CloudFormation Template

{
  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
  "Description": "A simple description of what this template does",
  "Parameters": {
    //variables that can be passed to the template during deployment.
  },
  "Mappings": {
    //keys which match to a corresponding set of named values
  }
  "Resources": {
    //aws resources that will be deployed by the stack
  },
  "Outputs": {
    //values that can be returned back after successful completion of the stack
  }
}