# Package the AWS SAM application
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 You should now have four files in your `SAM-Tutorial` directory: 
+ `beforeAllowTraffic.js`
+ `afterAllowTraffic.js`
+ `myDateTimeFunction.js`
+ `template.yml`

 You are now ready to use the AWS SAM **sam package** command to create and package artifacts for your Lambda functions and CodeDeploy application. The artifacts are uploaded to an S3 bucket. The output of the command is a new file called `package.yml`. This file is used by the AWS SAM **sam deploy** command in the next step. 

**Note**  
 For more information on the **sam package** command, see [AWS SAM CLI command reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/serverless-application-model/latest/developerguide/serverless-sam-cli-command-reference.html) in the *AWS Serverless Application Model Developer Guide*. 

 In the `SAM-Tutorial` directory, run the following. 

```
sam package \
  --template-file template.yml \
  --output-template-file package.yml \
  --s3-bucket amzn-s3-demo-bucket
```

For the `s3-bucket` parameter, specify the Amazon S3 bucket you created as a prerequisite for this tutorial. The `output-template-file` specifies the name of the new file that is used by the AWS SAM **sam deploy** command.