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Running Lambda functions on AWS Greengrass

With the Greengrass Core software up and running on your IoT device, we can now go ahead and run a simple Lambda function on it! For this particular section, we will be leveraging an AWS Lambda blueprint that prints a simple Hello World message:

1. To get started, first we will need to create our Lambda function. From the AWS Management Console, filter out the Lambda service using the Filter option or alternatively, select this URL: https://console.aws.amazon.com/lambda/home.

Ensure that the Lambda function is launched from the same region as that of the AWS Greengrass. In this case, we are using the US-East-1 (N. Virginia) region.

2. On the AWS Lambda console landing page, select the Create function ...