Ghostscript for AWS Lambda as a Layer

Getting Started

Click on Layers and choose "Add a layer", and "Provide a layer version ARN" and enter the following ARN.

arn:aws:lambda:<YOUR REGION>:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:<VERSION>

Works with the following AWS Lambda runtimes which run on Amazon Linux 2:

nodejs16.x, nodejs14.x, nodejs12.x, nodejs10.x
python3.8
java11

Version Numbers

Ghostscript	VERSION	eu-west-3
v10.04.0	17	18
v10.02.0	15	16
v10.0.0	13	14
v9.56.1	12	13
v9.55.0	9	10
v9.52.0	8	9
v9.50.0	6	7
v9.20.0	1	1

Where can I find the Ghostscript binary inside of Lambda after I attach the layer?

You can find it at /opt/bin/gs (/opt is where Lambda unpacks layers).

You can run /opt/bin/gs --version to make sure Ghostscript is up and running.

Update

Change version number & git tag in the Dockerfile
Run ./build.sh script which will produce ghostscript.zip file
Change version number in the publish.sh
Commit & Create a Pull Request
After merging, a new layer version will be published by the CI automatically

License

MIT © Shelf