AWS Cloudformation

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Cloudformation

• Tool used to make automatic resources deployment on AWS

• Template file in json or yaml à Infrastructure as Code

• + Very good documentation

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGui
de/aws-template-resource-type-ref.html

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Cloudformation – When to use it ?

Usefull use cases :

• Deployment to multiple environment

• Deployment of the same application multiple time

• Can be used to deploy every part of your infrastructure, it is then

easier to manage what was deployed

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Cloudformation - Syntax
Parameters :

• Used to custom your template by allowing you to have dynamic

values each time you deploy the template
• Parameters values are asked when you deploy the template

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Parameters :

• You can use Specific AWS types for the parameters

• Supported types :
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserG
uide/parameters-section-structure.html

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Resource deployment :

• Define the resource you want to deploy

• You can access you parameter’s value or another resource by using
the function Ref
• Other functions : GetAtt, GetAZs, join, sub…

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGui
de/intrinsic-function-reference.html

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Cloudformation – How to deploy ?

Go to create stack

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Cloudformation – How to deploy ?

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Cloudformation – How to deploy ?

Specify your stack name and parameters value

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Cloudformation – Checking the deployed stack

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Cloudformation – Checking the deployed stack

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Cloudformation – Updating the stack

To update the stack, select the stack on the console and:

• Click update stack

• Upload the updated cloudformation stack
• Only the resources modified in the template will be modified
• If anything goes wrong during the update, the stack rollbacks to the
last stable state

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Cloudformation – deleting the stack

To delete the stack, select the stack on the console and:

• Click delete stack

• Be aware that all of the resources that were created by the stack
will be deleted

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