How to configure `TracingConfig` on cloudformation? - amazon-web-services

Question

I want to enable x-ray for my lambda function and below is the template file:
Resources:
HelloWorldFunction:
Type: AWS::Serverless::Function # More info about Function Resource: https://github.com/awslabs/serverless-application-model/blob/master/versions/2016-10-31.md#awsserverlessfunction
Properties:
CodeUri: hello-world/
Handler: app.lambdaHandler
Runtime: nodejs8.10
TracingConfig:
Mode: Active
Events:
HelloWorld:
Type: Api # More info about API Event Source: https://github.com/awslabs/serverless-application-model/blob/master/versions/2016-10-31.md#api
Properties:
Path: /hello
Method: post
I got below error when I deploy via sam deploy command:
Failed to create the changeset: Waiter ChangeSetCreateComplete failed: Waiter encountered a terminal failure state Status: FAILED. Reason: Transform AWS::Serverless-2016-10-31 failed with: Invalid Serverless Application Specification document. Number of errors found: 1. Resource with id [HelloWorldFunction] is invalid. property TracingConfig not defined for resource of type AWS::Serverless::Function
It shows the TracingConfig is not defined. What is the correct way to configure that for my lambda?

Answer 1

Based on this docs, it should be Tracing only. So the correct one should be as below
Resources:
HelloWorldFunction:
Type: AWS::Serverless::Function # More info about Function Resource: https://github.com/awslabs/serverless-application-model/blob/master/versions/2016-10-31.md#awsserverlessfunction
Properties:
CodeUri: hello-world/
Handler: app.lambdaHandler
Runtime: nodejs8.10
Tracing: Active
Events:
HelloWorld:
Type: Api # More info about API Event Source: https://github.com/awslabs/serverless-application-model/blob/master/versions/2016-10-31.md#api
Properties:
Path: /hello
Method: post