AWS Layer PyPacker

Description

aws-layer-pypacker is a tool to create AWS Lambda Layers from Python3.7 packages with aws linux docker image that is compatible to any OS.

Installation

x86 Based OS

Build the docker image with

docker build -t layer-packer:latest .

ARM Based OS

Build the docker image with

docker build -t layer-packer:latest . --platform linux/amd64

Implementation

To build a new python3.7 package layer:

1. Create a required package text file named {layer_name}.txt
2. Place the text file in requirements folder
3. Run the docker image with:

docker run -v "$(pwd)/requirements:/requirements" -v "$(pwd)/layers:/layers" -e LAYER_NAME={layer_name} --rm layer-packer:latest

4. The generated zip file will be placed in /layers with naming of {layer_name}.zip