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thaumaturgy

v0.5.0

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Build Node.js packages in AWS Lambda using AWS Lambda.

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Thaumaturgy

Build Node.js packages in AWS Lambda using AWS Lambda.

You can use Node packages in AWS Lambda, but they have to be built for that environment. Instead of spinning up an EC2 instance, you can use Thaumaturgy to build Node packages for AWS Lambda - in AWS Lambda!

Here's an example of what you can do:
thaumaturgy build mysql2:0.15.8 --download /tmp/mysql2.zip

Your output will look like this:

Invoking Thaumaturgy Lambda in AWS with packages mysql2:0.15.8.
Build completed successfully.
Downloading.
Download complete. File at /tmp/mysql2.zip

Installation

Thaumaturgy is a command line tool, so you'll need to install it globally.

npm install thaumaturgy -g

You'll also need a Role in AWS IAM that has the minimum permissions listed below, in the Permissions section.

Configure

The configure command will store settings in a .thaumaturgy folder in your home directory.

thaumaturgy configure

You'll be prompted for your:

  • AWS Access Key
  • AWS Secret Access Key
  • Role ARN
  • S3 Bucket (to store results)
  • NPM Version (2 or 3, the output is different)

Deploy

The deploy command will build the Thaumaturgy Lambda zip file and deploy it to AWS Lambda.

thaumaturgy deploy

Build

Now you're ready to have Thaumaturgy build Node packages for you! You can pass in a list of packages, or tell it to read a package.json file. When the build is complete, Thaumaturgy stores the results in s3. However, you can tell it to automatically download it for you.

Examples:
Build one package -
thaumaturgy build mkdirp:^0.5.1

Build multiple packages -
thaumaturgy build mysql2:0.15.8 mongodb:~2.0.45

Build a package and download it when complete -
thaumaturgy build redis:latest --download /tmp/redis.zip

Build all dependencies in a package.json -
thaumaturgy build --file package.json

Permissions

You Role will need the following permissions. These permissions let the Thaumaturgy Lambda store logs in AWS Cloud Watch and store build results in S3.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "logs:CreateLogGroup",
        "logs:CreateLogStream",
        "logs:PutLogEvents"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:logs:*:*:*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:GetObject",
        "s3:PutObject"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:s3:::*"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

It will also need a 'Trust Relationship' that lets AWS Lambda assume the Role:

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Principal": {
        "Service": "lambda.amazonaws.com"
      },
      "Action": "sts:AssumeRole"
    }
  ]
}

License (MIT)

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