docs(lambda): update for alias creation

assets/scss/_variables_project.scss

@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 /*
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 https://www.docsy.dev/docs/adding-content/lookandfeel/#fonts
+
+Docsy's default colors
+$primary: #30638e !default;
+$secondary: #ffa630 !default;
+$success: #3772ff !default;
+$info: #c0e0de !default;
+$warning: #ed6a5a !default;
+$danger: #ed6a5a !default;
+$light: #d3f3ee !default; // TODO: consider using BS value
+$dark: #403f4c !default;  // TODO: consider using BS value
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@@ -23,6 +33,7 @@ https://www.docsy.dev/docs/adding-content/lookandfeel/#fonts
 
 $primary: #001321;
 $dark: #001321;
+$info: #ffa62f;
 $google_font_name: "Open Sans";
 $google_font_family: "Open+Sans:300,300i,400,400i,700,700i";
 
@@ -34,6 +45,8 @@ $border_grey: #D7DDE3;
 $container_spacing: 16px;
 $mustard_yellow: #F3B722;
 
+
+
 @mixin mobile {
   @media (max-width: 500px) { @content; }
 }

content/en/deployment/lambda/overview/index.md

@@ -281,13 +281,16 @@ strategies:
 
 For subsequent deployments, you could use a canary strategy that splits traffic. CD-as-a-Service uses your function's AWS Lambda [alias](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/configuration-aliases.html) when splitting traffic between versions. 
 
->You must create the alias in the AWS Lambda console before using the alias in your CD-as-a-Service deployment.
-
 This example is for deployment to multiple regions in a single AWS Account. The canary strategy splits traffic. You declare your function's alias in the `trafficManagement` section. There are two entries in the `trafficManagement` section since both staging and prod targets use the traffic split strategy.
 
+{{< include "lambda/alias-info.md" >}}
+
+This example assumes you have already created an alias named `v2` 
+
 {{< readfile  file="/includes/code/lambda-traffic-split-snippet.yaml" code="true" lang="yaml" >}}
 
 
+
 ## {{% heading "nextSteps" %}}
 
 * Work through the [AWS Lambda Quickstart]({{< ref "get-started/lambda" >}}) to deploy a sample function to your AWS Account.

content/en/includes/code/lambda-traffic-split-snippet.yaml

@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ trafficManagement:
   - targets: ['prod-us-east-1']
     alias:
       - functionName: just-sweet-potatoes-us-east-1
-        aliasName: live-version
+        aliasName: v2
   - targets: ['prod-us-east-2']
     alias:
       - functionName: just-sweet-potatoes-us-east-2
-        aliasName: live-version
+        aliasName: v2

content/en/includes/lambda/alias-info.md

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+---
+{{% alert title="Important" color="info" %}}
+* When CDaaS creates an alias as part of a deployment, it creates the alias at the end of the deployment.
+* During the deployment that creates the alias, CD-as-a-Service ignores the `setWeight` steps for that function.
+* You should only route traffic to the alias after the deployment has completed. 
+{{% /alert %}}

content/en/reference/deployment/config-file/traffic-management.md

@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ description: >
 
 You declare your AWS Lambda alias per target in this section. CD-as-a-Service uses [aliases](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/configuration-aliases.html) when routing traffic from the previous version to the latest version of your function.
 
+CD-as-a-Service creates the alias if the alias doesn't already exist in AWS Lambda.
+
+{{< include "lambda/alias-info.md" >}}
+
 ```yaml
 trafficManagement:
   - targets: ["<target-name>"]
@@ -22,7 +26,7 @@ trafficManagement:
 
 * `targets`: the list of targets using this alias
 * `functionName`: This is the same value as `artifacts.functionName` and `providerOptions.lambda.name`. See {{< linkWithTitle "reference/deployment/config-file/artifacts.md" >}} for details on those sections.
-* `aliasName`: The alias name, such as "live-version". Your function's alias must already exist in the AWS Lambda console.
+* `aliasName`: The alias name, such as "live-version". CD-as-a-Service creates the alias if it doesn't already exist in the AWS Lambda console.
 
 This example declares a traffic split canary strategy. You must declare your function's alias for each deployment target that uses the traffic split strategy.