lambda-update-alias

Update or create a AWS lambda alias

Install

$ npm install --save lambda-update-alias

Usage

const updateAlias = require('lambda-update-alias');
 
updateAlias('myLambdaFunction', 'v1'}).then(result => {
    console.log(result);
    /*
    {
        AliasArn: 'arn:aws:lambda:us-west-1:123456789012:function:myLambdaFunction:v1',
        Name: 'v1',
        FunctionVersion: '3',
        Description: 'My lambda function description'
    }
    */
});

API

updateAlias(name, alias, [options])

Returns a promise for the result object.

name

Type: string

Name of the lambda function.

alias

Type: string

Name of the alias that should be attached to the lambda function.

options

version

Type: string
Default: latest

Name of the version where the alias should be attached to. If not provided, the alias will be attached to the version with the highest number. $LATEST is treated as version 0.

awsProfile

Type: string

AWS Profile. The user related to the profile should have admin access to API Gateway and should be able to invoke lambda:AddPermission.

Can be overridden globally with the AWS_PROFILE environment variable.

awsFilename

Type: string

Filename to use when loading credentials.

awsRegion

Type: string
Default: us-west-1

AWS region.

User Policy

The profile creating or updating the alias should be able to list the versions of the function and create and update the aliases.

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "Stmt1454507191000",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "lambda:CreateAlias",
                "lambda:ListVersionsByFunction",
                "lambda:UpdateAlias"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "*"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Related

• lambda-update-alias-cli - CLI for this module

License

MIT © Sam Verschueren