### [Read this on the main serverless docs site](https://www.serverless.com/framework/docs/providers/aws/cli-reference/install) # Install Installs a service from a GitHub URL in the current working directory. ```bash serverless install --url https://github.com/some/service ``` ## Options - `--url` or `-u` The services GitHub URL. **Required**. ## Provided lifecycle events - `install:install` ## Examples ### Installing a service from a GitHub URL ```bash serverless install --url https://github.com/johndoe/authentication ``` This example will download the .zip file of the `authentication` service from GitHub, create a new directory with the name `authentication` in the current working directory and unzips the files in this directory.