Lift is a plugin that leverages the AWS CDK to expand the Serverless Framework beyond functions.
Deploy production-ready websites, queues, storage buckets and more with a few lines in serverless.yml.
- ⚡️ For developers - No AWS knowledge required
- ⚡️ Production-ready - Built by AWS experts, optimized for production
- ⚡️ Not invasive - Integrates with existing projects
- ⚡️ No lock-in - Eject to CloudFormation at any time
Lift is a Serverless Framework plugin, install it in your project:
serverless plugin install -n serverless-liftIf you prefer, you can install Lift via NPM:
npm install --save-dev serverless-lift. Then, register theserverless-liftplugin inserverless.yml(see the example below).
Once installed, start using Lift constructs in serverless.yml:
service: my-app
provider:
name: aws
plugins:
- serverless-lift
functions:
# ...
constructs:
# Include Lift constructs here
landing-page:
type: static-website
path: 'landing/dist'
avatars:
type: storageThe AWS CDK is extremely powerful, but it is very complex and cannot be used in serverless.yml. Lift changes that: use the best of the CDK in Serverless, without having to learn about it!
Lift provides components, aka "constructs", specifically selected for serverless applications. They are all built using the CDK and its best practices, with unique features to provide an awesome developer experience.
Deploy single-page applications, for example React, VueJS or Angular apps.
constructs:
landing:
type: single-page-app
path: distDeploy static websites.
constructs:
landing:
type: static-website
path: distDeploy preconfigured S3 buckets to store files.
constructs:
avatars:
type: storageDeploy SQS queues and workers for asynchronous processing.
constructs:
my-queue:
type: queue
worker:
handler: src/report-generator.handlerDeploy webhooks to receive notifications from 3rd party applications.
constructs:
stripe-webhook:
type: webhook
path: /my-webhook-endpoint
authorizer:
handler: myAuthorizer.mainDeploy databases leveraging DynamoDB Single Table Design principles.
constructs:
database:
type: database/dynamodb-single-tableDeploy server-side rendered websites, for example Laravel or Symfony apps.
constructs:
website:
type: server-side-website
assets:
'/css/*': public/css
'/js/*': public/jsMore constructs are coming soon! Got suggestions? Open and upvote drafts.