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:us-east-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:8

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

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

Version ARNs

Ghostscript v9.52

AWS Region	Layer ARN (brotli)
us-east-1	arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:8
us-east-2	arn:aws:lambda:us-east-2:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:8
us-west-1	arn:aws:lambda:us-west-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:8
us-west-2	arn:aws:lambda:us-west-2:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:8
ca-central-1	arn:aws:lambda:ca-central-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:8
sa-east-1	arn:aws:lambda:sa-east-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:8
eu-north-1	arn:aws:lambda:eu-north-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:8
eu-central-1	arn:aws:lambda:eu-central-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:8
eu-west-1	arn:aws:lambda:eu-west-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:8
eu-west-2	arn:aws:lambda:eu-west-2:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:8
eu-west-3	arn:aws:lambda:eu-west-3:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:9
ap-northeast-1	arn:aws:lambda:ap-northeast-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:8
ap-northeast-2	arn:aws:lambda:ap-northeast-2:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:8
ap-south-1	arn:aws:lambda:ap-south-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:8
ap-southeast-1	arn:aws:lambda:ap-southeast-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:8
ap-southeast-2	arn:aws:lambda:ap-southeast-2:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:8

Ghostscript v9.50

AWS Region	Layer ARN (brotli)
us-east-1	arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:6
us-east-2	arn:aws:lambda:us-east-2:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:6
us-west-1	arn:aws:lambda:us-west-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:6
us-west-2	arn:aws:lambda:us-west-2:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:6
ca-central-1	arn:aws:lambda:ca-central-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:6
sa-east-1	arn:aws:lambda:sa-east-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:6
eu-north-1	arn:aws:lambda:eu-north-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:6
eu-central-1	arn:aws:lambda:eu-central-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:6
eu-west-1	arn:aws:lambda:eu-west-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:6
eu-west-2	arn:aws:lambda:eu-west-2:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:6
eu-west-3	arn:aws:lambda:eu-west-3:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:7
ap-northeast-1	arn:aws:lambda:ap-northeast-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:6
ap-northeast-2	arn:aws:lambda:ap-northeast-2:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:6
ap-south-1	arn:aws:lambda:ap-south-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:6
ap-southeast-1	arn:aws:lambda:ap-southeast-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:6
ap-southeast-2	arn:aws:lambda:ap-southeast-2:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:6

Ghostscript v9.20

AWS Region	Layer ARN (brotli)
us-east-1	arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:1
us-east-2	arn:aws:lambda:us-east-2:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:1
us-west-1	arn:aws:lambda:us-west-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:1
us-west-2	arn:aws:lambda:us-west-2:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:1
ca-central-1	arn:aws:lambda:ca-central-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:1
sa-east-1	arn:aws:lambda:sa-east-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:1
eu-north-1	arn:aws:lambda:eu-north-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:1
eu-central-1	arn:aws:lambda:eu-central-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:1
eu-west-1	arn:aws:lambda:eu-west-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:1
eu-west-2	arn:aws:lambda:eu-west-2:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:1
eu-west-3	arn:aws:lambda:eu-west-3:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:1
ap-northeast-1	arn:aws:lambda:ap-northeast-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:1
ap-northeast-2	arn:aws:lambda:ap-northeast-2:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:1
ap-south-1	arn:aws:lambda:ap-south-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:1
ap-southeast-1	arn:aws:lambda:ap-southeast-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:1
ap-southeast-2	arn:aws:lambda:ap-southeast-2:764866452798:layer:ghostscript: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

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

License

MIT © Shelf