aws-sam-cli being installed multiple times

[aprilmintacpineda]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

entrypoint.sh contains installAwsSam which installs aws-sam-cli every time.

Describe the solution you'd like

1. If possible, use a different docker image like https://registry.hub.docker.com/r/vukomir/aws-sam-cli that comes with nodejs and aws-sam-cli.
2. Add a check on entrypoint.sh to check for sam --version and install sam cli based on that output.

Describe alternatives you've considered

None.

Additional context

N/A

[cody-hoffman]

@aprilmintacpineda if you can please put up a PR. Using the docker image you linked will save a lot of time when the action runs.

[aprilmintacpineda]

Sure thing!

[TomBeckett]

While I'm not against this approach (anything that speeds up builds its great!!), the version of SAM in this docker image is very old. Just something to be aware of @aprilmintacpineda @cody-hoffman

[aprilmintacpineda]

Actually I tried out not using this, turns out sam-cli and it's dependencies are installed by default on github actions, I was able to build and deploy without this tool

[cody-hoffman]

@aprilmintacpineda can you share an example of how that works?

[cdierkens]

Under the Virtual Environments Docs there is a list of preinstalled software. AWS SAM is listed.
https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/blob/main/images/linux/Ubuntu2004-README.md#cli-tools