Deploy AWS Lambda Functions to Local Environments with Terraform

Using terraform to deploy Mock AWS Infrastructure for development purpose.

Prerequisite

• Docker
• Terraform
• AWS CLI

Setup

• Create localstack-external network for docker
• Docker-compose up to start localstack
• Terraform init for downloading providers
• Terraform plan for checking any change in current state
• Terraform apply for deploying code to Mock AWS
• Terraform destroy for kill Mock AWS resources

Execution

• Interacte with s3 via CLI: aws --endpoint=http://localhost:4572 s3 [option] [arg] [object]
• Interacte with dynamodb via CLI: aws --endpoint=http://localhost:4569 dynamodb [option] [arg] [object]
• Interacte with iam via CLI: aws --endpoint=http://localhost:4593 iam [option] [arg] [object]
• Interacte with iam via CLI: aws --endpoint=http://localhost:4574 lambda [option] [arg] [object]

Example

Invoke Lambda Function: aws --endpoint=http://localhost:4574 lambda invoke --function-name arn:aws:lambda:ap-southeast-2:000000000000:function:poc_lambda response.json