# sam pipeline init
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This page provides reference information for the AWS Serverless Application Model Command Line Interface (AWS SAM CLI) `sam pipeline init` subcommand.

For an introduction to the AWS SAM CLI, see [What is the AWS SAM CLI?](what-is-sam-overview.md#what-is-sam-cli)

The `sam pipeline init` subcommand generates a pipeline configuration file that your CI/CD system can use to deploy serverless applications using AWS SAM.

Before using **sam pipeline init**, you must bootstrap the necessary resources for each stage in your pipeline. You can do this by running **sam pipeline init --bootstrap** to be guided through the setup and configuration file generation process, or refer to resources you have previously created with the **sam pipeline bootstrap** command.

## Usage
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```
$ sam pipeline init <options>
```

## Options
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`--bootstrap`  <a name="sam-cli-command-reference-sam-pipeline-init-options-bootstrap"></a>
Enable interactive mode that walks the user through creating necessary AWS infrastructure resources.

`--config-env TEXT`  <a name="sam-cli-command-reference-sam-pipeline-init-options-config-env"></a>
The environment name specifying the default parameter values in the configuration file to use. The default value is `default`. For more information about configuration files, see [AWS SAM CLI configuration file](serverless-sam-cli-config.md).

`--config-file TEXT`  <a name="sam-cli-command-reference-sam-pipeline-init-options-config-file"></a>
The path and file name of the configuration file containing default parameter values to use. The default value is `samconfig.toml` in the project root directory. For more information about configuration files, see [AWS SAM CLI configuration file](serverless-sam-cli-config.md).

`--debug`  <a name="sam-cli-command-reference-sam-pipeline-init-options-debug"></a>
Turns on debug logging to print debug messages that the AWS SAM CLI generates, and to display timestamps.

`--help, -h`  <a name="sam-cli-command-reference-sam-pipeline-init-options-help"></a>
Shows this message and exits.

`--save-params`  <a name="sam-cli-command-reference-sam-pipeline-init-options-save-params"></a>
Save the parameters that you provide at the command line to the AWS SAM configuration file.

## Example
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The following example shows you how to use the `--bootstrap` option to allow you to walkthrough an interactive mode that walks you through creating necessary AWS infrastructure resources:

```
$ sam pipeline init --bootstrap
```