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phil swenson
phil swenson

Reputation: 8894

How to trigger a Lambda with error info from AWS Lambda Error in logs

my end goal is to have a Notification Lambda that is triggered when any other lambda has an error. I want this Notification Lambda to receive the logged error and to send out a notification such as an email with the problem lambda name + the error message. Ideally I'd like a link to the log location in the AWS console, but that seems a stretch.

Cloudwatch logs have errors like:

{
  "errorMessage": "2020-02-20T16:13:04.888Z abca3f75-d37f-4f3a-88f4-3d1ef49bb285 Task timed out after 3.00 seconds"
}

I have been trying to set up a cloudwatch event rule that is triggered on a filter for a lambda that contains the text "errorMessage" and passes on the error message to the Notification Lambda.

I have not been able to get anything to work. Could someone point me to the correct way to write an cloudwatch event rule that filters for a) lambda b) the text "errorMessage" and passes on the error message + ideally the lambda name to a topic or directly to a lambda?

All the examples I see to solve this problem are using alarms which only pass information about the alarm, not the actual problem.

I want to set this all up in code, but a first step just getting it running via the console would be ok too.

thanks!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2132

Answers (1)

omuthu
omuthu

Reputation: 6333

You can try using CloudWatch Logs Subscription Filter and stream them to Lambda

Go to CloudWatch Logs Console, Select the radio button against the Log Group and choose "Actions" dropdown -> "Stream to AWS Lambda"

  1. Choose the Target Lambda Function to process the logs
  2. Choose the log format (In your case Lambda Log Format, if you want specific ERROR messages, choose "Other" and provide structure/Regex)
  3. Click on "Start Streaming" to receive the logs to another lambda

Ref: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/SubscriptionFilters.html#LambdaFunctionExample

Hope this helps !!

Upvotes: 1

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