---
title: "Using Amazon EFS with AWS Lambda"
description: "Examples of using Lambda + EFS"
url: "https://www.pulumi.com/dev/examples/aws-ts-lambda-efs/"
image: "https://www.pulumi.com/assets/og/dev/examples/aws-ts-lambda-efs.png"
---
# Using Amazon EFS with AWS Lambda
Examples of using Lambda + EFS
- Source on GitHub: https://github.com/pulumi/examples/tree/master/aws-ts-lambda-efs
- Deploy with Pulumi: https://app.pulumi.com/new?template=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fpulumi%2Fexamples%2Ftree%2Fmaster%2Faws-ts-lambda-efs
## Get started with this example
This example lives in the [pulumi/examples](https://github.com/pulumi/examples/tree/master/aws-ts-lambda-efs) repo. Pull down just this directory to follow along:
```bash
git clone --filter=blob:none --sparse https://github.com/pulumi/examples pulumi-examples
git -C pulumi-examples sparse-checkout set aws-ts-lambda-efs
cd pulumi-examples/aws-ts-lambda-efs
```
This example shows how to use Amazon EFS with AWS Lambda in Pulumi. See the [Using AWS Lambda with Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)](https://www.pulumi.com/blog/aws-lambda-efs) blog post for a detailed walkthrough of this example.
## Prerequisites
- [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/download/)
- [Download and install the Pulumi CLI](https://www.pulumi.com/docs/get-started/install/)
- [Connect Pulumi with your AWS account](https://www.pulumi.com/docs/intro/cloud-providers/aws/setup/) (if your AWS CLI is configured, no further changes are required)
## Running the Example
After cloning this repo, `cd` into it and run these commands:
1. Create a new stack, which is an isolated deployment target for this example:
```bash
$ pulumi stack init dev
```
2. Set your desired AWS region:
```bash
$ pulumi config set aws:region us-east-1 # any valid AWS region will work
```
3. Deploy everything with a single `pulumi up` command. This will show you a preview of changes first, which
includes all of the required AWS resources (clusters, services, and the like). Don't worry if it's more than
you expected -- this is one of the benefits of Pulumi, it configures everything so that so you don't need to!
```bash
$ pulumi up
```
After being prompted and selecting "yes", your deployment will begin. It'll complete in a few minutes:
```
Updating (demo):
Type Name Status
+ pulumi:pulumi:Stack aws-ts-lambda-efs-demo created
+ ├─ awsx:x:ec2:Vpc vpc created
+ │ ├─ aws:ec2:Vpc vpc created
+ │ ├─ awsx:x:ec2:Subnet vpc-public-0 created
+ │ │ ├─ aws:ec2:Subnet vpc-public-0 created
+ │ │ ├─ aws:ec2:RouteTable vpc-public-0 created
+ │ │ ├─ aws:ec2:Route vpc-public-0-ig created
+ │ │ └─ aws:ec2:RouteTableAssociation vpc-public-0 created
+ │ ├─ awsx:x:ec2:Subnet vpc-public-1 created
+ │ │ ├─ aws:ec2:RouteTable vpc-public-1 created
+ │ │ ├─ aws:ec2:Subnet vpc-public-1 created
+ │ │ ├─ aws:ec2:RouteTableAssociation vpc-public-1 created
+ │ │ └─ aws:ec2:Route vpc-public-1-ig created
+ │ ├─ awsx:x:ec2:NatGateway vpc-1 created
+ │ │ ├─ aws:ec2:Eip vpc-1 created
+ │ │ └─ aws:ec2:NatGateway vpc-1 created
+ │ ├─ awsx:x:ec2:Subnet vpc-private-0 created
+ │ │ ├─ aws:ec2:RouteTable vpc-private-0 created
+ │ │ ├─ aws:ec2:Subnet vpc-private-0 created
+ │ │ ├─ aws:ec2:RouteTableAssociation vpc-private-0 created
+ │ │ └─ aws:ec2:Route vpc-private-0-nat-0 created
+ │ ├─ awsx:x:ec2:InternetGateway vpc created
+ │ │ └─ aws:ec2:InternetGateway vpc created
+ │ ├─ awsx:x:ec2:Subnet vpc-private-1 created
+ │ │ ├─ aws:ec2:RouteTable vpc-private-1 created
+ │ │ ├─ aws:ec2:Subnet vpc-private-1 created
+ │ │ ├─ aws:ec2:RouteTableAssociation vpc-private-1 created
+ │ │ └─ aws:ec2:Route vpc-private-1-nat-1 created
+ │ └─ awsx:x:ec2:NatGateway vpc-0 created
+ │ ├─ aws:ec2:Eip vpc-0 created
+ │ └─ aws:ec2:NatGateway vpc-0 created
+ ├─ aws:apigateway:x:API api created
+ │ ├─ aws:apigateway:RestApi api created
+ │ ├─ aws:apigateway:Deployment api created
+ │ ├─ aws:lambda:Permission api-2c087c3e created
+ │ ├─ aws:lambda:Permission api-c171fd88 created
+ │ ├─ aws:lambda:Permission api-7857d17d created
+ │ └─ aws:apigateway:Stage api created
+ ├─ awsx:x:ecs:FargateService nginx created
+ │ └─ aws:ecs:Service nginx created
+ ├─ awsx:x:ecs:FargateTaskDefinition nginx created
+ │ ├─ aws:iam:Role nginx-execution created
+ │ ├─ aws:cloudwatch:LogGroup nginx created
+ │ ├─ aws:iam:Role nginx-task created
+ │ ├─ aws:iam:RolePolicyAttachment nginx-execution-9a42f520 created
+ │ ├─ aws:iam:RolePolicyAttachment nginx-task-32be53a2 created
+ │ ├─ aws:iam:RolePolicyAttachment nginx-task-fd1a00e5 created
+ │ └─ aws:ecs:TaskDefinition nginx created
+ ├─ awsx:x:ec2:SecurityGroup nginx-0 created
+ ├─ awsx:x:ecs:Cluster cluster created
+ │ ├─ aws:ecs:Cluster cluster created
+ │ └─ awsx:x:ec2:SecurityGroup cluster created
+ │ ├─ awsx:x:ec2:IngressSecurityGroupRule cluster-containers created
+ │ │ └─ aws:ec2:SecurityGroupRule cluster-containers created
+ │ ├─ awsx:x:ec2:EgressSecurityGroupRule cluster-egress created
+ │ │ └─ aws:ec2:SecurityGroupRule cluster-egress created
+ │ ├─ awsx:x:ec2:IngressSecurityGroupRule cluster-ssh created
+ │ │ └─ aws:ec2:SecurityGroupRule cluster-ssh created
+ │ └─ aws:ec2:SecurityGroup cluster created
+ ├─ aws:iam:Role getHandler created
+ ├─ aws:iam:Role execHandler created
+ ├─ aws:efs:FileSystem filesystem created
+ ├─ aws:iam:Role uploadHandler created
+ ├─ aws:iam:RolePolicyAttachment execHandler-32be53a2 created
+ ├─ aws:iam:RolePolicyAttachment execHandler-23f1a522 created
+ ├─ aws:iam:RolePolicyAttachment getHandler-32be53a2 created
+ ├─ aws:iam:RolePolicyAttachment getHandler-23f1a522 created
+ ├─ aws:iam:RolePolicyAttachment uploadHandler-32be53a2 created
+ ├─ aws:iam:RolePolicyAttachment uploadHandler-23f1a522 created
+ ├─ aws:efs:MountTarget fs-mount-1 created
+ ├─ aws:efs:MountTarget fs-mount-0 created
+ ├─ aws:efs:AccessPoint ap created
+ ├─ aws:lambda:Function getHandler created
+ ├─ aws:lambda:Function uploadHandler created
+ └─ aws:lambda:Function execHandler created
Outputs:
url: "https://280f2167f1.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/stage/"
Resources:
+ 75 created
Duration: 5m52s
```
4. At this point, your app is running! The URL was published so it's easy to interact with:
```bash
$ curl -X POST -d 'Hello world
' $(pulumi stack output url)files/index.html
$ curl -X GET $(pulumi stack output url)files/index.html
Hello world
```
5. Once you are done, you can destroy all of the resources, and the stack:
```bash
$ pulumi destroy
$ pulumi stack rm
```