### [Read this on the main serverless docs site](https://www.serverless.com/framework/docs/providers/aliyun/cli-reference/install) # Alibaba Cloud - 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**. - `--name` or `-n` Name for the service. ## Examples ### Installing a service from a GitHub URL ```bash serverless install --url https://github.com/aliyun/serverless-boilerplate-aliyun-nodejs ``` This example will download the .zip file of the `serverless-boilerplate-aliyun-nodejs` service from GitHub, create a new directory with the name `serverless-boilerplate-aliyun-nodejs` in the current working directory and unzips the files in this directory. ### Installing a service from a GitHub URL with a new service name ```bash serverless install --url https://github.com/aliyun/serverless-boilerplate-aliyun-nodejs --name my-aliyun-service ``` This example will download the .zip file of the `serverless-boilerplate-aliyun-nodejs` service from GitHub, create a new directory with the name `my-aliyun-service` in the current working directory and unzips the files in this directory and renames the service to `my-aliyun-service` if `serverless.yml` exists in the service root. ### Installing a service from a directory in a GitHub URL ```bash serverless install --url https://github.com/aliyun/serverless-function-compute-examples/tree/master/aliyun-nodejs ``` This example will download the `aliyun-nodejs` service from GitHub.