Instantiating AWS CloudFormation Resources with L1 CDK Constructs

AWS CDK constructs can represent single AWS services as well as higher-level abstractions that consist of multiple, related resources. These constructs can be found in the AWS Constructs Library and are organized into three layers.

Low-level constructs are referred to as CloudFormation (CFN) Resources or Layer 1 (L1) resources. These types of constructs are direct representations of AWS CloudFormation resources.

In this lab, you will work with an L1 CDK construct to learn how to implement these low-level constructs into your applications.

Important: This hands-on lab uses the latest AWS CDK v2. For hands-on labs and challenges that use the AWS CDK v1, refer to the Get Hands-on with the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK v1) learning path.

Learning Objectives

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

• Identify and implement L1 CDK constructs in a CDK application
• Utilize the AWS CDK v2 Toolkit to initialize, define, and deploy cloud resources

Intended Audience

• Cloud Architects
• DevOps Engineers
• Software Engineers

Prerequisites

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

• Python Programming
• AWS CloudFormation
• Amazon S3

The following content can be used to fulfill the prerequisite:

• Python for Beginners
• Programming with Python Introduction
• AWS CloudFormation: Introduction to Infrastructure as Code
• Introduction to Amazon S3

Updates

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