Lab Information
The Nautilus DevOps team is embracing serverless architecture by integrating AWS Lambda into their operational tasks. They have decided to deploy a simple Lambda function that will return a custom greeting to demonstrate serverless capabilities effectively. This function is crucial for showcasing rapid deployment and easy scalability features of AWS Lambda to the team.
Create Lambda Function: Create a Lambda function named nautilus-lambda.
Runtime: Use the Runtime Python.
Deploy: The function should print the body Welcome to KKE AWS Labs!.
Status Code: Ensure the status code is 200.
IAM Role: Create and use the IAM role named lambda_execution_role.
Use the AWS Console to complete this task.
Lab Solutions
🔹 Step 1: Create the IAM Role (lambda_execution_role)
Go to AWS Console → IAM
Click Roles → Create role
Trusted entity type:
Select AWS service
Use case:
Choose Lambda
Click Next
Permissions
Attach policy:
✅ AWSLambdaBasicExecutionRole
Click Next
Role name
Role name:
lambda_execution_role
Click Create role
✅ IAM role is ready.
🔹 Step 2: Create the Lambda Function
Go to AWS Console → Lambda
Click Create function
Choose Author from scratch
Basic information
Function name:
nautilus-lambda
Runtime:
Python (Python 3.x – any available version is fine)
Permissions
Under Change default execution role
Select Use an existing role
Choose:
lambda_execution_role
Click Create function
🔹 Step 3: Add the Lambda Function Code
In the Code tab, replace the default code with this:
def lambda_handler(event, context):
return {
"statusCode": 200,
"body": "Welcome to KKE AWS Labs!"
}
Click Deploy
🔹 Step 4: Test the Lambda Function
Click Test
Create a new test event:
Event name: test
Keep default JSON
Click Test
✅ Expected Output
You should see:
{
"statusCode": 200,
"body": "Welcome to KKE AWS Labs!"
}
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