# Does serverless call aws cli externally from local environment?

**URL:** <https://forum.serverless.com/t/does-serverless-call-aws-cli-externally-from-local-environment/16005>\
**Category:** Serverless Framework\
**Created:** [October 1, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/does-serverless-call-aws-cli-externally-from-local-environment/16005 "2021-10-01T16:54:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![dman777](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.serverless.com/dman777/32/6237_2.png) [@dman777](https://forum.serverless.com/u/dman777)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/does-serverless-call-aws-cli-externally-from-local-environment/16005/1 "2021-10-01T16:54:29Z")

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Hello, we are using serverless.yml. In our pip install requirements.txt we are installing aws cli 1.\*. Is the `runtime` where aws cli is being used?

```auto
 provider:
  name: aws
  runtime: python3.7

```

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**Author:** ![pgrzesik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.serverless.com/pgrzesik/32/5054_2.png) [@pgrzesik](https://forum.serverless.com/u/pgrzesik)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 8:25am UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/does-serverless-call-aws-cli-externally-from-local-environment/16005/2 "2021-10-07T08:25:22Z")

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Hello @dman777 - I don’t really understand the question, could you rephrase it? Is there a reason why you’re installing `aws-cli` via `pip`?