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Creates a new service in the current working directory based on the specified template.

Create service in current working directory:

serverless create --template aliyun-nodejs

Create service in new folder:

serverless create --template aliyun-nodejs --path my-service

Options

  • --template or -t The name of one of the available templates. Required.
  • --path or -p The path where the service should be created.
  • --name or -n the name of the service in serverless.yml.

Available Templates

To see a list of available templates run serverless create --help

Most commonly used templates:

  • aliyun-nodejs

Examples

Creating a new service

serverless create --template aliyun-nodejs --name my-special-service

This example will generate scaffolding for a service with aliyun as a provider and nodejs as runtime. The scaffolding will be generated in the current working directory.

Creating a named service in a (new) directory

serverless create --template aliyun-nodejs --path my-new-service

This example will generate scaffolding for a service with aliyun as a provider and nodejs as runtime. The scaffolding will be generated in the my-new-service directory. This directory will be created if not present. Otherwise Serverless will use the already present directory.

Additionally Serverless will rename the service according to the path you provide. In this example the service will be renamed to my-new-service.

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Alibaba Cloud - Create

Creates a new service in the current working directory based on the specified template.

Create service in current working directory:

serverless create --template aliyun-nodejs

Create service in new folder:

serverless create --template aliyun-nodejs --path my-service

Options

  • --template or -t The name of one of the available templates. Required.
  • --path or -p The path where the service should be created.
  • --name or -n the name of the service in serverless.yml.

Available Templates

To see a list of available templates run serverless create --help

Most commonly used templates:

  • aliyun-nodejs

Examples

Creating a new service

serverless create --template aliyun-nodejs --name my-special-service

This example will generate scaffolding for a service with aliyun as a provider and nodejs as runtime. The scaffolding will be generated in the current working directory.

Creating a named service in a (new) directory

serverless create --template aliyun-nodejs --path my-new-service

This example will generate scaffolding for a service with aliyun as a provider and nodejs as runtime. The scaffolding will be generated in the my-new-service directory. This directory will be created if not present. Otherwise Serverless will use the already present directory.

Additionally Serverless will rename the service according to the path you provide. In this example the service will be renamed to my-new-service.