# I am unable to run serverless.test.yml

**URL:** <https://forum.serverless.com/t/i-am-unable-to-run-serverless-test-yml/15783>\
**Category:** Serverless Framework\
**Tags:** lambda\
**Created:** [August 20, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/i-am-unable-to-run-serverless-test-yml/15783 "2021-08-20T15:31:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![buamod](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.serverless.com/buamod/32/6106_2.png) [@buamod](https://forum.serverless.com/u/buamod)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/i-am-unable-to-run-serverless-test-yml/15783/1 "2021-08-20T15:31:40Z")

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I have implemented `serverless.test.yml` but when running sls test I get

Serverless Error ----------------------------------------

Run “serverless” to configure your service for testing.

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**Author:** ![beenmeckel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8dc957/32.png) [@beenmeckel](https://forum.serverless.com/u/beenmeckel)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/i-am-unable-to-run-serverless-test-yml/15783/2 "2021-10-12T22:24:00Z")

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For me it was easier and ultimately more reliable to test on actual AWS resources in the cloud. I could use the node SDK to create tables in the test set up and then tear down [9Apps](https://9apps.ooo/) [Showbox](https://showbox.kim/) [Tutuapp](https://tutuapp.uno/) after. You’re unlikely to incur costs for it also.