Employing proper timeouts and retries

The reality of computer networks is that they are unreliable. The reality of cloud computing is that it relies on computer networks, therefore it is imperative that we implement services to properly handle network anomalies. This recipe demonstrates how to properly configure functions and SDK calls with the appropriate timeouts and retries.

How to do it...

1. Create the project from the following template:

$ sls create --template-url https://github.com/danteinc/js-cloud-native-cookbook/tree/master/ch8/timeout-retry --path cncb-timeout-retry

2. Navigate to the cncb-timeout-retry directory with cd cncb-timeout-retry.
3. Review the file named serverless.yml with the following content:

service...