AWS CloudFormation¶

References:

Tools¶

curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip" -o "awscliv2.zip"
unzip awscliv2.zip
sudo ./aws/install

$ git clone https://github.com/bash-my-aws/bash-my-aws.git ${BMA_HOME:-$HOME/.bash-my-aws}

Utilities:

pip install cfn-flip cfn-lint pydot

VSCode Extensions: - Create a AWS CloudFormation template using the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code - AWS Toolkit for VS Code (docs.aws.amazon.com): - YAML - Visual Studio Marketplace (marketplace.visualstudio.com) - CloudFormation template: File has a .yaml or .yml extension. - The file has a top-level AWSTemplateFormatVersion or Resources node.

All of the criteria already described for CloudFormation
The file has a top-level Transform node, containing a value that begins with AWS::Serverless.
CloudFormation Linter: Popular
CloudFormation
- Create new YAML doc
- Type start
- Start typing resource name and hit TAB

Simplest stack

# noop.yml
Resources:
  WaitConditionHandle:
    Type: AWS::CloudFormation::WaitConditionHandle

Create stack

stack-create simplest.yml