Last Updated: 3/9/2026

Lambda@Edge

Lambda@Edge is a serverless platform by Amazon Web Services. It allows you to run Lambda functions at Amazon CloudFront’s edge locations, enabling you to customize behaviors for HTTP requests/responses.

Hono supports Lambda@Edge with the Node.js 18+ environment.

1. Setup

When creating the application on Lambda@Edge, CDK is useful to setup the functions such as CloudFront, IAM Role, API Gateway, and others.

Initialize your project with the cdk CLI.

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mkdir my-app
cd my-app
cdk init app -l typescript
npm i hono
mkdir lambda


mkdir my-app
cd my-app
cdk init app -l typescript
yarn add hono
mkdir lambda


mkdir my-app
cd my-app
cdk init app -l typescript
pnpm add hono
mkdir lambda


mkdir my-app
cd my-app
cdk init app -l typescript
bun add hono
mkdir lambda

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2. Hello World

Edit lambda/index_edge.ts.


import { Hono } from 'hono'
import { handle } from 'hono/lambda-edge'
 
const app = new Hono()
 
app.get('/', (c) => c.text('Hello Hono on Lambda@Edge!'))
 
export const handler = handle(app)

3. Deploy

Edit bin/my-app.ts.


#!/usr/bin/env node
import 'source-map-support/register'
import * as cdk from 'aws-cdk-lib'
import { MyAppStack } from '../lib/my-app-stack'
 
const app = new cdk.App()
new MyAppStack(app, 'MyAppStack', {
  env: {
    account: process.env.CDK_DEFAULT_ACCOUNT,
    region: 'us-east-1',
  },
})

Edit lambda/cdk-stack.ts.


import { Construct } from 'constructs'
import * as cdk from 'aws-cdk-lib'
import * as cloudfront from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-cloudfront'
import * as origins from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-cloudfront-origins'
import * as lambda from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-lambda'
import { NodejsFunction } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-lambda-nodejs'
import * as s3 from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-s3'
 
export class MyAppStack extends cdk.Stack {
  public readonly edgeFn: lambda.Function
 
  constructor(scope: Construct, id: string, props?: cdk.StackProps) {
    super(scope, id, props)
    const edgeFn = new NodejsFunction(this, 'edgeViewer', {
      entry: 'lambda/index_edge.ts',
      handler: 'handler',
      runtime: lambda.Runtime.NODEJS_20_X,
    })
 
    // Upload any html
    const originBucket = new s3.Bucket(this, 'originBucket')
 
    new cloudfront.Distribution(this, 'Cdn', {
      defaultBehavior: {
        origin: new origins.S3Origin(originBucket),
        edgeLambdas: [
          {
            functionVersion: edgeFn.currentVersion,
            eventType: cloudfront.LambdaEdgeEventType.VIEWER_REQUEST,
          },
        ],
      },
    })
  }
}

Finally, run the command to deploy:


cdk deploy

Callback

If you want to add Basic Auth and continue with request processing after verification, you can use c.env.callback()


import { Hono } from 'hono'
import { basicAuth } from 'hono/basic-auth'
import type { Callback, CloudFrontRequest } from 'hono/lambda-edge'
import { handle } from 'hono/lambda-edge'
 
type Bindings = {
  callback: Callback
  request: CloudFrontRequest
}
 
const app = new Hono<{ Bindings: Bindings }>()
 
app.get(
  '*',
  basicAuth({
    username: 'hono',
    password: 'acoolproject',
  })
)
 
app.get('/', async (c, next) => {
  await next()
  c.env.callback(null, c.env.request)
})
 
export const handler = handle(app)