To configure Zappa, you should run the zappa init command and follow the auto-generated questionnaire. I followed the default suggested settings, and so the following is the auto-generated zappa_settings.json file.
File—zappa_settings.json:
{ "dev": { "app_function": "resources.api", "profile_name": "default", "project_name": "chapter11", "runtime": "python3.6", "s3_bucket": "zappa-ss0sm7k4r" }}
That's it. Now, with the help of this configuration, you can perform the deployment as mentioned in the following log snippet:
$ zappa deploy devCalling deploy for stage dev..Creating chapter11-dev-ZappaLambdaExecutionRole IAM Role..Creating zappa-permissions policy on chapter11-dev-ZappaLambdaExecutionRole IAM Role.Downloading ...