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Building Serverless Python Web Services with Zappa

You're reading from Building Serverless Python Web Services with Zappa Build and deploy serverless applications on AWS using Zappa

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788837613

Length 324 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

AWS

Concepts

Serverless

Author (1):

Barguzar

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Title Page

Dedication

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Contributors

Preface

1. Amazon Web Services for Serverless FREE CHAPTER

2. Getting Started with Zappa

3. Building a Flask Application with Zappa

4. Building a Flask-Based REST API with Zappa

5. Building a Django Application with Zappa

6. Building a Django REST API with Zappa

7. Building a Falcon Application with Zappa

8. Custom Domain with SSL

9. Asynchronous Task Execution on AWS Lambda

10. Advanced Zappa Settings

11. Securing Serverless Applications with Zappa

12. Zappa with Docker

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Chapter 11. Securing Serverless Applications with Zappa

this chapter, we are going to learn about securing Python-based applications that are deployed on AWS Lambda. In the previous chapters, we learned about developing an application and deploying it on a serverless infrastructure using Zappa. Zappa also supports several mechanisms that enable you to implement a security layer for your application. Securing an application from unauthorized access is an essential process for any web application, but it would be more interesting to be able to secure a web application on a serverless infrastructure.

Therefore, we will be developing an API-based application and will demonstrate some mechanisms to secure it from unauthorized access. Let's move on and explore detailed information about setting up the development environment.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

Implementing a random quote API
Enabling secure endpoints on the API Gateway
Tracing AWS Lambda failures with dead letter...

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Authors (1)

Barguzar

Barguzar

Abdulwahid Abdulhaque Barguzar is a software architect and an active contributor in the open source community. He has developed a deep understanding of architecting software product development through Python web frameworks and JavaScript frameworks. He is passionate about implementing and mastering new technologies. In his free time, he researches innovative approaches to rapidly developing and designing a software product and automation testing, aiming to become a master software architect.

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