Creating your project

Creating your project template with the Nimbella CLI

With the Nimbella CLI, you can create a project template that you can use to instantly start building your project.

To create a project template, run this command in your command prompt:

nim project create <project-name>

After running this command in your command prompt, you will see a message stating your project is now available. The message is similar to the following text, with your chosen project name replacing the placeholder <project-name> shown below.

A sample project called '<project-name>' was created for you.

You may deploy it by running the command shown on the next line:

nim project deploy <project-name>

Creating a YAML file for your project

NOTE: What makes Nimbella standout is that you don't need a YAML file for most simple projects. But if you want to customize specific things you are deploying, you can build a .yml file for it.

To generate a .yml file when you create a project. Run the command:

nim project create folder_name --config

The --config flag tells the CLI to generate a .yml template you can use for your project. You should see this template inside of your project folder:

targetNamespace: ''

cleanNamespace: false

bucket: {}

parameters: {}

environment: {}

packages:

- name: default

shared: false

clean: false

environment: {}

parameters: {}

annotations: {}

actions:

- name: hello

clean: false

binary: false

main: ''

runtime: 'nodejs:default'

web: true

webSecure: false

parameters: {}

environment: {}

annotations: {}

limits: {}

Basics of the project structure.

After creating the project folder, you'll see that it contains two folders. A web folder to add directories and files with static web content and a packages folder to create serverless functions.

Click here to learn more about the project structure you just created.