Can not use zip from S3 for AWS Lambda

Question

Situation:

• I have a zip file with a JS function in a S3 bucket
• The file properties say:
  Link: https://s3.just-an-example-region-for-this-post-1.amazonaws.com/my-bucket/server/func-helloworld.zip

When I create a new Lambda function and chose Upload a .ZIP from Amazon S3 and continue I get: Trouble uploading file: Invalid S3 URL.

The zip file is accessible for everyone. I can download the zip file.
I can't find a good example on how this link should look like. I found this: https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?messageID=468968&#468968
But I don't understand where to get my file in a format like mentioned in the thread.

Answer 1

That was fun... S3 and Lambda need to be in the same region. I thought just downloading a file from S3 would work no matter which region. Doesn't. Now I know.

I tried it step by step via the web console. Now that I read the CLI docs it says it everywhere... damn. Should have tried the CLI first.