Create Deployment Package Using Python Environment Created with Virtualenv

Creating Python deployment package for Amazon Lambda

Below are the steps to Create Deployment Package Using a Python Environment Created with Virtualenv. Below are the 2 examples for pymysql and boto2 modules. 

pymysql:

    1.	Create a directory
    2.	Create virtual environment

    #virtualenv test

    3.	#cd test
    4.	#source bin/activate
    5.	install third party modules

    #pip install pymysql

    6.	#cd lib64/python2.7/site-packages/
    7.	copy python code script here that you intend to run in lambda for example test.py
    8.	create zip file along with modules

    #zip -r test.zip test.py pymysql*

    9.	upload zip file to lambda 


Boto:

    1.	Create a directory
    2.	Create virtual environment

    #virtualenv test

    3.	#cd test
    4.	#source bin/activate
    5.	install third party modules

    #pip install boto

    6.	#cd lib/python2.7/site-packages/
    7.	copy python code script here for example rdstest.zip
    8.	create zip file along with modules. rdstest.py is the python script and boto* will add all boto related modules to zip file

    #zip -r rdstest.zip rdstest.py boto* 

    9.	upload zip file to lambda