Set environment variables in AWS Lambda

Question

I am planning to create an application which I want to run as AWS Lambda function. Part of the application creation process involves the use of environmental variables. 

Problem is I have no idea how to set up environmental variables for AWS Lambda instances.

So, any suggestions?

Answer 1

You can specify environment variables for AWS Lambda either using AWS Console or CLI. You can actually use the below code to set up Lambda with an LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable using AWS CLI:

aws lambda create-function \
  --region us-east-1
  --function-name myTestFunction
  --zip-file fileb://path/package.zip
  --role role-arn
  --environment Variables={LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/bin/test/lib64}
  --handler index.handler
  --runtime nodejs4.3
  --profile default

You can refer to this - AWS Lambda Environment Variables to know more