Restarting AWS lambda function to clear cache

Question

I have a AWS Lambda function that creates an object from a s3 call in cold start. I then hold the object in the cache while the function is warm to keep load times down. W

Answer 1

If you are using the Lambda versioning system, another way to do this is by publishing a new version and using an alias to direct all traffic to it.

Here's an example:

Publish version: aws lambda publish-version --function-name your-function-name-here

Update the alias pointing to the new version: aws lambda update-alias --function-name your-function-name-here --name alias-name-here --function-version 123 (use the function version in the output message from the first command above)