serverless/docs/providers/aws/cli-reference/config.md

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# AWS - Config

The purpose of `serverless config` is to allow to enable or disable automatic update mechanism of the Framework. Additionally, it supports `config credentials` subcommand. For more details about them, please refer to their corresponding documentation pages. Auto update mechanism is supported for global installations across all operating systems with the exception of standalone binary installation on Windows.

## Options

- `--autoupdate` Turn on auto update mechanism
- `--no-autoupdate` Turn off auto update mechanism

## Provided lifecycle events

- `config:config`

## Examples

### Turn on auto update mechanism

```bash
serverless config --autoupdate
```

### Turn off auto update mechanism

```bash
serverless config --no-autoupdate
```