# Trigger Lambda functions through CloudWatch Events with Serverless v1.7

DevFeed: [Trigger Lambda functions through CloudWatch Events with Serverless v1.7](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/trigger-lambda-functions-through-cloudwatch-events-with-serverless-v1-7-14425.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.serverless.com/blog/serverless-v1-7-0>)

Author: Philipp Müns

Published: 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Serverless Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/serverless-blog.md>)

Topics: [serverless framework](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/serverless-framework.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [Serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/serverless.md>)

Tags: [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [aws-lambda](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws-lambda.md>), [bugfixes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bugfixes.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [cloud-computing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-computing.md>), [faas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/faas.md>), [framework](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/framework.md>), [function-as-a-service](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/function-as-a-service.md>), [improvements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/improvements.md>), [infrastructure-as-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure-as-code.md>), [lambda](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lambda.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless.md>), [serverless-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless-architecture.md>), [serverless-framework](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless-framework.md>)

## AI overview

Serverless Framework v1.7 adds CloudWatch Events support for triggering Lambda functions, CLI deprecation warnings, lower memory usage during zipping, bug fixes, and other improvements.

## Source excerpt

CloudWatch Events support, CLI deprecation warnings, lower memory usage during zipping, bugfixes and improvements in the Serverless Framework v1.7 release.