Lambda - Notify On Lambda Errors

The following example policy will run hourly as a CloudWatch Scheduled Event triggered Lambda function. The policies filters will check each Lambdas CloudWatch Metrics for errors. If there are any errors in an hour period and the Lambda function is not tagged with Custodian_Lambda_Error_Exclude then the policy will take the action of notifying the Lambda function owner and the cloud team. These notifications can help developers by informing them if unexpected errors occur so they can be quickly addressed.

For the notify action in the policy to work you must have setup the c7n_mailer tool: https://github.com/cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian/tree/master/tools/c7n_mailer

Mailer Setup Guide: https://cloudcustodian.io/docs/tools/c7n-mailer.html

policies:


  - name: lambda-invocation-errors
    resource: lambda
    description: |
       Hourly check that finds any Lambda functions that have any
       errors within the last hour and notifies the customer and Cloud Team.
    mode:
      type: periodic
      schedule: "rate(1 hour)"
      timeout: 300
      tags:
            ResourceContact: "cloudteam@company.com"
            ResourcePurpose: "Created by Cloud Custodian Automated Fleet Management"
            Environment: prd
    filters:
      - type: metrics
        name: Errors
        days: 0.068
        period: 3600
        statistics: Sum
        op: greater-than
        value: 0
      - not:
          - "tag:Custodian_Lambda_Error_Exclude": present
    actions:
      - type: notify
        template: default.html
        priority_header: 1
        subject: "Lambda Function Errors Occurring! - [custodian {{ account }} - {{ region }}]"
        violation_desc: |
           "There has been one or more code errors occurring on this lambda function in the last hour:"
        action_desc: |
           "Actions Taken:  Please investigate this lambda function as errors reported.
           To exclude the below function from this scan please add a tag with a Key called
           Custodian_Lambda_Error_Exclude with any value to the lambda function.
        to:
          - CloudCustodian@Company.com
          - resource-owner
        transport:
          type: sqs
          queue: https://sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/1234567890/cloud-custodian-mailer
          region: us-east-1