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Why are lambda functions stateless in aws lambda?


Asked by Delaney Castaneda on Dec 06, 2021 FAQ



Keeping functions stateless enables AWS Lambda to rapidly launch as many copies of the function as needed to scale to the rate of incoming events. While AWS Lambda’s programming model is stateless, your code can access stateful data by calling other web services, such as Amazon S3 or Amazon DynamoDB.
In addition,
Lambda layers are an important distribution mechanism for libraries, custom runtimes, and other important function dependencies. Log stream allows you to annotate your function code with custom logging statements which helps you to analyse the execution flow and performance of your Lambda functions. AWS Lambda is a Platform as a Service (PaaS).
Furthermore, The above execution model makes Lambda functions effectively stateless. This means that every time your Lambda function is triggered by an event it is invoked in a completely new environment. You don’t have access to the execution context of the previous event.
Accordingly,
AWS Lambda functions can be configured to run up to 15 minutes per execution. You can set the timeout to any value between 1 second and 15 minutes. Q: How will I be charged for using AWS Lambda functions? AWS Lambda is priced on a pay per use basis.
Similarly,
AWS Lambda runs your code within a VPC by default. You can optionally also configure AWS Lambda to access resources behind your own VPC, allowing you to leverage custom security groups and network access control lists to provide your Lambda functions access to your resources within a VPC. AWS Lambda is SOC, HIPAA, PCI, ISO compliant.