zappa 0.20.0

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Zappa - Serverless Python Web Services
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**Zappa** makes it super easy to deploy all Python WSGI applications on
AWS Lambda + API Gateway. Think of it as "serverless" web hosting for
your Python web apps.

What do you mean "serverless"?

Okay, so there still is a server - but it only has a *40 millisecond*
life cycle! Serverless in this case means **"without any permanent
infrastucture."**

With a traditional HTTP server, the server is online 24/7, processing
requests one by one as they come in. If the queue of incoming requests
grows too large, some requests will time out. With Zappa, **each request
is given its own virtual HTTP "server"** by Amazon API Gateway. AWS
handles the horizontal scaling automatically, so no requests ever time
out. Each request then calls your application from a memory cache in AWS
Lambda and returns the response via Python's WSGI interface. After your
app returns, the "server" dies.

Better still, with Zappa you only pay for the milliseconds of server
time that you use, so it's many **orders of magnitude cheaper** than
VPS/PaaS hosts like Linode or Heroku - and in most cases, it's
completely free. Plus, there's no need to worry about load balancing or
keeping servers online ever again.

It's great for deploying serverless microservices with frameworks like
Flask and Bottle, and for hosting larger web apps and CMSes with Django.
Or, you can use any WSGI-compatible app you like! You **probably don't
need to change your existing applications** to use it, and you're not
locked into using it.

And finally, Zappa is **super easy to use**. You can deploy your
application with a single command out of the box.

Using **Zappa** means:

- **No more** tedious web server configuration!
- **No more** paying for 24/7 server uptime!
- **No more** worrying about load balancing / scalability!
- **No more** worrying about keeping servers online!

**Awesome!**

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Installation and Configuration
==============================

*Before you begin, make sure you have a valid AWS account and your `AWS
credentials
file <https://blogs.aws.amazon.com/security/post/Tx3D6U6WSFGOK2H/A-New-and-Standardized-Way-to-Manage-Credentials-in-the-AWS-SDKs>`__
is properly installed.*

**Zappa** can easily be installed through pip, like so:

::

$ pip install zappa

Please note that Zappa ***must*** be installed into your project's
`virtual
environment <http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/dev/virtualenvs/>`__.

*(If you use `pyenv <https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv>`__ and love to
manage virtualenvs with **pyenv-virtualenv**, you just have to call
``pyenv local [your_venv_name]`` and it's ready.
`Conda <http://conda.pydata.org/docs/>`__ users should comment
`here <https://github.com/Miserlou/Zappa/pull/108>`__.)*

Next, you'll need to define your local and server-side settings.

Running the Initial Setup / Settings
------------------------------------

**Zappa** can automatically set up your deployment settings for you with
the ``init`` command:

::

$ zappa init

This will automatically detect your application type and help you define
your deployment configuration settings. Once you finish initialization,
you'll have a file named *zappa\_settings.json* in your project
directory defining your deployment settings. It will probably look
something like this:

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{
"dev": { // The name of your environment
"s3_bucket": "lmbda", // The name of your S3 bucket
"app_function": "your_module.app" // The python path to your WSGI application function. In Flask, this is your 'app' object.
}
}

You can define as many environments as your like - we recommend having
*dev*, *staging*, and *production*.

Now, you're ready to deploy!

Basic Usage
===========

Initial Deployments
-------------------

Once your settings are configured, you can package and deploy your
application to an environment called "production" with a single command:

::

$ zappa deploy production
Deploying..
Your application is now live at: https://7k6anj0k99.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/production

And now your app is **live!** How cool is that?!

To explain what's going on, when you call ``deploy``, Zappa will
automatically package up your application and local virtual environment
into a Lambda-compatible archive, replace any dependencies with versions
`precompiled for
Lambda <https://github.com/Miserlou/lambda-packages>`__, set up the
function handler and necessary WSGI Middleware, upload the archive to
S3, register it as a new Lambda function, create a new API Gateway
resource, create WSGI-compatible routes for it, link it to the new
Lambda function, and finally delete the archive from your S3 bucket.
Handy!

Updates
-------

If your application has already been deployed and you only need to
upload new Python code, but not touch the underlying routes, you can
simply:

::

$ zappa update production
Updating..
Your application is now live at: https://7k6anj0k99.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/production

This creates a new archive, uploads it to S3 and updates the Lambda
function to use the new code, but doesn't touch the API Gateway routes.

Rollback
--------

You can also ``rollback`` the deployed code to a previous version by
supplying the number of revisions to return to. For instance, to
rollback to the version deployed 3 versions ago:

::

$ zappa rollback production -n 3

Scheduling
----------

Zappa can be used to easily schedule functions to occur on regular
intervals. Just list your functions and the expression to schedule them
using `cron or rate
syntax <http://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/tutorial-scheduled-events-schedule-expressions.html>`__
in your *zappa\_settings.json* file:

.. code:: javascript

{
"production": {
...
"events": [{
"function": "your_module.your_function", // The function to execute
"expression": "rate(1 minute)" // When to execute it (in cron or rate format)
}],
...
}
}

And then:

::

$ zappa schedule production

And now your function will execute every minute!

If you want to cancel these, you can simply use the ``unschedule``
command:

::

$ zappa unschedule production

And now your scheduled event rules are deleted.

Executing in Response to AWS Events
-----------------------------------

Similarly, you can have your functions execute in response to events
that happen in the AWS ecosystem, such as S3 uploads, DynamoDB entries,
Kinesis streams, and SNS messages.

In your *zappa\_settings.json* file, define your `event
sources <http://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/invoking-lambda-function.html>`__
and the function you wish to execute. For instance, this will execute
``your_module.your_function`` in response to new objects in your
``my-bucket`` S3 bucket. Note that ``your_function`` must accept
``event`` and ``context`` paramaters.

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{
"production": {
...
"events": [{
"function": "your_module.your_function",
"event_source": {
"arn": "arn:aws:s3:::my-bucket",
"events": [
"s3:ObjectCreated:*"
]
}
}],
...
}
}

And then:

::

$ zappa schedule production

And now your function will execute every time a new upload appears in
your bucket!

Undeploy
--------

If you need to remove the API Gateway and Lambda function that you have
previously published, you can simply:

::

$ zappa undeploy production

You will be asked for confirmation before it executes.

Tailing Logs
------------

You can watch the logs of a deployment by calling the ``tail``
management command.

::

$ zappa tail production

Remote Function Invocation
--------------------------

You can execute any function in your application directly at any time by
using the ``invoke`` command.

For instance, suppose you have a basic application in a file called
"my\_app.py", and you want to invoke a function in it called
"my\_function". Once your application is deployed, you can invoke that
function at any time by calling:

::

$ zappa invoke production 'my_app.my_function'

Any remote print statements made and the value the function returned
will then be printed to your local console. **Nifty!**

Django Management Commands
--------------------------

As a convenience, Zappa can also invoke remote Django 'manage.py'
commands with the ``manage`` command. For instance, to perform the basic
Django status check:

::

$ zappa manage production check

Obviously, this only works for Django projects which have their settings
properly defined. *(Please note that commands which take over 30 seconds
to execute may time-out. See `this related
issue <https://github.com/Miserlou/Zappa/issues/205#issuecomment-236391248>`__
for a work-around.)*

Advanced Settings
=================

There are other settings that you can define in your local settings to
change Zappa's behavior. Use these at your own risk!

.. code:: javascript

{
"dev": {
"api_key_required": false, // enable securing API Gateway endpoints with x-api-key header (default False)
"assume_policy": "my_assume_policy.json", // optional, IAM assume policy JSON file
"attach_policy": "my_attach_policy.json", // optional, IAM attach policy JSON file
"aws_region": "us-east-1", // AWS Region (default US East),
"callbacks": { // Call custom functions during the local Zappa deployment/update process
"settings": "my_app.settings_callback", // After loading the settings
"zip": "my_app.zip_callback", // After creating the package
"post": "my_app.post_callback", // After command has excuted
},
"cache_cluster_enabled": false, // Use APIGW cache cluster (default False)
"cache_cluster_size": .5, // APIGW Cache Cluster size (default 0.5)
"debug": true, // Print Zappa configuration errors tracebacks in the 500
"delete_zip": true, // Delete the local zip archive after code updates
"django_settings": "your_project.production_settings", // The modular path to your Django project's settings. For Django projects only.
"domain": "yourapp.yourdomain.com", // Required if you're using a domain
"events": [
{ // Recurring events
"function": "your_module.your_recurring_function", // The function to execute
"expression": "rate(1 minute)" // When to execute it (in cron or rate format)
},
{ // AWS Reactive events
"function": "your_module.your_reactive_function", // The function to execute
"event_source": {
"arn": "arn:aws:s3:::my-bucket", // The ARN of this event source
"events": [
"s3:ObjectCreated:*" // The specific event to execute in response to.
]
}
}
],
"exclude": ["*.gz", "*.rar"], // A list of regex patterns to exclude from the archive
"http_methods": ["GET", "POST"], // HTTP Methods to route,
"integration_response_codes": [200, 301, 404, 500], // Integration response status codes to route
"keep_warm": true, // Create CloudWatch events to keep the server warm.
"lambda_handler": "your_custom_handler", // The name of Lambda handler. Default: handler.lambda_handler
"log_level": "DEBUG", // Set the Zappa log level. Default INFO, can be one of CRITICAL, ERROR, WARNING, INFO and DEBUG.
"memory_size": 512, // Lambda function memory in MB
"method_response_codes": [200, 301, 404, 500], // Method response status codes to route
"parameter_depth": 10, // Size of URL depth to route. Defaults to 8.
"prebuild_script": "your_module.your_function", // Function to execute before uploading code
"profile_name": "your-profile-name", // AWS profile credentials to use. Default 'default'.
"project_name": "MyProject", // The name of the project as it appears on AWS. Defaults to a slugified `pwd`.
"remote_env_bucket": "my-project-config-files", // optional s3 bucket where remote_env_file can be located.
"remote_env_file": "filename.json", // file in remote_env_bucket containing a flat json object which will be used to set custom environment variables.
"role_name": "MyLambdaRole", // Lambda execution Role
"s3_bucket": "dev-bucket", // Zappa zip bucket,
"settings_file": "~/Projects/MyApp/settings/dev_settings.py", // Server side settings file location,
"timeout_seconds": 30, // Maximum lifespan for the Lambda function (default 30)
"touch": false, // GET the production URL upon initial deployment (default True)
"use_precompiled_packages": false, // If possible, use C-extension packages which have been pre-compiled for AWS Lambda
"use_apigateway": true, // Set to false if you don't want to create API Gateway resource. Default true
"vpc_config": { // Optional VPC configuration for Lambda function
"SubnetIds": [ "subnet-12345678" ], // Note: not all availability zones support Lambda!
"SecurityGroupIds": [ "sg-12345678" ]
}
}
}

Advanced Usage
==============

Keeping The Server Warm
-----------------------

Zappa will automatically set up a regularly occuring execution of your
application in order to keep the Lambda function warm. This can be
disabled via the 'keep\_warm' setting.

Enabling CORS
-------------

To enable Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) for your application,
follow the `AWS "How to CORS"
Guide <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/apigateway/latest/developerguide/how-to-cors.html>`__
to enable CORS via the API Gateway Console. Don't forget to enable CORS
per parameter and re-deploy your API after making the changes!

Enabling Secure Endpoints on API Gateway
----------------------------------------

You can use the ``api_key_required`` setting to generate and assign an
API key to all the routes of your API Gateway. After redeployment, you
can then pass the provided key as a header called ``x-api-key`` to
access the restricted endpoints. Without the ``x-api-key`` header, you
will receive a 403. `More information on API keys in the API
Gateway <http://docs.aws.amazon.com/apigateway/latest/developerguide/how-to-api-keys.html>`__

Deploying to a Domain With a Let's Encrypt Certificate
------------------------------------------------------

If you want to use Zappa on a domain with a free Let's Encrypt
certificate, you can follow `this
guide <https://github.com/Miserlou/Zappa/blob/master/docs/domain_with_free_ssl.md>`__.

Setting Environment Variables
-----------------------------

If you want to use environment variables to configure your application
(which is especially useful for things like sensitive credentials), you
can create a file and place it in an S3 bucket to which your Zappa
application has access to. To do this, add the ``remote_env_bucket`` and
``remote_env_file`` keys to zappa\_settings pointing to a file
containing a flat JSON object, so that each key-value pair on the object
will be set as an environment variable and value whenever a new lambda
instance spins up.

For example, to ensure your application has access to the database
credentials without storing them in your version control, you can add a
file to S3 with the connection string and load it into the lambda
environment using the ``remote_env_bucket`` and ``remote_env_file``
configuration settings.

super-secret-config.json (uploaded to my-config-bucket):

.. code:: javascript

{
"DB_CONNECTION_STRING": "super-secret:database"
}

zappa\_settings.json:

.. code:: javascript

{
"dev": {
...
"remote_env_bucket": "my-config-bucket",
"remote_env_file": "super-secret-config.json"
},
...
}

Now in your application you can use:

.. code:: python

import os
db_string = os.environ('DB_CONNECTION_STRING')

Zappa Guides
============

- `Django-Zappa tutorial
screencast <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plUrbPN0xc8&feature=youtu.be>`__.
- `Using Django-Zappa, Part
1 <https://serverlesscode.com/post/zappa-wsgi-for-python/>`__.
- `Using Django-Zappa, Part 2:
VPCs <https://serverlesscode.com/post/zappa-wsgi-for-python-pt-2/>`__.
- `Building Serverless Microservices with Zappa and
Flask <https://gun.io/blog/serverless-microservices-with-zappa-and-flask/>`__
- *Your guide here?*

Zappa in the Press
==================

- *`Zappa Serves Python, Minus the
Servers <http://www.infoworld.com/article/3031665/application-development/zappa-serves-python-web-apps-minus-the-servers.html>`__*
- *`Zappa lyfter serverlösa applikationer med
Python <http://computersweden.idg.se/2.2683/1.649895/zappa-lyfter-python>`__*
- *`Interview: Rich Jones on
Zappa <https://serverlesscode.com/post/rich-jones-interview-django-zappa/>`__*

Sites Using Zappa
=================

- `zappa.gun.io <https://zappa.gun.io>`__ - A Zappa "Hello, World"
(real homepage coming.. soon..)
- `spheres.gun.io <https://spheres.gun.io>`__ - Spheres, a photosphere
host and viewer
- `Mailchimp Signup
Utility <https://github.com/sasha42/Mailchimp-utility>`__ - A
microservice for adding people to a mailing list via API.
- `Serverless Image
Host <https://github.com/Miserlou/serverless-imagehost>`__ - A
thumbnailing service with Flask, Zappa and Pillow.
- Your site here?

Hacks
=====

Zappa goes quite far beyond what Lambda and API Gateway were ever
intended to handle. As a result, there are quite a few hacks in here
that allow it to work. Some of those include, but aren't limited to..

- Using VTL to map body, headers, method, params and query strings into
JSON, and then turning that into valid WSGI.
- Attaching response codes to response bodies, Base64 encoding the
whole thing, using that as a regex to route the response code,
decoding the body in VTL, and mapping the response body to that.
- Packing and *Base58* encoding multiple cookies into a single cookie
because we can only map one kind.
- Turning cookie-setting 301/302 responses into 200 responses with HTML
redirects, because we have no way to set headers on redirects.

Contributing
============

This project is still young, so there is still plenty to be done.
Contributions are more than welcome! Please file tickets before
submitting patches, and submit your patches to the "dev" branch.

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