Lambda shell - a lambda-backed Linux shell

Execute commands hosted and executed by AWS Lambda via an interactive shell / terminal.

Requirements:

• Apex (http://apex.run)
• Amazon AWS account

Installation

1. Modify project.json to include your own IAM role.
2. Install npm modules: cd functions/exec; npm install
3. Deploy to AWS with apex deploy exec.

Usage

Execute lambda-shell:

$ ./lambda-shell

This will create a REPL (shell) where commands will be sent to Lambda and returned to your console.

Example

$ ./lambda-shell
$ uname -a
Linux ip-10-11-194-19 4.1.19-24.31.amzn1.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Mar 15 23:41:50 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Exiting the shell

Exit the shell using Ctrl-C.

Limitations

• No TTY is allocated. You cannot use vim, emacs, or even ex. Try ed or sed instead.
• The working path ($PWD) is never modified. (cd is not very effective...)A
• No guarantee that commands will land onto the same machine/container. (FEATURE!)
• Writes are ephemeral except to /tmp. (FEATURE!)

License

Apache-2.0

Copyright 2016 IOpipe, Inc.