Alexa-skills-kit-sdk-for-nodejs: ask deploy to eu-west with skill.json

[dkl3in]

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[x] Bug report  
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[ ] Feature request
[x] Documentation issue or request
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Expected Behavior

the lambda function and db server will be deployed at eu-west

Current Behavior

It is only possible to init deploy at us-west, i couldn't figure out to deploy at eu-west

Possible Solution

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// or ideas how to implement the addition or change

only way is to setup a lambda server by hand at eu-west and insert the endpoint into the skill.json,
but that isn't a great solution.

Steps to Reproduce (for bugs)

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my aws profile is set to:
region = eu-west-1

Context

I want to build a german alexa skill with echo buttons, but i cant deploy the example to eu-west.
Couldn't find a good documentation about that topic

Your Environment

• ASK SDK for Node.js used: 1.0.15 and 2.0.5
• Operating System and version: osx 10.13.5

Node.js and NPM Info

• Node.js version used for development: 8.10.0
• NPM version used for development: 6.1.0

[tianrenz]

Hi @dkl3in ,

This seems to be a non-SDK related issues. We would recommend to post on Alexa user voice forum. Meanwhile, I've forwarded this issue to the corresponding team.

Regards

[dkl3in]

Hi @tianrenz,
thanks for the feedback, I will try a post on Alexa user voice forum.
But maybe it it an issue for the documentation, i couldn't find an information how to deploy with the ask-cli at another region as us-west.

Best Regards
Dennis

[RonWang]

Hi @dkl3in ,

From the current implementation of ask-cli, the region of Lambda is determined by the endpoint region you are using. We have an internal mapping between the endpoint region and Lambda region. For example, if your endpoint is at region EU, the Lambda will be created at eu-west-1.
We don't read from config file as at that time aws-sdk didn't support read from the config file. We will have a regionProviderChain since aws-sdk does provide ways to set region now. (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-javascript/v2/developer-guide/setting-region.html)

To solve your problem, we suggest you create Lambda at your desired region first and reference it in skill project. The easiest way should be:

1. Update the skill using "ask api update-skill" or through ASK developer portal with your desired Lambda ARN.
2. Run "ask clone" with skillId to download the project to local.

Let me know if you have further questions!
Ron