Serverless local variables

This plugin helps you add some conf that will only work for serverless invoke local

This way :

  • you can customize the behavior when running on local
  • you can set another stage to use locally
  • You can set variables like LD_LIBRARY_PATH to connact to your local environment
  • You can mock your cloud ressource during your local tests

Install

npm install --save-dev serverless-local-environment

Usage

You can use it like

serverless.yml

plugins:
  - serverless-local-environment
...
functions:
  my-function:
    handler: index.handler
    stage: dev
    environment:
      ENV: dev
    local-environment:
      ENV: local

About LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Aws serverless plugin set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to '/usr/local/lib64/node-v4.3.x/lib:/lib64:/usr/lib64:/var/runtime:/var/runtime/lib:/var/task:/var/task/lib' (see https://github.com/serverless/serverless/blob/4b71faf2128308894646940ce2fb64e826450972/lib/plugins/aws/invokeLocal/index.js#L95), this library is adding this value to your local LD_LIBRARY_PATH values