You can use internal extensions to modify the runtime process. Internal extensions are not separate processesâthey run as part of the runtime process.
Lambda provides language-specific environment variables that you can set to add options and tools to the runtime. Lambda also provides wrapper scripts, which allow Lambda to delegate the runtime startup to your script. You can create a wrapper script to customize the runtime startup behavior.
Language-specific environment variablesLambda supports configuration-only ways to enable code to be pre-loaded during function initialization through the following language-specific environment variables:
JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS
â On Java, Lambda supports this environment variable to set additional command-line variables in Lambda. This environment variable allows you to specify the initialization of tools, specifically the launching of native or Java programming language agents using the agentlib
or javaagent
options. For more information, see JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS
environment variable.
NODE_OPTIONS
â Available in Node.js runtimes.
DOTNET_STARTUP_HOOKS
â On .NET Core 3.1 and above, this environment variable specifies a path to an assembly (dll) that Lambda can use.
Using language-specific environment variables is the preferred way to set startup properties.
Wrapper scriptsYou can create a wrapper script to customize the runtime startup behavior of your Lambda function. A wrapper script enables you to set configuration parameters that cannot be set through language-specific environment variables.
NoteInvocations may fail if the wrapper script does not successfully start the runtime process.
Wrapper scripts are supported on all native Lambda runtimes. Wrapper scripts are not supported on OS-only runtimes (the provided
runtime family).
When you use a wrapper script for your function, Lambda starts the runtime using your script. Lambda sends to your script the path to the interpreter and all of the original arguments for the standard runtime startup. Your script can extend or transform the startup behavior of the program. For example, the script can inject and alter arguments, set environment variables, or capture metrics, errors, and other diagnostic information.
You specify the script by setting the value of the AWS_LAMBDA_EXEC_WRAPPER
environment variable as the file system path of an executable binary or script.
In the following example, you create a wrapper script to start the Python interpreter with the -X importtime
option. When you run the function, Lambda generates a log entry to show the duration of the import time for each import.
Create a directory for the layer:
mkdir -p python-wrapper-layer/bin
cd python-wrapper-layer/bin
In the bin
directory, paste the following code into a new file named importtime_wrapper
. This is the wrapper script.
#!/bin/bash
# the path to the interpreter and all of the originally intended arguments
args=("$@")
# the extra options to pass to the interpreter
extra_args=("-X" "importtime")
# insert the extra options
args=("${args[@]:0:$#-1}" "${extra_args[@]}" "${args[@]: -1}")
# start the runtime with the extra options
exec "${args[@]}"
Give the script executable permissions:
chmod +x importtime_wrapper
Create a .zip file for the layer:
cd ..
zip -r ../python-wrapper-layer.zip
.
Confirm that your .zip file has the following directory structure:
python-wrapper-layer.zip â bin â importtime_wrapper
Create a layer using the .zip package.
Create a function using the Lambda console.
Open the Lambda console.
Choose Create function.
Enter a Function name.
For Runtime, choose the Latest supported Python runtime.
Choose Create function.
Add the layer to your function.
Choose your function, and then choose the Code tab if it's not already selected.
Scroll down to the Layers section, and then choose Add a layer.
For Layer source, select Custom layers, and then choose your layer from the Custom layers dropdown list.
For Version, choose 1.
Choose Add.
Add the wrapper environment variable.
Choose the Configuration tab, then choose Environment variables.
Under Environment variables, choose Edit.
Choose Add environment variable.
For Key, enter AWS_LAMBDA_EXEC_WRAPPER
.
For Value, enter /opt/bin/importtime_wrapper
(/opt/
+ your .zip layer's folder structure).
Choose Save.
Test the wrapper script.
Choose the Test tab.
Under Test event, choose Test. You don't need to create a test eventâthe default event will work.
Scroll down to Log output. Because your wrapper script started the Python interpreter with the -X importtime
option, the logs show the time required for each import. For example:
532 | collections import time: 63 | 63 | _functools import time: 1053 | 3646 | functools import time: 2163 | 7499 | enum import time: 100 | 100 | _sre import time: 446 | 446 | re._constants import time: 691 | 1136 | re._parser import time: 378 | 378 | re._casefix import time: 670 | 2283 | re._compiler import time: 416 | 416 | copyreg
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