AWS SAM CLI core commands

AWS SAM CLI has some basic commands you use to create, build, test, deploy, and sync your serverless application. The table below lists these commands and provides links with more information for each.

For a complete list of AWS SAM CLI commands, see AWS SAM CLI command reference.

Command	What it does	Related topics
sam build	Prepares an application for subsequent steps in the developer workflow, such as local testing or deploying to the AWS Cloud.	Introduction to building with AWS SAM sam build
sam deploy	Deploys an application to the AWS Cloud using AWS CloudFormation.	Introduction to deploying with AWS SAM sam deploy
sam init	Provides options to initialize and create a new serverless application.	Create your application in AWS SAM sam init
sam local	Provides subcommands to test your serverless applications locally.	Introduction to testing with the sam local command sam local generate-event sam local invoke sam local start-api sam local start-lambda
sam remote invoke	Provides a way to interact with supported AWS resources in the AWS Cloud.	Introduction to testing in the cloud with sam remote invoke sam remote invoke
sam remote test-event	Provides a way to access and manage shareable test events for your AWS Lambda functions.	Introduction to cloud testing with sam remote test-event sam remote test-event
sam sync	Provides options to quickly sync local application changes to the AWS Cloud.	Introduction to using sam sync to sync to AWS Cloud sam sync