Rust + AWS Lambda

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Is there a 'standard' way to run Rust on AWS Lambda?

I have a number of Kotlin-Lambda functions that I would like to convert over to Rust.

My current choices appear to be:

  1. wrap Rust via Node.js
  2. wrap Rust via Python
  3. wrap Rust via Go

From googling, there does not seem to be a clear winner/package to use.

What is the most straight forward way to run Rust on AWS Lambda?

Thanks!

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I gather that using the Go runtime, and just supplying an executable compiled from Rust rather than Go, works fine. I've not tried it myself.

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Rust is not officially supported by Lambda. Aside from using Rust modules wrapped inside a supported runtime, there's a neat "hijacking" of Golang support, which mimics the Go RPC stack inside a pure Rust binary. The Lambda machinery is none the wiser, and doesn't care.

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