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### [Read this on the main serverless docs site](https://www.serverless.com/framework/docs/providers/openwhisk/cli-reference/install)
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# OpenWhisk - Install
Installs a service from a GitHub URL in the current working directory.
```bash
serverless install --url https://github.com/some/service
```
## Options
- `--url` or `-u` The services Git URL (can be a plain Git or a Code Hosting Platform URL). **Required**.
- `--name` or `-n` Name for the service.
## Provided lifecycle events
- `install:install`
## Supported Code Hosting Platforms
- GitHub
- GitHub Enterprise
- GitLab
- BitBucket
- BitBucket Server
## Examples
### Installing a service from a GitHub URL
```bash
serverless install --url https://github.com/jthomas/serverless-openwhisk-boilerplate
```
This example will download the .zip file of the `serverless-openwhisk-boilerplate` service from GitHub, create a new directory with the name `serverless-openwhisk-boilerplate` in the current working directory and unzips the files in this directory.
### Installing a service from a GitHub URL with a new service name
```bash
serverless install --url https://github.com/jthomas/serverless-openwhisk-boilerplate --name my-app
```
This example will download the .zip file of the `serverless-openwhisk-boilerplate` service from GitHub, create a new directory with the name `my-app` in the current working directory and unzips the files in this directory and renames the service to `my-app` if `serverless.yml` exists in the service root.
### Installing a service from a directory in a GitHub URL
```bash
serverless install --url
https://github.com/serverless/examples/tree/master/openwhisk-node-simple
```
This example will download the `openwhisk-node-simple` service from GitHub.