### [Read this on the main serverless docs site](https://www.serverless.com/framework/docs/providers/aws/cli-reference/create) # AWS - Create Creates a new service in the current working directory based on the provided template. **Create service in current working directory:** ```bash serverless create --template aws-nodejs ``` **Create service in new folder:** ```bash serverless create --template aws-nodejs --path myService ``` ## 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`. ## Provided lifecycle events - `create:create` ## Available Templates To see a list of available templates run `serverless create --help` Most commonly used templates: - aws-nodejs - aws-python - aws-python3 - aws-groovy-gradle - aws-java-maven - aws-java-gradle - aws-scala-sbt - aws-csharp - plugin ## Examples ### Creating a new service ```bash serverless create --template aws-nodejs --name my-special-service ``` This example will generate scaffolding for a service with `AWS` as a provider and `nodejs` as runtime. The scaffolding will be generated in the current working directory. Your new service will have a default stage called `dev` and a default region inside that stage called `us-east-1`. The provider which is used for deployment later on is AWS (Amazon web services). ### Creating a named service in a (new) directory ```bash serverless create --template aws-nodejs --path my-new-service ``` This example will generate scaffolding for a service with `AWS` 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`. ### Creating a new plugin ``` serverless create --template plugin ``` This example will generate scaffolding for a hello world plugin that demonstrates how to create a new command and how to listen to the various events available.