AWS Lambda task time out when adding newman

Question

I am trying to execute Newman using Lambda, but I keep getting timeout when adding newman in index.js:

const newman = require('newman');

exports.handler = function(event, context, callback) {
   console.log("aa = "); 
   callback(null, "some success message");
}

if I remove the first line - const newman = require('newman'); the execution went ok.

My folder structure also seems correct:
index.zip
- index.js
- node_modules

Even when I add the timeout in Lambda, it eventually will timeout. Any idea on what went wrong? Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

From personal experience, I believe you might not be allocating enough memory for your lambda function. I was having similar issues with newman in the aws lambda environment. Try bumping up the memory usage to see if that helps.