Transitioning from using AWS CloudFormation to developing applications with the AWS CDK can be a daunting task. Luckily, the AWS CDK offers a solution that can assist in importing and migrating existing CloudFormation templates.

Instead of manually defining these resources using their matching class, developers can utilize the AWS CDK cloudformation-include class to import a stack template and convert resource definitions to L1 constructs.

In this lab, you will use the CfnInclude class to import a predefined website-hosting Amazon S3 bucket into a CDK stack. You will also explore the configuration options available to you after the resources have been successfully imported.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this intermediate-level lab, you will be able to:

• Import an existing AWS CloudFormation template into a CDK application
• Access an imported template's elements within a CDK application

Intended Audience

• Cloud Architects
• DevOps Engineers
• Software Engineers

Prerequisites

Familiarity with the following will be beneficial but is not required:

• AWS CDK
• Amazon S3
• AWS CloudFormation

The following content can be used to fulfill the prerequisite:

• Defining Cloud Infrastructure with the AWS CDK v2 in Python
• Introduction to Amazon S3

Updates

June 13th, 2024 - Resolved IAM permission issue

April 17th, 2024 - Resolved IAM permission issue

August 16th, 2023 - Remove Node deprecation warning and updated CDK CLI version

March 13th, 2023 - Enabled autosave in the lab's browser IDE