Module 09: Resources

Official Documentation

AWS Lambda Core

• What is AWS Lambda?
• Create Your First Lambda Function
• Define Lambda Function Handler in Python
• Building Lambda Functions with Python
• Understanding the Lambda Execution Environment Lifecycle
• Lambda Runtimes
• When to Use Lambda's OS-Only Runtimes (Custom Runtimes)
• Lambda Quotas

Lambda Permissions and IAM

• Managing Permissions in AWS Lambda
• Lambda Execution Role
• Working with AWS Managed Policies in the Execution Role
• AWS Managed Policies for AWS Lambda
• Viewing Resource-Based IAM Policies in Lambda

Lambda Configuration

• Working with Lambda Environment Variables
• Securing Lambda Environment Variables
• Configure Lambda Function Memory
• Configure Lambda Function Timeout
• Configuring Reserved Concurrency

Cold Starts and Performance

• Configuring Provisioned Concurrency
• Improving Startup Performance with Lambda SnapStart

Lambda Layers

• Managing Lambda Dependencies with Layers

Lambda Packaging and Deployment

• Working with .zip File Archives for Python Lambda Functions
• Create a Lambda Function Using a Container Image
• Deploy Python Lambda Functions with Container Images

Lambda Event Sources and Triggers

• Lambda Event Source Mappings
• Invoking a Lambda Function Using an Amazon API Gateway Endpoint
• Process Amazon S3 Event Notifications with Lambda
• Using Lambda with Amazon SNS
• Using Lambda with Amazon SQS
• Using Lambda with Amazon DynamoDB Streams
• Using Lambda with Amazon EventBridge
• Using Lambda with Amazon CloudWatch Events

Lambda Monitoring

• Sending Lambda Function Logs to CloudWatch Logs
• Working with Lambda Function Logs

Amazon API Gateway

• What is Amazon API Gateway?
• Lambda Proxy Integrations in API Gateway
• Set Up Lambda Proxy Integration as a Simple Proxy
• Deploying a REST API in Amazon API Gateway
• Get Started with API Gateway

Amazon S3 Event Notifications

• S3 Event Notification Configuration
• S3 Event Message Structure

Amazon DynamoDB (Referenced in Lab)

• Creating a DynamoDB Table (AWS CLI)
• Writing an Item to a DynamoDB Table
• Reading an Item from a DynamoDB Table

AWS Serverless Application Repository

• What is the AWS Serverless Application Repository?

AWS Whitepapers

• AWS Serverless Multi-Tier Architectures with Amazon API Gateway and AWS Lambda: Covers architectural patterns for building multi-tier serverless applications using API Gateway and Lambda, including microservices patterns and serverless data storage options.
• Security Overview of AWS Lambda: Describes the security model for Lambda functions and layers, including isolation, execution environment security, and shared responsibility.

AWS FAQs

• AWS Lambda FAQ
• Amazon API Gateway FAQ

AWS Architecture References

• Serverless Applications Lens (AWS Well-Architected Framework): Best practices for designing, deploying, and architecting serverless application workloads on AWS. Covers all six pillars of the Well-Architected Framework as they apply to serverless architectures.
• Integrating Microservices by Using AWS Serverless Services (Messaging): AWS Prescriptive Guidance on using Lambda with SQS, SNS, and EventBridge for asynchronous communication in microservices architectures. Extends the messaging patterns introduced in Module 08.

AWS Bootcamp: From Novice to Architect Author: Samuel Ogunti License: CC BY-NC 4.0