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Amazon Lambda

The Amazon Lambda modules allow you to watch, invoke, list, and retrieve the functions, layers, and layer versions in your Amazon Lambda account.

Getting Started with Amazon Lambda

Prerequisites:

Note

The module dialog fields that are displayed in bold (in the Ibexa Connect scenario, not in this documentation article) are mandatory!

Connecting Amazon Lambda to Ibexa Connect

To connect your Amazon Lambda account to Ibexa Connect you need to obtain the API Key from your Amazon Lambda account and insert it in the Create a connection dialog in the Ibexa Connect module.

  1. Log in to your Amazon Lambda account.

  2. Click your Account Name > My Security Credentials > Access keys (access key ID and secret access key) > Create New Access Key .

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  3. Click Show Access Key to display the Access Key ID and Secret Access Key. Copy and save the provided keys in a safe place.

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  4. Go to Ibexa Connect and open the Amazon Lambda module's Create a connectio n dialog.

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  5. In the Connection name field, enter a name for the connection.

  6. In the AWS Key and AWS Secret Key fields, enter the Access Key and Secret Access Key values provided in step 3 above.

  7. In the Region field, select your region and click Continue .

The connection has been established.

Assigning Permissions in Your Lambda Account

For Amazon LAmda modules to work, you need to enable permissions in your AWS account.

  1. Log in to your AWS account.

  2. In the Search Field, enter IAM and in the Features section, select the IAM.

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  3. Click Create policy .

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  4. In the Service section, choose Lambda.

  5. In the Actions section, click Expand all and select the following minimum permissions required to use the Ibexa Connect Lambda functions:

    • ListFunctions

    • GetFunction

    • InvokeFunction

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For more information on the actions for Layer or other categories, see the Lambda Functions .

Function

Watch Functions

Triggers when a function is last updated.
Limit Set the maximum number of functions Ibexa Connect should return during one scenario execution cycle.

List Functions

Retrieves a list of all AWS Lambda functions.
Limit Set the maximum number of functions Ibexa Connect should return during one scenario execution cycle.

Get a Function

Gets the information of an AWS Lambda function.
Function Name Select the function whose details you want to retrieve.

Invoke a Function

Invoke an AWS Lambda function synchronously or asynchronously.

Function Name

Select the function name for which you want to invoke a function.

Invocation Type

Select the invoke type:

  • Request Response: Invoke the function synchronously.

  • Event: Invoke the function asynchronously

  • Dry Run: Validate parameter values and verify that the user or role has permission to invoke the function.

Body

Enter the function details in JSON format which you want to provide to the Lambda function as input. For example, { "key": "value" }.

Layer

Watch Layer Versions

Triggers when a new version of an AWS Lambda layer is created.
Layer Name Select the layer name or Amazon Resource Name whose version you want to watch. Enter a name between
Compatible Runtime Select the compatible runtime identifier for the layer. For example, nodejs.
Limit Set the maximum number of layer versions Ibexa Connect should return during one scenario execution cycle. The maximum number of layers returned is 50.

List Layers

Retrieves a list of all AWS Lambda layers.
Layer Name Select the layer name or Amazon Resource Name whose version you want to watch. Enter a name between
Compatible Runtime Select the compatible runtime identifier for the layer. For example, nodejs.
Limit Set the maximum number of layers Ibexa Connect should return during one scenario execution cycle. The maximum number of layers returned is 50.

List Layer Versions

Retrieves a list of the versions of an AWS Lambda layer.
Layer Name Select the layer name or Amazon Resource Name whose version you want to watch.
Compatible Runtime Select the compatible runtime identifier for the layer. For example, nodejs.
Limit Set the maximum number of layers versions Ibexa Connect should return during one scenario execution cycle. The maximum number of layers returned is 50.

Get a Layer Version

Gets the information of a version of an AWS Lambda layer.
Layer Name Select the layer name whose details you want to retrieve.
Version Select the layer version.

Other

Make an API Call

Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.

URL

Enter a path relative to https://lambda.{region}.amazonaws.com. For example: /2015-03-31/functions

For the list of available endpoints, refer to the Amazon Lambda API Documentation .

Method

Select the HTTP method you want to use:

GET

to retrieve information for an entry .

POST

to create a new entry.

PUT

to update/replace an existing entry.

PATCH

to make a partial entry update.

DELETE

to delete an entry.

Headers

Enter the desired request headers. You don't have to add authorization headers; we already did that for you.

Query String

Enter the request query string.

Body

Enter the body content for your API call.

Example of Use - List Functions

The following API call returns all functions from your Amazon Lambda account:

URL :

/31-03-2015/functions

Method :

GET

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Matches of the search can be found in the module's Output under Bundle > Body .

In our example, 5 functions were returned:

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