How To Use CloudFormation for Automation
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: 2 minutes and 13 seconds
Students: 730
Rating: 4.8/5
In this lesson, we will cover the foundations of CloudFormation. We will talk about what CloudFormation is, cover the anatomy of a CloudFormation template, and then create a simple CloudFormation template and deploy it so you can see the resources live.
Learning Objectives
- A greater understanding of CloudFormation
- Be able to identify what the tool is, its benefits, the components of a CloudFormation template, how to create a template, and how to deploy a template
Intended Audience
- Those who might know what CloudFormation is conceptually but haven’t yet gotten hands-on with building their own templates
- Those who may be looking for more information on the structure of a CloudFormation template and how to start writing their own templates
Prerequisites
- You should have some experience with AWS and its basic services
- You will also need some knowledge of the JSON or YAML format
- For more information on these services, please see our existing content here:
- Compute Fundamentals for AWS
- Managing Access using IAM User Groups and Roles