### [Read this on the main serverless docs site](https://www.serverless.com/framework/docs/providers/)
# Serverless Infrastructure Providers
Under the hood, the serverless framework is deploying your code to a cloud provider like AWS, Microsoft Azure, Apache OpenWhisk or Google Cloud functions.
## Connecting your provider
To deploy functions, specify your provider in your service's `serverless.yml` file under the `provider` key and make sure your provider credentials are setup on your machine or CI/CD system.
```yml
# serverless.yml
service: my-service-name
provider:
name: aws
```
