# Why serverless offline requies AWS Credentials

**URL:** <https://forum.serverless.com/t/why-serverless-offline-requies-aws-credentials/5220>\
**Category:** Serverless Framework\
**Created:** [July 25, 2018, 1:32am UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/why-serverless-offline-requies-aws-credentials/5220 "2018-07-25T01:32:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![hidhingra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@hidhingra](https://forum.serverless.com/u/hidhingra)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 1:32am UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/why-serverless-offline-requies-aws-credentials/5220/1 "2018-07-25T01:32:33Z")

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Hi - a qq… can serverless offline run without valid .aws credentials? If no, why does offline require AWS credentials?  
Thanks