Rate Exceeded Error when deploying Helloworld Lambda using Serverless

This is a Bug Report

Description

I have a simple Serverless application (see attachment) --hello world example.

When I try to deploy this lambda using serverless : serverless deploy -v I get the following:

  Serverless Error ---------------------------------------
 
  ServerlessError: Rate exceeded
 
  Get Support --------------------------------------------
     Docs:          docs.serverless.com
     Bugs:          github.com/serverless/serverless/issues
     Forums:        forum.serverless.com
     Chat:          gitter.im/serverless/serverless
 
  Your Environment Information -----------------------------
     OS:                     darwin
     Node Version:           7.10.0
     Serverless Version:     1.18.0

However, if I update serverless.yml with region as us-east-1 it works fine.

(see attachment for reproduction)

For bug reports:

• What went wrong? Rate Exceeded Error
• What did you expect should have happened? Lambda should have deployed
• What was the config you used?

Welcome to serverless. Read the docs

https://serverless.com/framework/docs/

Serverless.yml is the configuration the CLI

uses to deploy your code to your provider of choice

# The `service` block is the name of the service
service: serverless-hello-world

# The `provider` block defines where your service will be deployed
provider:
  name: aws
  runtime: nodejs6.10
  region: us-west-2

# The `functions` block defines what code to deploy
functions:
  helloWorld:
    handler: handler.helloWorld
    # The `events` block defines how to trigger the handler.helloWorld code
    events:
      - http:
          path: hello-world
          method: get
          cors: true

• What stacktrace or error message from your provider did you see? ServerlessError: Rate exceeded

For feature proposals:

• What is the use case that should be solved. The more detail you describe this in the easier it is to understand for us. Need to deploy lambda in us-west-2 since that contains all our subnets and security groups.

Additional Data

• Serverless Framework Version you’re using:
• Operating System: OSX
• Stack Trace:
• Provider Error messages:

[HyperBrain]

This can also be an issue with your resource layout. AWS has rate limits e.g. for the creation of DynamoDB indices and databases simultaneously. CF is prone to hit these limits if the resources are not made dependent on each other which enforces serial construction.

For example if you have 3 DynamoDB tables that each create 3 indices, CF will create the table resources in parallel including the index creation. There is a high probability then, that it hits the account-wide limit of 5 simultaneous index creations during the stack resource setup. CF will fail in this case with a “Rate limit exceeded” exception - other in-account tasks not counted here (these also interfere).

[adsil2]

@pmuens We are really hoping to start using Serverless framework. What is the status of this ticket?