Software Engineering :: Cloud :: AWS :: AWS CloudFormation

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Software Engineering :: Cloud :: AWS :: AWS CloudFormation

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related

• Software Engineering :: DevOps :: IaC :: AWS CloudFormation

research

• AWS re:Invent 2017: Deep Dive on AWS CloudFormation (DEV317)

AWS CloudFormation

Certification

• AWS CloudFormation – Certification
• AWS CloudFormation Best Practices – Certification

Getting Started

• AWS Quick Start

Testing

• taskcat

Includes

AWS::Include Transform

• AWS::Include Transform
• Including AWS Step Functions definitions in AWS SAM templates

Examples

Transform:
  Name: 'AWS::Include'
  Parameters:
    Location: 's3://MyAmazonS3BucketName/MyFileName.yaml'

Lint

• aws-cloudformation/cfn-python-lint

Template Anatomy

• Template Anatomy

Best Practices

• AWS CloudFormation Best Practices

Examples

• widdix/aws-step-functions-example

Description Block

Description: > 
 Provide meaningful 
 description about 
 the template. 
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nested-stack-example.cft.yaml

---
AWSTemplateFormatVersion: '2010-09-09'
Description: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/use-nested-stacks-to-create-reusable-templates-and-support-role-specialization/
Resources:
  Vpc:
    Type: 'AWS::CloudFormation::Stack'
    Properties:
      Parameters:
        S3Endpoint: 'false' # speed up the example
        DynamoDBEndpoint: 'false' # speed up the example
        FlowLog: 'false' # speed up the example
        NatGateways: 'false' # speed up the example
      TemplateURL: './node_modules/@cfn-modules/vpc/module.yml'
  Instance:
    Type: 'AWS::CloudFormation::Stack'
    Properties:
      Parameters:
        VpcModule: !GetAtt 'Vpc.Outputs.StackName' # reference the vpc module
        UserData: |
          yum install -y httpd24
          service httpd start
          echo "cfn-modules" > /var/www/html/index.html
        IngressTcpPort1: '80' # open up port 80 to the world
      TemplateURL: './node_modules/@cfn-modules/ec2-instance-amazon-linux/module.yml'
Outputs:
  Url:
    Value: !Sub 'http://${Instance.Outputs.PublicIpAddress}'

example.cft.yaml

---
AWSTemplateFormatVersion: '2010-09-09'
Metadata: 
  License: Apache-2.0
Description: ...
Parameters:
Mappings:
Conditions:
Transform:
Resources:
Outputs:

---