amazon.aws.lambda module – Manage AWS Lambda functions

Note

This module is part of the amazon.aws collection (version 7.4.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install amazon.aws. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: amazon.aws.lambda.

New in amazon.aws 5.0.0

Synopsis

  • Allows for the management of Lambda functions.

  • This module was originally added to community.aws in release 1.0.0.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python >= 3.6

  • boto3 >= 1.26.0

  • botocore >= 1.29.0

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

access_key

aliases: aws_access_key_id, aws_access_key, ec2_access_key

string

AWS access key ID.

See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys.

The AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variables may also be used in decreasing order of preference.

The aws_access_key and profile options are mutually exclusive.

The aws_access_key_id alias was added in release 5.1.0 for consistency with the AWS botocore SDK.

The ec2_access_key alias has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

Support for the EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variable has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

architecture

aliases: architectures

string

added in amazon.aws 5.0.0

The instruction set architecture that the function supports.

Requires one of s3_bucket or zip_file.

Choices:

  • "x86_64"

  • "arm64"

aws_ca_bundle

path

The location of a CA Bundle to use when validating SSL certificates.

The AWS_CA_BUNDLE environment variable may also be used.

aws_config

dictionary

A dictionary to modify the botocore configuration.

Parameters can be found in the AWS documentation https://botocore.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/config.html#botocore.config.Config.

dead_letter_arn

string

The parent object that contains the target Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of an Amazon SQS queue or Amazon SNS topic.

debug_botocore_endpoint_logs

boolean

Use a botocore.endpoint logger to parse the unique (rather than total) "resource:action" API calls made during a task, outputing the set to the resource_actions key in the task results. Use the aws_resource_action callback to output to total list made during a playbook.

The ANSIBLE_DEBUG_BOTOCORE_LOGS environment variable may also be used.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

description

string

A short, user-defined function description. Lambda does not use this value. Assign a meaningful description as you see fit.

Default: ""

endpoint_url

aliases: ec2_url, aws_endpoint_url, s3_url

string

URL to connect to instead of the default AWS endpoints. While this can be used to connection to other AWS-compatible services the amazon.aws and community.aws collections are only tested against AWS.

The AWS_URL or EC2_URL environment variables may also be used, in decreasing order of preference.

The ec2_url and s3_url aliases have been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

Support for the EC2_URL environment variable has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

environment_variables

dictionary

A dictionary of environment variables the Lambda function is given.

handler

string

The function within your code that Lambda calls to begin execution.

image_uri

string

added in amazon.aws 7.3.0

The Amazon ECR URI of the image to use.

Required (alternative to runtime zip_file and s3_bucket) when creating a function.

Required when state=present.

kms_key_arn

string

added in community.aws 3.3.0

The KMS key ARN used to encrypt the function’s environment variables.

layers

list / elements=dictionary

added in amazon.aws 5.5.0

A list of function layers to add to the function’s execution environment.

Specify each layer by its ARN, including the version.

layer_name

aliases: layer_arn

string

The name or Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the layer.

Mutually exclusive with layer_version_arn.

layer_version_arn

string

The ARN of the layer version.

Mutually exclusive with layer_version_arn.

version

aliases: layer_version

integer

The version number.

Required when layer_name is provided, ignored if not.

memory_size

integer

The amount of memory, in MB, your Lambda function is given.

Default: 128

name

string / required

The name you want to assign to the function you are uploading. Cannot be changed.

profile

aliases: aws_profile

string

A named AWS profile to use for authentication.

See the AWS documentation for more information about named profiles https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-profiles.html.

The AWS_PROFILE environment variable may also be used.

The profile option is mutually exclusive with the aws_access_key, aws_secret_key and security_token options.

purge_tags

boolean

If purge_tags=true and tags is set, existing tags will be purged from the resource to match exactly what is defined by tags parameter.

If the tags parameter is not set then tags will not be modified, even if purge_tags=True.

Tag keys beginning with aws: are reserved by Amazon and can not be modified. As such they will be ignored for the purposes of the purge_tags parameter. See the Amazon documentation for more information https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws_tagging.html#tag-conventions.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

region

aliases: aws_region, ec2_region

string

The AWS region to use.

For global services such as IAM, Route53 and CloudFront, region is ignored.

The AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION environment variables may also be used.

See the Amazon AWS documentation for more information http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region.

The ec2_region alias has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01

Support for the EC2_REGION environment variable has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

role

string

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the IAM role that Lambda assumes when it executes your function to access any other Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources. You may use the bare ARN if the role belongs to the same AWS account.

Required when state=present.

runtime

string

The runtime environment for the Lambda function you are uploading.

Required when creating a function. Uses parameters as described in boto3 docs.

Required when state=present.

For supported list of runtimes, see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/lambda-runtimes.html.

s3_bucket

string

Amazon S3 bucket name where the .zip file containing your deployment package is stored.

If state=present then either zip_file or s3_bucket must be present.

s3_bucket and s3_key are required together.

s3_key

string

The Amazon S3 object (the deployment package) key name you want to upload.

s3_bucket and s3_key are required together.

s3_object_version

string

The Amazon S3 object (the deployment package) version you want to upload.

secret_key

aliases: aws_secret_access_key, aws_secret_key, ec2_secret_key

string

AWS secret access key.

See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys.

The AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_KEY, or EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variables may also be used in decreasing order of preference.

The secret_key and profile options are mutually exclusive.

The aws_secret_access_key alias was added in release 5.1.0 for consistency with the AWS botocore SDK.

The ec2_secret_key alias has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

Support for the EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variable has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

session_token

aliases: aws_session_token, security_token, aws_security_token, access_token

string

AWS STS session token for use with temporary credentials.

See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys.

The AWS_SESSION_TOKEN, AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variables may also be used in decreasing order of preference.

The security_token and profile options are mutually exclusive.

Aliases aws_session_token and session_token were added in release 3.2.0, with the parameter being renamed from security_token to session_token in release 6.0.0.

The security_token, aws_security_token, and access_token aliases have been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

Support for the EC2_SECRET_KEY and AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variables has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

state

string

Create or delete Lambda function.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

tags

aliases: resource_tags

dictionary

A dictionary representing the tags to be applied to the resource.

If the tags parameter is not set then tags will not be modified.

timeout

integer

The function maximum execution time in seconds after which Lambda should terminate the function.

Default: 3

tracing_mode

string

Set mode to ‘Active’ to sample and trace incoming requests with AWS X-Ray. Turned off (set to ‘PassThrough’) by default.

Choices:

  • "Active"

  • "PassThrough"

validate_certs

boolean

When set to false, SSL certificates will not be validated for communication with the AWS APIs.

Setting validate_certs=false is strongly discouraged, as an alternative, consider setting aws_ca_bundle instead.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

vpc_security_group_ids

list / elements=string

List of VPC security group IDs to associate with the Lambda function.

Required when vpc_subnet_ids is used.

vpc_subnet_ids

list / elements=string

List of subnet IDs to run Lambda function in.

Use this option if you need to access resources in your VPC. Leave empty if you don’t want to run the function in a VPC.

If set, vpc_security_group_ids must also be set.

zip_file

aliases: src

string

A .zip file containing your deployment package

If state=present then either zip_file or s3_bucket must be present.

Notes

Note

  • Caution: For modules, environment variables and configuration files are read from the Ansible ‘host’ context and not the ‘controller’ context. As such, files may need to be explicitly copied to the ‘host’. For lookup and connection plugins, environment variables and configuration files are read from the Ansible ‘controller’ context and not the ‘host’ context.

  • The AWS SDK (boto3) that Ansible uses may also read defaults for credentials and other settings, such as the region, from its configuration files in the Ansible ‘host’ context (typically ~/.aws/credentials). See https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/guide/credentials.html for more information.

Examples

# Create Lambda functions
- name: looped creation
  amazon.aws.lambda:
    name: '{{ item.name }}'
    state: present
    zip_file: '{{ item.zip_file }}'
    runtime: 'python2.7'
    role: 'arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/lambda_basic_execution'
    handler: 'hello_python.my_handler'
    vpc_subnet_ids:
      - subnet-123abcde
      - subnet-edcba321
    vpc_security_group_ids:
      - sg-123abcde
      - sg-edcba321
    environment_variables: '{{ item.env_vars }}'
    tags:
      key1: 'value1'
  loop:
    - name: HelloWorld
      zip_file: hello-code.zip
      env_vars:
        key1: "first"
        key2: "second"
    - name: ByeBye
      zip_file: bye-code.zip
      env_vars:
        key1: "1"
        key2: "2"

# To remove previously added tags pass an empty dict
- name: remove tags
  amazon.aws.lambda:
    name: 'Lambda function'
    state: present
    zip_file: 'code.zip'
    runtime: 'python2.7'
    role: 'arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/lambda_basic_execution'
    handler: 'hello_python.my_handler'
    tags: {}

# Basic Lambda function deletion
- name: Delete Lambda functions HelloWorld and ByeBye
  amazon.aws.lambda:
    name: '{{ item }}'
    state: absent
  loop:
    - HelloWorld
    - ByeBye

# Create Lambda functions with function layers
- name: looped creation
  amazon.aws.lambda:
    name: 'HelloWorld'
    state: present
    zip_file: 'hello-code.zip'
    runtime: 'python2.7'
    role: 'arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/lambda_basic_execution'
    handler: 'hello_python.my_handler'
    layers:
      - layer_version_arn: 'arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:123456789012:layer:python27-env:7'

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

code

dictionary

The lambda function’s code returned by get_function in boto3.

Returned: success

location

string

The presigned URL you can use to download the function’s .zip file that you previously uploaded.

The URL is valid for up to 10 minutes.

Returned: success

Sample: "https://prod-04-2014-tasks.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/snapshots/sample"

repository_type

string

The repository from which you can download the function.

Returned: success

Sample: "S3"

configuration

dictionary

the lambda function’s configuration metadata returned by get_function in boto3

Returned: success

architectures

list / elements=string

The architectures supported by the function.

Returned: success

Sample: ["arm64"]

code_sha256

string

The SHA256 hash of the function’s deployment package.

Returned: success

Sample: "zOAGfF5JLFuzZoSNirUtOrQp+S341IOA3BcoXXoaIaU="

code_size

integer

The size of the function’s deployment package in bytes.

Returned: success

Sample: 123

dead_letter_config

dictionary

The function’s dead letter queue.

Returned: when the function has a dead letter queue configured

Sample: {"target_arn": "arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:123456789012:function:myFunction:1"}

target_arn

string

The ARN of an SQS queue or SNS topic.

Returned: when the function has a dead letter queue configured

Sample: "arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:123456789012:function:myFunction:1"

description

string

The function’s description.

Returned: success

Sample: "My function"

environment

dictionary

The function’s environment variables.

Returned: when environment variables exist

error

dictionary

Error message for environment variables that could not be applied.

Returned: when there is an error applying environment variables

error_code

string

The error code.

Returned: when there is an error applying environment variables

message

string

The error message.

Returned: when there is an error applying environment variables

variables

dictionary

Environment variable key-value pairs.

Returned: when environment variables exist

Sample: {"key": "value"}

function_arn

string

The function’s Amazon Resource Name (ARN).

Returned: on success

Sample: "arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:123456789012:function:myFunction:1"

function_name

string

The function’s name.

Returned: on success

Sample: "myFunction"

handler

string

The function Lambda calls to begin executing your function.

Returned: on success

Sample: "index.handler"

last_modified

string

The date and time that the function was last updated, in ISO-8601 format (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD).

Returned: on success

Sample: "2017-08-01T00:00:00.000+0000"

layers

complex

added in amazon.aws 5.5.0

The function’s layers.

Returned: on success

arn

string

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the function layer.

Returned: always

Sample: "active"

code_size

string

The size of the layer archive in bytes.

Returned: always

signing_job_arn

string

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of a signing job.

Returned: always

signing_profile_version_arn

string

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for a signing profile version.

Returned: always

memory_size

integer

The memory allocated to the function.

Returned: on success

Sample: 128

revision_id

string

The latest updated revision of the function or alias.

Returned: on success

Sample: "a2x9886d-d48a-4a0c-ab64-82abc005x80c"

role

string

The function’s execution role.

Returned: on success

Sample: "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/lambda_basic_execution"

runtime

string

The funtime environment for the Lambda function.

Returned: on success

Sample: "nodejs6.10"

timeout

integer

The amount of time that Lambda allows a function to run before terminating it.

Returned: on success

Sample: 3

tracing_config

dictionary

The function’s AWS X-Ray tracing configuration.

Returned: on success

Sample: {"mode": "Active"}

mode

string

The tracing mode.

Returned: on success

Sample: "Active"

version

string

The version of the Lambda function.

Returned: on success

Sample: "1"

vpc_config

dictionary

The function’s networking configuration.

Returned: on success

Sample: {"security_group_ids": [], "subnet_ids": [], "vpc_id": "123"}

Authors

  • Steyn Huizinga (@steynovich)