AWS SAM template anatomy - AWS Serverless Application Model (original) (raw)
An AWS SAM template file closely follows the format of an AWS CloudFormation template file, which is described in Template anatomy in the_AWS CloudFormation User Guide_. The primary differences between AWS SAM template files and AWS CloudFormation template files are the following:
- Transform declaration. The declaration
Transform: AWS::Serverless-2016-10-31is required for AWS SAM template files. This declaration identifies an AWS CloudFormation template file as an AWS SAM template file. For more information about transforms, see Transform in the_AWS CloudFormation User Guide_. - Globals section. The
Globalssection is unique to AWS SAM. It defines properties that are common to all your serverless functions and APIs. All theAWS::Serverless::Function,AWS::Serverless::Api, andAWS::Serverless::SimpleTableresources inherit the properties that are defined in theGlobalssection. For more information about this section, see Globals section of the AWS SAM template. - Resources section. In AWS SAM templates the
Resourcessection can contain a combination of AWS CloudFormation resources and AWS SAM resources. For more information about AWS CloudFormation resources, see AWS resource and property types reference in the AWS CloudFormation User Guide. For more information about AWS SAM resources, see AWS SAM resources and properties.
All other sections of an AWS SAM template file correspond to the AWS CloudFormation template file section of the same name.
YAML
The following example shows a YAML-formatted template fragment.
Transform: AWS::Serverless-2016-10-31
Globals:
set of globals
Description:
String
Metadata:
template metadata
Parameters:
set of parameters
Mappings:
set of mappings
Conditions:
set of conditions
Resources:
set of resources
Outputs:
set of outputs
Template sections
AWS SAM templates can include several major sections. Only the Transform and Resources sections are required.
You can include template sections in any order. However, if using language extensions, you should add AWS::LanguageExtensions before the serverless transform (that is, before AWS::Serverless-2016-10-31) as shown in the following example:
Transform:
- AWS::LanguageExtensions
- AWS::Serverless-2016-10-31
As you build your template, it can be helpful to use the logical order that's shown in the following list. This is because the values in one section might refer to values from a previous section.
For AWS SAM templates, you must include this section with a value ofAWS::Serverless-2016-10-31.
Additional transforms are optional. For more information about transforms, see Transform in the AWS CloudFormation User Guide.
Properties that are common to all your serverless functions, APIs, and simple tables. All the AWS::Serverless::Function,AWS::Serverless::Api, andAWS::Serverless::SimpleTable resources inherit the properties that are defined in the Globals section.
This section is unique to AWS SAM. There isn't a corresponding section in AWS CloudFormation templates.
A text string that describes the template.
This section corresponds directly with the Description section of AWS CloudFormation templates.
Objects that provide additional information about the template.
This section corresponds directly with the Metadata section of AWS CloudFormation templates.
Values to pass to your template at runtime (when you create or update a stack). You can refer to parameters from the Resources andOutputs sections of the template. Objects that are declared in the Parameters section cause the sam deploy --guided command to present additional prompts to the user.
Values that are passed in using the --parameter-overrides parameter of the sam deploy command—and entries in the configuration file—take precendence over entries in the AWS SAM template file. For more information about the sam deploy command, see sam deploy in the AWS SAM CLI command reference. For more information about the configuration file, seeAWS SAM CLI configuration file.
A mapping of keys and associated values that you can use to specify conditional parameter values, similar to a lookup table. You can match a key to a corresponding value by using the Fn::FindInMap intrinsic function in theResources and Outputs sections.
This section corresponds directly with the Mappings section of AWS CloudFormation templates.
Conditions that control whether certain resources are created or whether certain resource properties are assigned a value during stack creation or update. For example, you could conditionally create a resource that depends on whether the stack is for a production or test environment.
This section corresponds directly with the Conditions section of AWS CloudFormation templates.
The stack resources and their properties, such as an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance or an Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket. You can refer to resources in theResources and Outputs sections of the template.
This section is similar to the Resources section of AWS CloudFormation templates. In AWS SAM templates, this section can contain AWS SAM resources in addition to AWS CloudFormation resources.
The values that are returned whenever you view your stack's properties. For example, you can declare an output for an S3 bucket name, and then call the aws cloudformation describe-stacks AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) command to view the name.
This section corresponds directly with the Outputs section of AWS CloudFormation templates.
Next steps
To download and deploy a sample serverless application that contains an AWS SAM template file, see Getting started with AWS SAM and follow the instructions in Tutorial: Deploy a Hello World application with AWS SAM.