Once generated, the ZIP file is uploaded to the cloud provider.

: Use build scripts (like build.gradle or package.json scripts) to install dependencies into a temporary folder before the final ZIP command to ensure a "clean" environment [8].

In the context of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and cloud deployments, typically refers to the deployment package for a serverless function, most commonly an AWS Lambda function .

Manually zipping files is prone to error. The HashiCorp Archive Provider is the industry-standard way to automate the creation of handler.zip within a CI/CD pipeline.