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ACM.50 Considering when to apply or not apply VPC networking to a Lambda function
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In the last post, we took a step back to look at the overall architecture we’re trying to implement in this blog series — which is still a work in progress.
Before we start constructing the portion of our infrastructure that leverages Lambda functions we need to think about what type of security controls we might want to use. When you create a Lambda function you can run in the default configuration or add a VPC configuration.
Right from the start, I’m going to tell you that I have a disagreement with a statement in the current documentation for AWS Lambda. Specifically this statement:
Importantly, unless you are accessing services with resources in a…
