#Alibaba Cloud - Quick Start

This guide is designed to help you get started as quick as possible.

#1. Create a new service

1. Create a new service with the aliyun-nodejs template

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

2. Install the dependencies

cd my-service
npm install

#2. Set up the credentials

Read through credentials doc to setup the credentials.

#3. Update serverless.yml

Update the project and credentials in your projects serverless.yml

#4. Deploy

Make sure that you have activated Function Compute and any other dependent services such as RAM, Log Service, API Gateway and OSS before attempting to deploy your function.

Run the deploy command

serverless deploy

#5. Invoke

Run the invoke command

serverless invoke --function first