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Execute AWS Step Functions locally
https://github.com/airware/stepfunctions-local
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Execute AWS Step Functions locally
Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/airware/stepfunctions-local
Owner: ChristopheBougere
License: apache-2.0
Created: 2017-11-23T09:35:28.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2020-07-21T12:40:41.000Z (about 4 years ago)
Last Synced: 2024-04-23T01:21:52.105Z (5 months ago)
Topics: aws, nodejs, stepfunctions, stepfunctions-local
Language: JavaScript
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Watchers: 11
Forks: 15
Open Issues: 0
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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        # **stepfunctions-local**

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Stepfunctions-local provides a local AWS Step Functions server.

This package only aims at replacing AWS Step Functions in a local context.

Its API is totally compliant with AWS service, thus you can use it for your tests.

## Project status

In [February 2019](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/02/develop-and-test-aws-step-functions-workflows-locally/), AWS released an **offical local version of Step Functions**, available as a [docker image](https://hub.docker.com/r/amazon/aws-stepfunctions-local). We will still accept pull requests, but we encourage you to use the official local version.

More information: [Setting Up Step Functions Local (Downloadable Version)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/step-functions/latest/dg/sfn-local.html)

## Why **stepfunctions-local**?

- Ease development and tests. You don't have to upload all your resources on AWS to run a state machine.

- 100% compliant with AWS API. You can query it using the AWS cli by changing the endpoint. Errors and responses follow the same format.

- Works well with [localstack](https://github.com/localstack/localstack).

## Use cases

### I want to run a local state machine with activities

You only need to configure your activity worker to use this `stepfunctions` instance. In javascript:

```js

AWS.config.stepfunctions = {

  region: 'local',

  endpoint: 'http://localhost:4584',

}

```

Then, start `stepfunctions-local` server and you will be able to execute requests to StepFunctions API (`GetActivityTask`, `SendTaskSuccess`, ...).

### I want to run a local state machine with distant Lambdas

Simply configure your lambda endpoint and region when starting the server:

```bash

$> stepfunctions-local start --lambda-endpoint http://hostname.com:1337 --lambda-region my-region

```

`stepfunctions-local` will directly query lambda using this configuration.

### I want to run a local state machine with local Lambdas

`stepfunctions-local` does not aim to emulate Lambda. To do this you need a local Lambda server that is compliant to AWS API. We recommand to use [localstack](https://github.com/localstack/localstack) for that. See how to [here](#run-lambdas-with-localstack).

### I want to run a local state machine with distant ECS Tasks

Simply configure your ECS endpoint and region when starting the server:

```bash

$> stepfunctions-local start --ecs-endpoint http://hostname.com:1337 --ecs-region my-region

```

`stepfunctions-local` will directly query ECS using this configuration.

### I want to run a local state machine with local ECS Tasks

`stepfunctions-local` does not aim to emulate ECS. To do this you need a local ECS server that is compliant to AWS API. You may have to create a mock server to do this yourself.

## Prerequisites

* [AWS Command Line Interface (CLI)](https://aws.amazon.com/cli/)

* [Node 8 or greater](https://nodejs.org/)

### Install

```bash

# Use it using command lines

$> npm install -g stepfunctions-local

# Use it in your code

$> cd /your/project/using/stepfunctions

$> npm install --save stepfunctions-local

```

### Or build docker container

```bash

$> docker build -t stepfunctions-local .

```

## How to use it ?

You will find some help on the [Wiki](https://github.com/airware/stepfunctions-local/wiki) page.

### Start a server

#### Using command line

```bash

$> stepfunctions-local start

Options:

  -V, --version                        output the version number

  --port                         the port the server should run on

  --region                     the region the server should run on

  --lambda-region       the region for lambda

  --lambda-endpoint   the endpoint for lambda

  --ecs-region             the region for ECS

  --ecs-endpoint         the endpoint for ECS

  -h, --help                           output usage information

```

#### Using docker

```bash

# Options are same as above

$> docker run -it --rm -p 4584:4584 stepfunctions-local start   

```

#### From your code

```js

const stepfunctionsLocal = require('stepfunctions-local');

stepfunctionsLocal.start({

  port: 4584,

  region: 'local',

  lambdaRegion: 'local',

  lambdaEndpoint: 'http://localhost:4574',

  ecsRegion: 'local',

  ecsEndpoint: 'http://localhost:4600',

});

```

#### Default parameters:

- port: 4584

- region: local

- lambda-region: local

- lambda-endpoint: http://localhost:4574

- ecs-region: local

- ecs-endpoint: http://localhost:4600

### Configure logs

The service does not log anything by default. It uses the [debug](https://www.npmjs.com/package/debug) package which is based on the `DEBUG` environment variable. You can log process info by setting it.

Example:

 ```bash

 $> DEBUG=stepfunctions-local:* stepfunctions-local start

 ```

### Play with it

```bash

# List state machines

$> aws stepfunctions --endpoint http://localhost:4584 list-state-machines

# Create a new state machine

$> aws stepfunctions --endpoint http://localhost:4584 create-state-machine --name my-state-machine --definition '{"Comment":"A Hello World example of the Amazon States Language using a Pass state","StartAt":"HelloWorld","States":{"HelloWorld":{"Type":"Pass","End":true}}}' --role-arn arn:aws:iam::0123456789:role/service-role/MyRole

# Describe state machine

$> aws stepfunctions --endpoint http://localhost:4584 describe-state-machine --state-machine-arn arn:aws:states:local:0123456789:stateMachine:my-state-machine

# Start state machine execution

$> aws stepfunctions --endpoint http://localhost:4584 start-execution --state-machine-arn arn:aws:states:local:0123456789:stateMachine:my-state-machine --name my-execution --input '{"comment":"I am a great input !"}'

# List state machine executions

$> aws stepfunctions --endpoint http://localhost:4584 list-executions --state-machine-arn arn:aws:states:local:0123456789:stateMachine:my-state-machine

# Describe execution

$> aws stepfunctions --endpoint http://localhost:4584 describe-execution --execution-arn arn:aws:states:local:0123456789:execution:my-state-machine:my-execution

# Describe state machine related to execution

$> aws stepfunctions --endpoint http://localhost:4584 describe-state-machine-for-execution --execution-arn arn:aws:states:local:0123456789:execution:my-state-machine:my-execution

# Get execution history

$> aws stepfunctions --endpoint http://localhost:4584 get-execution-history --execution-arn arn:aws:states:local:0123456789:execution:my-state-machine:my-execution

```

### Run Lambdas with Localstack

Start a local Lambda server using `localstack` (you need to clone the repository first):

```bash

$> docker-compose up

```

Note: you may have to run `TMPDIR=/private$TMPDIR docker-compose up` if you are on Mac OS.

If you need to access AWS services from within your Lambda, the variable `LOCALSTACK_HOSTNAME` will contain the name of the host where Localstack services are available.

For instance, in a NodeJS Lambda function, you can use the following to access S3 functions:

```js

const s3 = new AWS.S3({

  endpoint: 'http://' + process.env.LOCALSTACK_HOSTNAME + ':4572',

});

s3.listBuckets({}, function(err, data) {

  // your callback

});

```

Configure your Lambda endpoint and region when starting the server:

```bash

$> stepfunctions-local start --lambda-endpoint http://localhost:4574 --lambda-region local

```

`stepfunctions-local` will directly query lambda using this configuration.

## Compatibility with AWS CLI

### Actions compatibility

| Actions | Support |

| ------ | ------ |

| ***CreateActivity*** | Following errors are not thrown: *ActivityLimitExceeded* |

| ***CreateStateMachine***  | Following errors are not thrown: *StateMachineDeleting*, *StateMachineLimitExceeded* |

| ***DeleteActivity*** | * |

| ***DeleteStateMachine*** | * |

| ***DescribeActivity*** | * |

| ***DescribeStateMachine*** | * |

| ***DescribeStateMachineForExecution*** | * |

| ***GetActivityTask*** | Following errors are not thrown: *ActivityWorkerLimitExceeded* |

| ***GetExecutionHistory*** | * |

| ***ListActivities*** | * |

| ***ListExecutions*** | * |

| ***ListStateMachines*** | * |

| ***SendTaskFailure*** | * |

| ***SendTaskHeartbeat*** | * |

| ***SendTaskSuccess*** | * |

| ***StartExecution*** | Following errors are not thrown: *ExecutionLimitExceeded* |

| ***StopExecution*** | * |

| ***UpdateStateMachine*** | Following errors are not thrown: *StateMachineDeleting* |

### Supported service integrations

AWS added support for executing [a variety of AWS services](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/step-functions/latest/dg/connectors-supported-services.html) from Step Functions. For now, only Lambda and ECS are supported. Adding new integrations should be quite straightforward (see [#44](https://github.com/airware/stepfunctions-local/pull/44)), feel free to submit pull requests.

| Service | Support |

| ------- | ------ |

| ***AWS Lambda*** | * |

| ***AWS Batch*** | Not yet |

| ***Amazon DynamoDB*** | Not yet |

| ***Amazon ECS/Fargate*** | * |

| ***Amazon SNS*** | Not yet |

| ***Amazon SQS*** | Not yet |

| ***AWS Glue*** | Not yet |

| ***Amazon SageMaker*** | Not yet |

### States compatibility

| States | Support |

| ------ | ------ |

| ***Pass*** | * |

| ***Task*** | * |

| ***Choice*** | * |

| ***Wait*** | * |

| ***Succeed*** | * |

| ***Fail*** | * |

| ***Parallel*** | * |

## Want to contribute ?

**Wow, that's great !**

Feedback, bug reports and pull requests are more than welcome !

To run the tests, you must first [authenticate to AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-configure.html),

including setting a default region. You can do this via the `aws configure` command or by setting environment variables:

```bash

$> export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=(your access key)

$> export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=(your secret key)

$> export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1

```

You can then run the tests as follows:

```bash

$> npm run lint

$> npm run test

```

## See also

- [AWS Step Functions Documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/step-functions/latest/dg/welcome.html)

- [AWS Step Functions SDK](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSJavaScriptSDK/latest/AWS/StepFunctions.html)

## TODO

- Add execution abortion related history events

- Continue services integration

## License

See [LICENSE](./LICENSE).