AWS - Install

June 28, 2026 · View on GitHub

Installs a service from a remote Git URL into a new directory in the current working directory.

osls install --url https://github.com/some/service

Options

  • --url or -u The services Git URL (can be a plain Git or a Code Hosting Platform URL). Required.
  • --name or -n Name for the service. Also used as the target directory name.

Supported Remote Sources

  • Plain Git URLs
  • GitHub
  • GitHub Enterprise
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • Bitbucket Server

Examples

Installing a service from a remote URL

osls install --url https://github.com/pmuens/serverless-crud

This example downloads the serverless-crud service from the remote repository, creates a new directory named serverless-crud in the current working directory, and unzips the files into it.

Installing a service from a remote URL with a new service name

osls install --url https://github.com/pmuens/serverless-crud --name my-crud

This example downloads the serverless-crud service from the remote repository, creates a new directory named my-crud in the current working directory, and renames the service to my-crud if serverless.yml exists in the service root.

Installing a service from a repository subdirectory URL

osls install --url https://github.com/serverless/examples/tree/master/aws-node-rest-api-with-dynamodb

This example downloads the aws-node-rest-api-with-dynamodb service from a repository subdirectory.

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