AWS Lambda Managed Instances expands to additional AWS Regions

AWS Lambda Managed Instances Now Available in All Commercial Regions

AWS Lambda Managed Instances (LMI) is now available in all commercial AWS Regions, except Israel (Tel Aviv), Middle East (Bahrain), Middle East (UAE), and Asia Pacific (Auckland).

LMI allows you to run Lambda functions on managed Amazon EC2 instances, providing access to specialized compute configurations and EC2 pricing advantages while maintaining Lambda's operational simplicity. LMI manages instance lifecycle, OS and runtime patching, routing, load balancing, and auto-scaling, enabling you to focus on writing code. You can process parallel requests within each execution environment, maximizing resource utilization and improving price-performance. Additionally, you can leverage EC2 pricing models including Compute Savings Plans and Reserved Instances to further optimize costs.

LMI is ideal for customers requiring specialized hardware configurations and those with steady-state or predictable workloads seeking to optimize costs.

What to do

• Create a capacity provider that defines your compute preferences, including VPC configuration, optional instance requirements, and scaling policies.
• Attach your Lambda functions to the capacity provider via the AWS Lambda Console, APIs, or Infrastructure as Code tooling.
• Integrate with all Lambda event sources and tools like Amazon CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray, and AWS Config.

Source: AWS release notes

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