Chapter 12: Lambda Deployments and Versioning
As more and more application architectures go serverless and more and more cloud budgets are scrutinized, AWS Lambda becomes more and more of a viable option in both the Developer and Operations professions' tool belts. Knowing how to harness the flexibility and power of Lambda and Step functions is key to success in today's AWS environments.
In this chapter, we're going to cover the following main topics:
- AWS Lambda overview
- Lambda functions
- Lambda triggers and event source mappings
- Deploying versions using Lambda
- Working with Lambda layers
- Monitoring Lambda functions
- Optimal Lambda use cases and anti-patterns
- Orchestrating Step Functions with Lambda