Lambda Function zipFile Error

[urton]

When trying to use Python code inline via zipFile, I get the following error:

The Function "myfunction" is invalid: spec.code.zipFile: Invalid value: "def lambda_handler(event, context):\n    print('hello world')\n": spec.code.zipFile in body must be of type byte: "def lambda_handler(event, context):\n    print('hello world')\n"

My Function YAML:

---
apiVersion: lambda.services.k8s.aws/v1alpha1
kind: Function
metadata:
  name: myfunction
  namespace: devops-automation
spec:
  code: 
    zipFile: |
      def lambda_handler(event, context):
          print('hello world')
  environment: 
    variables: {}
  fileSystemConfigs:
  - arn: "arn:aws:elasticfilesystem:us-west-1:*****:access-point/fsap-*****"
    localMountPath: "/mnt/efs"
  handler: "index.lambda_handler"
  memorySize: 256
  name: myfunction
  publish: false
  reservedConcurrentExecutions: 100
  role: "arn:aws:iam::*****:role/*****"
  runtime: python3.12
  tags: {}
  timeout: 30
  vpcConfig: 
    securityGroupIDs:
    - sg-*****
    subnetIDs:
    - subnet-*****
    - subnet-*****

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[knottnt]

@urton The zipFile field expects a base64 encoding of the zip file containing your code package. Here's an example of deploying a Lambda function with zipFile:

1. Write the python code to a file

cat <<EOF > app.py
def lambda_handler(event, context):
    return 'hello world'
EOF

2. Zip the python file

zip -r function.zip app.py

3. Base64 encode the zip file

cat function.zip | base64

We can then the use the resulting base64 encoding in our Lambda function manifest

apiVersion: lambda.services.k8s.aws/v1alpha1
kind: Function
metadata:
  name: sample-lambda
  annotations:
    services.k8s.aws/region: us-west-2
spec:
 name: sample-lambda
 packageType: Zip
 runtime: python3.13
 handler: app.lambda_handler
 code:
    zipFile: UEsDBAoAAAAAAHl/21qeD5FAPQAAAD0AAAAGABwAYXBwLnB5VVQJAANlIl9oZiJfaHV4CwABBPcBAAAEFAAAAGRlZiBsYW1iZGFfaGFuZGxlcihldmVudCwgY29udGV4dCk6CiAgICByZXR1cm4gJ2hlbGxvIHdvcmxkJwpQSwECHgMKAAAAAAB5f9tang+RQD0AAAA9AAAABgAYAAAAAAABAAAApIEAAAAAYXBwLnB5VVQFAANlIl9odXgLAAEE9wEAAAQUAAAAUEsFBgAAAAABAAEATAAAAH0AAAAAAA==
 role: "arn:aws:iam::*****:role/*****"

[urton]

Thanks @knottnt. I can certainly do that, but I guess I was expecting the same behavior as CloudFormation:

ZipFile
(Node.js and Python) The source code of your Lambda function. If you include your function source inline with this parameter, AWS CloudFormation places it in a file named index and zips it to create a [deployment package](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/gettingstarted-package.html). This zip file cannot exceed 4MB. For the Handler property, the first part of the handler identifier must be index. For example, index.handler.

[rushmash91]

Hi @urton ,

A quick note on using a zipFile. There is a 1.5MB size limit for direct code uploads - Kubernetes API server enforces a maximum request size for a single API object which is not the case for CloudFormation.

For production workloads, we recommend using S3-based deployment.

[urton]

Thanks @rushmash91 I wasn't planning on doing this in production. I was just testing it out months ago and noticed it didn't work. If this is the expected behavior, that's totally fine.

[rushmash91]

No Problem! Feel free to reopen the issue if you have any further comments!
/close

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@rushmash91: Closing this issue.

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