build a tor for AWS Lambda

aws-lambda-tor

The project is a proof-of-concept to launch tor-proxy in the lambda context. It helps to run cralwers behind the tor proxy.

Files

• tor: a prebuilt static linked tor
• main.py: a lambda function which to get its IP address from the tor proxy
• build.sh: a build script to make a Lambda.zip
  • start a python:3.6 docker and use the pip to install libraries
  • create the Lambda.zip for aws lambda runs in the python 3.6

Demo

aws lambda invoke --invocation-type RequestResponse \
    --function-name aws-lambda-tor \
    --region ap-southeast-1 \
    --profile your-profile-name \
    outputfile.txt

cat outputfile.txt | jq -r
{"ip": "176.10.99.200", "ip_decimal": 2953470920, "country": "Switzerland", "country_iso": "CH", "port": 9563}

Extras

If you want to use aws lambda layer, there is another project to provide the prebuilt tor layer.