources

AWS Lambda supports a variety of event sources.

In most cases, it is possible to trigger a function as a result of an event by using one of the add<Event>Notification methods on the source construct. For example, the s3.Bucket construct has an onEvent method which can be used to trigger a Lambda when an event, such as PutObject occurs on an S3 bucket.

An alternative way to add event sources to a function is to use function.addEventSource(source). This method accepts an IEventSource object. The module @aws-cdk/aws-lambda-event-sources includes classes for the various event sources supported by AWS Lambda.

For example, the following code adds an SQS queue as an event source for a function:

import * as eventsources from '@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-event-sources';
import * as sqs from '@aws-cdk/aws-sqs';

declare const fn: lambda.Function;
const queue = new sqs.Queue(this, 'Queue');
fn.addEventSource(new eventsources.SqsEventSource(queue));

The following code adds an S3 bucket notification as an event source:

import * as eventsources from '@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-event-sources';
import * as s3 from '@aws-cdk/aws-s3';

declare const fn: lambda.Function;
const bucket = new s3.Bucket(this, 'Bucket');
fn.addEventSource(new eventsources.S3EventSource(bucket, {
  events: [ s3.EventType.OBJECT_CREATED, s3.EventType.OBJECT_REMOVED ],
  filters: [ { prefix: 'subdir/' } ] // optional
}));

See the documentation for the @aws-cdk/aws-lambda-event-sources module for more details.

Imported Lambdas

When referencing an imported lambda in the CDK, use fromFunctionArn() for most use cases:

const fn = lambda.Function.fromFunctionArn(
  this,
  'Function',
  'arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:123456789012:function:MyFn',
);

The fromFunctionAttributes() API is available for more specific use cases:

const fn = lambda.Function.fromFunctionAttributes(this, 'Function', {
  functionArn: 'arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:123456789012:function:MyFn',
  // The following are optional properties for specific use cases and should be used with caution:

  // Use Case: imported function is in the same account as the stack. This tells the CDK that it
  // can modify the function's permissions.
  sameEnvironment: true,

  // Use Case: imported function is in a different account and user commits to ensuring that the
  // imported function has the correct permissions outside the CDK.
  skipPermissions: true,
});

If fromFunctionArn() causes an error related to having to provide an account and/or region in a different construct, and the lambda is in the same account and region as the stack you're importing it into, you can use Function.fromFunctionName() instead:

const fn = lambda.Function.fromFunctionName(this, 'Function', 'MyFn');

Lambda with DLQ

A dead-letter queue can be automatically created for a Lambda function by setting the deadLetterQueueEnabled: true configuration. In such case CDK creates a sqs.Queue as deadLetterQueue.

const fn = new lambda.Function(this, 'MyFunction', {
  runtime: lambda.Runtime.NODEJS_16_X,
  handler: 'index.handler',
  code: lambda.Code.fromInline('exports.handler = function(event, ctx, cb) { return cb(null, "hi"); }'),
  deadLetterQueueEnabled: true,
});

It is also possible to provide a dead-letter queue instead of getting a new queue created:

import * as sqs from '@aws-cdk/aws-sqs';

const dlq = new sqs.Queue(this, 'DLQ');
const fn = new lambda.Function(this, 'MyFunction', {
  runtime: lambda.Runtime.NODEJS_16_X,
  handler: 'index.handler',
  code: lambda.Code.fromInline('exports.handler = function(event, ctx, cb) { return cb(null, "hi"); }'),
  deadLetterQueue: dlq,
});

You can also use a sns.Topic instead of an sqs.Queue as dead-letter queue:

import * as sns from '@aws-cdk/aws-sns';

const dlt = new sns.Topic(this, 'DLQ');
const fn = new lambda.Function(this, 'MyFunction', {
  runtime: lambda.Runtime.NODEJS_16_X,
  handler: 'index.handler',
  code: lambda.Code.fromInline('// your code here'),
  deadLetterTopic: dlt,
});

See the AWS documentation to learn more about AWS Lambdas and DLQs.

Lambda with X-Ray Tracing

const fn = new lambda.Function(this, 'MyFunction', {
  runtime: lambda.Runtime.NODEJS_16_X,
  handler: 'index.handler',
  code: lambda.Code.fromInline('exports.handler = function(event, ctx, cb) { return cb(null, "hi"); }'),
  tracing: lambda.Tracing.ACTIVE,
});

See the AWS documentation to learn more about AWS Lambda's X-Ray support.

Lambda with Profiling

The following code configures the lambda function with CodeGuru profiling. By default, this creates a new CodeGuru profiling group -

const fn = new lambda.Function(this, 'MyFunction', {
  runtime: lambda.Runtime.PYTHON_3_9,
  handler: 'index.handler',
  code: lambda.Code.fromAsset('lambda-handler'),
  profiling: true,
});

The profilingGroup property can be used to configure an existing CodeGuru profiler group.

CodeGuru profiling is supported for all Java runtimes and Python3.6+ runtimes.

See the AWS documentation to learn more about AWS Lambda's Profiling support.

Lambda with Reserved Concurrent Executions

const fn = new lambda.Function(this, 'MyFunction', {
  runtime: lambda.Runtime.NODEJS_16_X,
  handler: 'index.handler',
  code: lambda.Code.fromInline('exports.handler = function(event, ctx, cb) { return cb(null, "hi"); }'),
  reservedConcurrentExecutions: 100,
});

See the AWS documentation managing concurrency.

AutoScaling

You can use Application AutoScaling to automatically configure the provisioned concurrency for your functions. AutoScaling can be set to track utilization or be based on a schedule. To configure AutoScaling on a function alias:

import * as autoscaling from '@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling';

declare const fn: lambda.Function;
const alias = fn.addAlias('prod');

// Create AutoScaling target
const as = alias.addAutoScaling({ maxCapacity: 50 });

// Configure Target Tracking
as.scaleOnUtilization({
  utilizationTarget: 0.5,
});

// Configure Scheduled Scaling
as.scaleOnSchedule('ScaleUpInTheMorning', {
  schedule: autoscaling.Schedule.cron({ hour: '8', minute: '0'}),
  minCapacity: 20,
});

Example of Lambda AutoScaling usage

See the AWS documentation on autoscaling lambda functions.

Log Group

Lambda functions automatically create a log group with the name /aws/lambda/<function-name> upon first execution with log data set to never expire.

The logRetention property can be used to set a different expiration period.

It is possible to obtain the function's log group as a logs.ILogGroup by calling the logGroup property of the Function construct.

By default, CDK uses the AWS SDK retry options when creating a log group. The logRetentionRetryOptions property allows you to customize the maximum number of retries and base backoff duration.

Note that, if either logRetention is set or logGroup property is called, a CloudFormation custom resource is added to the stack that pre-creates the log group as part of the stack deployment, if it already doesn't exist, and sets the correct log retention period (never expire, by default).

Further note that, if the log group already exists and the logRetention is not set, the custom resource will reset the log retention to never expire even if it was configured with a different value.

FileSystem Access

You can configure a function to mount an Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) to a directory in your runtime environment with the filesystem property. To access Amazon EFS from lambda function, the Amazon EFS access point will be required.

The following sample allows the lambda function to mount the Amazon EFS access point to /mnt/msg in the runtime environment and access the filesystem with the POSIX identity defined in posixUser.

import * as ec2 from '@aws-cdk/aws-ec2';
import * as efs from '@aws-cdk/aws-efs';

// create a new VPC
const vpc = new ec2.Vpc(this, 'VPC');

// create a new Amazon EFS filesystem
const fileSystem = new efs.FileSystem(this, 'Efs', { vpc });

// create a new access point from the filesystem
const accessPoint = fileSystem.addAccessPoint('AccessPoint', {
  // set /export/lambda as the root of the access point
  path: '/export/lambda',
  // as /export/lambda does not exist in a new efs filesystem, the efs will create the directory with the following createAcl
  createAcl: {
    ownerUid: '1001',
    ownerGid: '1001',
    permissions: '750',
  },
  // enforce the POSIX identity so lambda function will access with this identity
  posixUser: {
    uid: '1001',
    gid: '1001',
  },
});

const fn = new lambda.Function(this, 'MyLambda', {
  // mount the access point to /mnt/msg in the lambda runtime environment
  filesystem: lambda.FileSystem.fromEfsAccessPoint(accessPoint, '/mnt/msg'),
  runtime: lambda.Runtime.NODEJS_16_X,
  handler: 'index.handler',
  code: lambda.Code.fromAsset(path.join(__dirname, 'lambda-handler')),
  vpc,
});

Ephemeral Storage

You can configure ephemeral storage on a function to control the amount of storage it gets for reading or writing data, allowing you to use AWS Lambda for ETL jobs, ML inference, or other data-intensive workloads. The ephemeral storage will be accessible in the functions' /tmp directory.

import { Size } from '@aws-cdk/core';

const fn = new lambda.Function(this, 'MyFunction', {
  runtime: lambda.Runtime.NODEJS_16_X,
  handler: 'index.handler',
  code: lambda.Code.fromAsset(path.join(__dirname, 'lambda-handler')),
  ephemeralStorageSize: Size.mebibytes(1024),
});

Read more about using this feature in this AWS blog post.

Singleton Function

The SingletonFunction construct is a way to guarantee that a lambda function will be guaranteed to be part of the stack, once and only once, irrespective of how many times the construct is declared to be part of the stack. This is guaranteed as long as the uuid property and the optional lambdaPurpose property stay the same whenever they're declared into the stack.

A typical use case of this function is when a higher level construct needs to declare a Lambda function as part of it but needs to guarantee that the function is declared once. However, a user of this higher level construct can declare it any number of times and with different properties. Using SingletonFunction here with a fixed uuid will guarantee this.

For example, the LogRetention construct requires only one single lambda function for all different log groups whose retention it seeks to manage.

Bundling Asset Code

When using lambda.Code.fromAsset(path) it is possible to bundle the code by running a command in a Docker container. The asset path will be mounted at /asset-input. The Docker container is responsible for putting content at /asset-output. The content at /asset-output will be zipped and used as Lambda code.

Example with Python:

new lambda.Function(this, 'Function', {
  code: lambda.Code.fromAsset(path.join(__dirname, 'my-python-handler'), {
    bundling: {
      image: lambda.Runtime.PYTHON_3_9.bundlingImage,
      command: [
        'bash', '-c',
        'pip install -r requirements.txt -t /asset-output && cp -au . /asset-output'
      ],
    },
  }),
  runtime: lambda.Runtime.PYTHON_3_9,
  handler: 'index.handler',
});

Runtimes expose a bundlingImage property that points to the AWS SAM build image.

Use cdk.DockerImage.fromRegistry(image) to use an existing image or cdk.DockerImage.fromBuild(path) to build a specific image:

new lambda.Function(this, 'Function', {
  code: lambda.Code.fromAsset('/path/to/handler', {
    bundling: {
      image: DockerImage.fromBuild('/path/to/dir/with/DockerFile', {
        buildArgs: {
          ARG1: 'value1',
        },
      }),
      command: ['my', 'cool', 'command'],
    },
  }),
  runtime: lambda.Runtime.PYTHON_3_9,
  handler: 'index.handler',
});

Language-specific APIs

Language-specific higher level constructs are provided in separate modules:

• @aws-cdk/aws-lambda-nodejs: Github & CDK Docs
• @aws-cdk/aws-lambda-python: Github & CDK Docs

Code Signing

Code signing for AWS Lambda helps to ensure that only trusted code runs in your Lambda functions. When enabled, AWS Lambda checks every code deployment and verifies that the code package is signed by a trusted source. For more information, see Configuring code signing for AWS Lambda. The following code configures a function with code signing.

import * as signer from '@aws-cdk/aws-signer';

const signingProfile = new signer.SigningProfile(this, 'SigningProfile', {
  platform: signer.Platform.AWS_LAMBDA_SHA384_ECDSA,
});

const codeSigningConfig = new lambda.CodeSigningConfig(this, 'CodeSigningConfig', {
  signingProfiles: [signingProfile],
});

new lambda.Function(this, 'Function', {
  codeSigningConfig,
  runtime: lambda.Runtime.NODEJS_16_X,
  handler: 'index.handler',
  code: lambda.Code.fromAsset(path.join(__dirname, 'lambda-handler')),
});