Is there a way to call AWS CLI form AWS Lambda

Question

Is it even possible to execute aws-cli inside AWS Lambda? According to what I know it doesn't seem to be pre-installed. So, how do I call CLI form inside the Lambda service?

Answer 1

You can use the AWS node.js SDK which should be available in Lambda without installing it. As far as I can tell you get most, if not all the cli functionality.

Or maybe you include it (and all of its dependencies) as part of your deployment package. Even then you would have to call it from within python since Lambda doesn't allow you to execute shell commands. It's not recommended though