AWS Serverless Application Repository an Overview

Serverless application repository allows developers to discover, deploy, and share serverless applications quickly. This repository contains a wide range of prebuilt applications and re-usable code packages making it easier to start with serverless architecture. In this blog post, we’ll explore the AWS Serverless Application Repository in detail uncovering its key features, stay tuned.

What is an AWS Serverless Application Repository?

This is a serverless application repository managed by AWS. The AWS Serverless Application Repository makes it easy for developers and enterprises to quickly find, deploy, and publish serverless applications in the AWS Cloud. AWS is only responsible for the infrastructure security serving AWS services on the AWS Cloud.

AWS SAM accomplishes serverless development through configuration files, pattern models, and command-line tools.

How Does AWS Serverless Application Repository Work?

AWS serverless application Repository accelerates serverless application deployment by providing an easy-to-search repository of serverless applications that can be readily distributed to both application publishers and application consumers.

As an application consumer, you can find and deploy pre-built applications to meet a specific need, allowing you to swiftly put together serverless architecture in newer, more powerful ways.

Similarly, as an application provider or publisher, you would not want your consumers to rebuild your program from scratch. With SAR, this is not an issue.

Serverless Application Repository provides a platform that enables you to connect with consumers and developers all over the world.

Let’s define these key terms

Publishing Applications – Configure and upload applications to make them available to other developers, and publish new versions of applications.

Deploying Applications – Browse for applications and view information about them, including source code and readme files. Also install, configure, and deploy applications of your choosing.

How to access and navigate the AWS Serverless Application Repository?

Sign in to the AWS Management Console, and navigate to the Serverless Application Repository:

In the search bar type serverless then select serverless application repository under services.

Steps to find and deploy serverless applications from the repository?

Step 1: Browse the Repository

On the left side of the repository UI, select available applications, which will bring you to a wide range of serverless applications. Here you can browse through very many categories, like security, data processing, machine learning, and more.

Step 2: Configure the application

Lastly, if you are already familiar with the application, you can configure it and launch it immediately.

Click on the application.

It will then take you to a new console where you review, configure, and deploy.

When you are done with your configuration, you can now deploy and that’s it.

How to publish your own serverless applications to the repository?

In the left UI of the serverless application repository, select published applications then select publish application.

This will bring you to the publish application UI. Here, you have to provide some details for your AWS Serverless application repository then you can publish your application.

Components of Serverless Application Repository

Application Policy: For your SAR application to be used, you must grant policies. By setting policies, you may create private apps that only your team can access, as well as public apps that can be shared with particular or all AWS accounts.

AWS Region: Whenever you set an application to public and publish it in the AWS Serverless Application Repository, the service publishes it in all AWS Regions.

SAM Template: This file defines all of the resources that will be generated when you deploy your application. SAM is an extension of CloudFormation that simplifies the process of establishing AWS services including Lambda Functions, API Gateway, Dynamo tables, and more.

Features of AWS Serverless Application Repository

AWS CodePipeline can connect GitHub with the Serverless Application Repository.

AWS provides all apps under the MIT open-source license, whereas publicly available applications by other users fall under the Open-Source Initiative (OSI).

AWS Serverless Application Repository includes applications for Alexa Skills, IoT, and real-time media processing from several publishers worldwide.

Applications can be shared across AWS Organizations. Users cannot exchange applications with other organizations.

Benefits of AWS Serverless Application Repository

Extension of AWS CloudFormation: AWS Serverless Application Repository is a service that works alongside AWS CloudFormation. It can use all of the AWS cloud creation resources.

Deep integration with development tools: AWS Serverless Application Repository often combines with other AWS services in the construction of serverless applications

Single-Deployment Configuration: AWS SAM runs on a single CloudFormation stack, unifying all required resources and components.

Conclusion

AWS serverless application repository is a valuable resource for developers looking to accelerate their serverless projects. Offering a range of pre-built applications and reusable components, it makes very simple the deployment process and fosters innovation.

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