Part 6: Create an AWS Lambda Function - connect-group/terraform-aws-ses-dashboard GitHub Wiki

Now that all of the components are in place, you can create a Lambda function. The function creates an HTML dashboard and notifies you by email when that dashboard is updated.

To create a new AWS Lambda function

1. Download sesreport.zip from https://github.com/awslabs/aws-support-tools/raw/master/SES/SESReports/sesreport.zip.

2. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Lambda console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/lambda/.

3. Choose Create function.

4. Choose Author from scratch.

5. On the Basic information page, make the following selections:

   • For Name, type a name for the function.
   • For Role, select Choose an existing role.
   • For Existing role, choose the role you created in Part 4: Create AWS Identity and Access Management Policies and Roles.

   Choose Create function.

6. Under Function code, for Code entry type, choose Upload a .ZIP file.

7. Under Function package, choose Upload. Upload sesreport.zip.

8. Under Environment variables, specify the following keys and values:

Keys and Values

• QueueURL

  • The URL of the Amazon SQS queue you created in Part 2: Create a Queue in Amazon Simple Queue Service.
  • https://sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/999623213###/sample-queue-name

• Region

  • The AWS Region in which you created the Amazon SNS topic in Part 1: Create a Topic in Amazon Simple Notification Service.
  • Example: us-east-1

• ToAddr

  • [Optional] The email address that will receive the bounce and complaint report.
  • Example: [email protected]

• SrcAddr

  • [Optional] The email address that will send the bounce and complaint report.
  • Example: [email protected]

• BucketName

  • The name of the Amazon S3 bucket you created in Part 3: Create an Amazon Simple Storage Service Bucket.
  • Example: sample-s3-bucket

• BucketPrefix

  • [Optional] If you want to save the dashboards in a folder in the Amazon S3 bucket, specify the path here. The path you specify must end with a forward slash (/).
  • Example: SES/reports/

9. Under Basic settings, make the following selections:

   • For Memory (MB), choose 512.
     • NOTE: If you think you will receive more than 5,000 bounces and complaints per day, specify a Memory value of 1024 MB or greater. If you think you will receive more than 10,000 bounces and complaints per day, specify a Memory value of 1536 MB or greater.
   • For Timeout, select 5 minutes.

10. Choose Save and test.

11. On the Configure test event window, for Event name, type a name, and then choose Create.

12. Proceed to Part 7: Test the AWS Lambda Function.