Getting started

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Installing the AWS SAM CLI

• Important You must have Homebrew installed on your Linux machine. For install instructions, see Installing Homebrew to use with the AWS SAM CLI.

• Note To invoke the AWS SAM CLI with the sam command, the installer automatically creates a symlink between /usr/local/bin/sam and /usr/local/aws-sam-cli/sam.

• Important You must have Homebrew installed on your machine. For install instructions, see Installing Homebrew to use with the AWS SAM CLI.

Tutorial: Hello World application

• Note If you don't have Python on your local machine, use the sam build --use-container command instead. The AWS SAM CLI will create a Docker container that includes your function's runtime and dependencies. This command requires Docker on your local machine. To install Docker, see Installing Docker.

• Note This step requires AWS credentials configuration. For more information, see Step 5: Use the AWS CLI to configure AWS credentials in AWS SAM prerequisites.

• Note This step is optional since it requires Docker on your local machine.

• Important To use the AWS SAM CLI for local testing, you must have Docker installed and configured. For more information, see Installing Docker.