New in Serverless v1.11 - Trigger Functions with CloudWatch Events

We're excited to announce that we've just released v1.11 of the Serverless Framework!

Here's an overview of the new features and improvements.

Highlights of 1.11.0

Note: You can find a complete list of all the updates in the changelog.

CloudWatch Log event source

Have you ever wanted to call a Lambda function when something happens in one of your log groups? Serverless v1.11 introduces native support for CloudWatch Log events!

Here's an example configuration that will trigger the alarm Lambda function whenever something in the /aws/lambda/alarms log group happens:

functions:
  alarm:
    handler: handler.alarm
    events:
      - cloudwatchLog: '/aws/lambda/alarms'

You can also add a filter configuration so that the Lambda function is only triggered when the appended log in your log group matches the filter:

functions:
  notify:
    handler: handler.user
    events:
      - cloudwatchLog:
          logGroup: '/aws/lambda/users'
          filter: '{$.userIdentity.type = Root}'

You can read more about this new event source in the cloudwatchLog docs.

Mark functions to be packaged individually

Serverless has supported the ability to package functions individually for a while now. You could enable this feature by setting the individually: true configuration in the package service property:

package:
  individually: true

The drawback with this approach is that it's all-or-nothing. You can either let Serverless package your whole service as one large .zip file (the default behavior) or one .zip file per function (by using the individually: true config), but nothing in between.

Serverless v1.11 resolves this issue and let's you use the individually: true configuration on a function level.

The following example will create one service-wide service.zip file, but also one world.zip file for the world function:

service: service

functions:
  hello:
    handler: handler.hello
  world:
    handler: handler.hello
    package:
      individually: true

Description for Lambda versions

Lamdba versions will now pick up the function's description if you've provided one in your serverless.yml file.

This will make it easier to find specific versions if you want to e.g. rollback.

Here's a quick refresher on how you can use function descriptions:

service: service

provider:
  name: aws
  runtime: nodejs6.10

functions:
  hello:
    handler: handler.hello
    description: Prints out and logs a "Hello World"

Enhancements & Bug Fixes

This release also includes bug fixes and introduces several enhancements.

Thanks for reporting bugs and opening issues!

Contributors

This release contains lots of hard work from our awesome community, and wouldn't have been possible without passionate people who decided to spend their time contributing to make Serverless better.

Thank You to all of the contributors who submitted changes for this release:

• Avindu
• Chris LeBlanc
• Ericbear
• Jérémy Benoist
• Kevin Rambaud
• horike37

Get Involved

Serverless has a really helpful, vibrant and awesome community. Want to help us build the best Serverless tooling out there?

Contributing isn't just about code! Chime in on discussions, help with documentation updates or review Pull Requests.

Just filter by our labels such as easy-pick, help-wanted or needs-feedback to find areas where you can help us!

Furthermore, we're always seeking feedback from our community to build the features in the best way possible. Here's a list with issues where we need your feedback and insights in your real world usage of Serverless.

Using "Scope" to Contribute

We use our own Serverless open source tool called "Scope" to manage the Framework's development process:

Serverless Framework Status Board

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You can use this status board to see all the important things currently happening in the Framework development phase.

Next Steps

We've already started filling in the next milestones. Check out the 1.12 milestone to see what we've planned for the next release.

We hope that you like the new release! Let us know if you have any questions or feedback in our Forum or GitHub Issues.

Serverless Examples

The Serverless Examples Repository is an excellent resource if you want to explore some real world examples and learn more about what Serverless architectures look like.