Hi guys, I started to use Pulumi yesterday and created a few AWS lambda functions (node.js). The question: Is it possible somehow to use a debugger with breakpoints in IDE ?

For the lambda functions? They're not run by Pulumi, they're run by AWS. For the Pulumi project? Yes, it's almost a normal program, your debugger should be able to attach to it. It works fine in nodejs.

Yes for the lambda functions. For example, AWS SAM allows debugging lambda functions via IDE. And I was looking maybe some way to make similar with Pulumi or a workaround

Are you testing/debugging only the function or is it backing an API that is serving a frontend?

@jolly-megabyte-6233 API Gateway calls the lambda functions. To have the opportunity set breakpoints and work with the classic debugger. It will make work with some complicated Lambda functions much more comfortable, and easier to understand how each line works under the hood.

If you're just concerned with testing/debugging the code itself and not with validating the integration with the infrastructure that triggers the lambda, you can simply call the function handler locally. My preferred mode is to call the handler directly against the actual infrastructure on a test environment. (In case of a gateway that's defined through serverless, the AWS SAM setup simply provides a wrapper to call something resembling the actual gateway via HTTP calls to localhost. But the HTTP request will be translated to a plain function call in the end. And these can be easily tested and debugged using unit tests or similar setups. Also note that the AWS SAM setup is not a full replication of an actual gateway that would be deployed on AWS and so succesful tests on this setup are not a guarantee that code will work in the live environment).

@jolly-megabyte-6233 what if a lambda takes data from the DynamoDB table? In the unit test, I can mock it, but I in debug mode, it will throw an exception because it is also an integration part, and even with AWS SAM it also is not possible in debug mode to check the response from DynamoDB. Is it correct? Or is it possible to have a connection to DynamoDB from a local machine?

is it possible to have a connection to DynamoDB from a local machine?

@narrow-leather-14091 yes it's totally possible. the local machine needs to configure credentials for an AWS user/role that has access to the resource (any AWS resource, not only DynamoDB). all access is ultimately governed by IAM policies and as long as the user/role has (at least) the same permissions as your lambda, you can just run the lambda code locally (you'll need to define the table name, region, etc. one way to do this is via environment variables). (It can be more complicated if the resources are in a VPC.)

@jolly-megabyte-6233 Can you please share an example? I tried to run the lambda function locally, but it throws an error when DynamoDB is trying to get data by request.

could you share the error? i'll see if i have some code somewhere later this day

@jolly-megabyte-6233 error: "Error read item from DynamoDB ResourceNotFoundException: Requested resource not found"

"Error read item from DynamoDB ResourceNotFoundException: Requested resource not found"

Here's what i'd do to figure this out: 1. First: Validate that the table actually exsists. log into to the AWS console and go to the dynamo tables and check a. that the table actually exists b. that is actually has the name you think it has c. and that it exists in the correct region 2. Then: Make a minimal working example for a simple PUT request to the table. (The goal is to valiate if your local setup is actually able to interact with your specific table.) a. create a small

tmp-script.js

file that you run via node/ts-node

const AWS = require('aws-sdk');

const REGION = 'YOUR_AWS_REGION';
const TABLE = 'YOUR_TABLE_NAME';

const dynamoDb = new AWS.DynamoDB.DocumentClient({ region: REGION });

const script = async () => {
  try {
    const response = await dynamoDb.put({
      TableName: TABLE,
      Item: {
        // ... your item (needs to have the correct primary key)
      }
    }).promise();
    console.log(JSON.stringify(response));
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Error putting item into DynamoDB', error);
  }
};

script();

Now: This should work. If it does not, it might be that your AWS user is not allowed to access the table. Afterwards, update the code in the handler and make the handler work by running it locally. Afterwards, deploy.

@jolly-megabyte-6233 Thank you immensely for your detailed guidance and support in helping me navigate through this way.