As I was learning the AWS Serverless paradigm I had some difficulties figuring out how to effectively develop, test and debug Lambda applications locally and deploy to AWS without issues. I was using the SAM (Serverless Application Model) template which made life pretty good when putting together a moderately complex API. For most of my … Continue reading Lambda Layers and Local Python Development
Lambda Helper Functions (Python)
Im a big fan of consistency when it comes to API development and feel this is even more so when developing Serverless API's using Lambda. I also hate to repeat the same operation and given the number of "functions" needed in a Lambda Serverless API it was necessary to create a common set of helper … Continue reading Lambda Helper Functions (Python)
Creating a (Python) Lambda Layer
There are tons of resources out there on how to create a Lambda Layer and this is likely just another one. However, I was struggling to find a straightforward example of how to create a python layer that can be shared by any Lambda application. So, hoping this might be helpful for someone out there … Continue reading Creating a (Python) Lambda Layer
Deploying a Flask App Behind AWS Load Balancer
I love AWS and take full advantage of their Load Balancers (LB) to direct traffic to my web server instances. I also make use of the "free" SSL certs (through Certificate Manager) so all my sites/applications run under https which is a good practice. An issue that always seems to rear its ugly head is … Continue reading Deploying a Flask App Behind AWS Load Balancer
Typical VPC Configuration
The great thing about AWS is the vast number of product offerings it has and how it puts you in control of how you want to set everything up. The bad thing about AWS is that it puts you in control of how you want to set everything up. There are a million ways to … Continue reading Typical VPC Configuration
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