AWS Cloud Development Kit - From Beginner to Professional - Schedule Your Lambda Function: Cron in the Cloud

The video tutorial explains how to schedule AWS Lambda functions using cloud events. It covers setting up a custom Lambda Cron stack, configuring cron jobs with both rate and cron expressions, and deploying the stack. The tutorial demonstrates how to use AWS CDK to automate the setup, including adding event triggers and permissions. It concludes with testing the deployment in the AWS console to ensure the cron jobs execute as expected.

Explain how you can combine Lambda functions with cloud events.

What are the two types of ways to schedule a Cron job mentioned in the text?

Describe the process of adding event targets to a Lambda function.

What is the significance of using UTC time when scheduling Lambda functions?

What are the parameters you need to set when creating a schedule for a Cron job?

How does the CDK simplify the process of adding event triggers to Lambda functions?

What actions can be automated using Lambda functions and CloudWatch events as mentioned in the text?