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Lambda Builder

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Introduced in 0.28.0

The lambda builder builds AWS Lambda functions in an environment simulating AWS Lambda runtimes via lambda-builder. Apps built via this builder can run natively in Dokku and may also have their artifacts scheduled to Lambda via an appropriate scheduler.

Usage

Detection

This builder will be auto-detected in the following case:

  • A lambda.yml exists in the root of the app repository.

The builder may also be selected via the builder:set command

dokku builder:set node-js-app selected lambda

Supported languages

The lambda builder plugin supports the following AWS runtime languages on Amazon Linux 2:

  • dotnet
  • go (builder is based on AL1)
  • nodejs
  • python
  • ruby

See the lambda-builder documentation for more information on how specific languages are detected.

Customizing the build environment

The lambda builder plugin delegates all build logic to lambda-builder, including language detection and build/runtime environment specification. The lambda-builder tool supports a lambda.yml file format for customizing how apps are built. Please see the readme for lambda-builder for more information on different options.

Changing the lambda.yml location

When deploying a monorepo, it may be desirable to specify the specific path of the lambda.yml file to use for a given app. This can be done via the builder-lambda:set command. If a value is specified and that file does not exist in the app's build directory, then the build will fail.

dokku builder-lambda:set node-js-app lambdayml-path lambda2.yml

The default value may be set by passing an empty value for the option:

dokku builder-lambda:set node-js-app lambdayml-path

The lambdayml-path property can also be set globally. The global default is lambda.yml, and the global value is used when no app-specific value is set.

dokku builder-lambda:set --global lambdayml-path lambda2.yml

The default value may be set by passing an empty value for the option.

dokku builder-lambda:set --global lambdayml-path

Displaying builder-lambda reports for an app

You can get a report about the app's storage status using the builder-lambda:report command:

dokku builder-lambda-json:report

=====> node-js-app builder-lambda information
       Builder-lambda computed lambdayml path: lambda2.yml
       Builder-lambda global lambdayml path:   lambda.yml
       Builder-lambda lambdayml path:          lambda2.yml
=====> python-sample builder-lambda information
       Builder-lambda computed lambdayml path: lambda.yml
       Builder-lambda global lambdayml path:   lambda.yml
       Builder-lambda lambdayml path:
=====> ruby-sample builder-lambda information
       Builder-lambda computed lambdayml path: lambda.yml
       Builder-lambda global lambdayml path:   lambda.yml
       Builder-lambda lambdayml path:

You can run the command for a specific app also.

dokku builder-lambda:report node-js-app

=====> node-js-app builder-lambda information
       Builder-lambda computed lambdayml path: lambda2.yml
       Builder-lambda global lambdayml path:   lambda.yml
       Builder-lambda lambdayml path:          lambda2.yml

You can pass flags which will output only the value of the specific information you want. For example:

dokku builder-lambda:report node-js-app --builder-lambda-lambdayml-path

lambda2.yml