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There are two reasons you might encounter this issue on AWS Lambda. You’re attempting to import a library that isn’t available by default in the Lambda Runtime environment. In which case you need to include the dependencies in the /python directory of your function package or included Lambda...
A recurring question with AWS Lambda functions is how to properly use third-party binary executables in the Lambda execution environment. A lot of people like to use precompiled binaries but often they’re not available and the only option is to compile the package you want to use from source....
AWS announced on the 28th August 2019 that the entry-level certification – AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner – was now available to be taken remotely from the comfort of your home or office. This certification is comparatively recent, having been released in December 2017, and would be redundant...
If you’re using the AWS ACM console to create a certificate, and at the final stage you get this annoying and useless com.amazon.coral.service.InternalFailure , I’ve got the solution for you. You’re probably working in an AWS Organization with a Service Control Policy (SCP) or a restricted IAM...
In November AWS announced Reserved Instance Purchase Recommendations in the Cost Explorer. Great! I thought, finally some free native support for what a lot of cost-analysis companies offer at a price. And yet when I look at the recommendations, they seem completely wrong to me. Each...
Courtesy of the AWS subreddit , I was alerted to the fact the recently-updated AWS Service Terms (to covertheir new 3D Lumberyard Game Engine ) have included this specific clause: 57.10 Acceptable Use; Safety-Critical Systems. Your use of the Lumberyard Materials must comply with the AWS...
Today AWS announce a long-awaited upgrade to their G2 family of instances – the g2.8xlarge. The big brother of the 2x , which was hitherto the only GPU-backed instance available on the AWS platform. Here’s how the two compare in specifications: Instance vCPU ECU Memory (GiB) Instance Storage...
It’s been a long time coming but my company is now fully based on Amazon Web Services EC2 for our web hosting. It’s been a long journey to get here. For more than 15 years we’ve cycled between a variety of providers who offered different things in different ways. First our sites were hosted by...
Developers and businesses around the world will be breathing a huge sigh of relief today as Amazon Web Services finally announced the ability to have invoices generated and charged in one of 11 new local currencies. Since its launch in 2006, AWS has exclusively billed in US dollars worldwide,...
When launching an EC2 instance on Amazon Web Services, the EBS volume is set to ‘Delete on Termination’ by default. Most of the time this is fine as you’d often rather make a snapshot of your drive to enable you to boot up multiple copies of the same instance, or if you’re a developer that’s...
