AWS Lambda Layer with kubectl (and helm)

This module exports a single class called KubectlLayer which is a lambda.Layer that bundles the kubectl and the helm command line.

  • Helm Version: 3.5.4

  • Kubectl Version: 1.20.0

Usage:

# KubectlLayer bundles the 'kubectl' and 'helm' command lines
from aws_cdk.lambda_layer_kubectl import KubectlLayer

# fn: lambda.Function

fn.add_layers(KubectlLayer(self, "KubectlLayer"))

kubectl will be installed under /opt/kubectl/kubectl, and helm will be installed under /opt/helm/helm.

Alternatives

This module bundles Kubectl v1.20.0 and the associated helm version To use alternative Kubectl versions, including the latest available, you can use the external module awscdk-asset-kubectl.