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+# go-lambda-ping
+
+A simple program that will build the infrastructure to ping a website.
+
+## Building the Zip
+
+In the `function` directory run `make release` to generate the binary and then zip it.
+
+## Deploying the Lambda
+
+1. Run `terraform init` to initialize the terraform repository.
+
+2. Then run `terraform plan` to create the execution plan.
+
+3. Finally, `terraform apply` to apply the changes (run the execution plan).
+
+
+## Trigger the Lambda
+```
+aws lambda invoke \
+--invocation-type RequestResponse \
+--function-name demo_lambda \
+--region us-east-1 \
+--log-type Tail \
+--payload '{"key1":"value1", "key2":"value2", "key3":"value3"}' \
+outputfile.txt
+```