GitLab template for AWS SAM applications

Problem to solve

AWS SAM model is becoming more and more popular. While we provide examples on how to deploy to it, users currently have to start from scratch.

Intended users

developers

Further details

Proposal

Provide project templates that match those provided by AWS.

Permissions and Security

Documentation

Testing

What does success look like, and how can we measure that?

Links / references

Sample application for processing S3 events

Source code: https://github.com/aws-samples/cookiecutter-aws-sam-s3-rekognition-dynamodb-python
Docs: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/serverless-application-model/latest/developerguide/serverless-example-s3.html
YouTube video that walks through the app: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA0MtJkUVaY

GitLab Project templates

Project: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/project-templates
How to add new template: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/project-templates/contributing