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How to use gdal(geodjango) in aws lambda?


No matter how hard I looked, I couldn't find a good way.
How to install gdal in aws lambda?
If my question is not enough, please correct me. sorry for my english.


Solution

  • A good option IMO is to use a lambda layer. You can either create one yourself or use one which has been compiled and made available publicly (availability depends on your region).

    Here are two options:

    https://github.com/lambgeo/docker-lambda
    https://github.com/developmentseed/geolambda

    For instance, if you want to use the layer from lambgeo in us-east-1, you can just add one of these arns to your function:

    "layers": [
                {
                    "name": "gdal24",
                    "arn": "arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:524387336408:layer:gdal24:1",
                    "version": 1
                },
                {
                    "name": "gdal30",
                    "arn": "arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:524387336408:layer:gdal30:1",
                    "version": 1
                },
                {
                    "name": "gdal31",
                    "arn": "arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:524387336408:layer:gdal31:1",
                    "version": 1
                }
    

    For a full list of regions and arns, see this link.


    Additional information

    After add layer, should add environment variables to lambda below informations
    Here is an example using docker-lambda.

    "GDAL_DATA": "/opt/share/gdal",
    "PROJ_LIB": "/opt/share/proj",
    "GDAL_LIBRARY_PATH": "/opt/lib/libgdal.so.2.x.x",    // Enter correct version
    "GEOS_LIBRARY_PATH": "/opt/lib/libgeos_c.so.1.xx.x"  // Enter correct version
    

    For django, edit your django settings.py

    GDAL_LIBRARY_PATH = os.getenv('GDAL_LIBRARY_PATH')
    GEOS_LIBRARY_PATH = os.getenv('GEOS_LIBRARY_PATH')