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Big Ben Lambda Function

Powers https://mastodon.org.uk/@bigben

Runs as an AWS Lambda for great serverless justice

You will need

• One Python 3.9 installation
• One Bash shell
• One virtualenv utility
• One zip utility
• One Mastodon access token
• One AWS account with ready-made IAM Role for Lambda Execution with the AWSLambdaBasicExecutionRole policy attached
• One installed and configured AWS CLI tool with the relevant permissions to create a Lambda

Environment Varibles

• MASTODON_BASE_URL - The hostname of the mastodon instance e.g. https://mastodon.org.uk
• MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN - A valid mastodon access token

Initial Command To Deploy Lambda

./buildzip.sh
aws lambda create-function --function-name big-ben --runtime python3.9 --handler main.handler --timeout 15 --zip-file fileb://bigben.zip --role <my-iam-role-arn>

Updating the code

./deploy.sh