CloudFormation
Create aws infrastructure by creating templates. - templates can be either YAML or JSON
Sections
AWS Template Format Version
- used to allow extending the service when new versions come out
Description
- describe you template
- if the template format version is in the templates, it must come before this section
Metadata
- template metadata
Parameters
- set of parameters
Mapping
- set of mappings
- create look tables
Conditions
- set of conditions
Transforms
- set of transforms
Resources
- mandatory section of a cloudformation template
- list of logical resources
- generally have properties used to configure the resources
Outputs
- what to return once a resource is created
Flow
graph LR;
Template-->CloudFormation;
CloudFormation-->Stack;