Chapter 21. AWS Lambda - Use Cases
In this chapter, we will be looking at some of the most commonly used Lambda use cases and how you can leverage them to manage your AWS environments. The use cases are broadly classified into the following categories:
- Infrastructure management--this section will demonstrate how to leverage Lambda functions
- Managing the costs of your AWS account by shutting down large instance types during off hours
- Tagging untagged instances for better governance and cost control
- Taking scheduled snapshots of your volumes for data backups
- Data transformation--how to use Lambda functions to transform either streaming or static data before it gets uploaded to a database
Sounds interesting, right? Then what are you waiting for! Let's get started right away!
