Amazon CloudFormation
AWS CloudFormation is an infrastructure-as-code service that speeds up cloud provisioning by enabling developers to define and manage AWS resources programmatically through templates. Scale infrastructure globally and manage resources across all AWS accounts and regions through a single operation.
APIs
Amazon CloudFormation API
API for creating, updating, and managing CloudFormation stacks, stack sets, and change sets for infrastructure-as-code deployments across AWS accounts and regions.
Capabilities
Amazon CloudFormation Infrastructure as Code Deployment
Workflow for infrastructure as code deployment using Amazon CloudFormation for DevOps Engineer personas.
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Define AWS resources in JSON or YAML templates for repeatable, version-controlled deployments.
Deploy stacks across multiple AWS accounts and regions with a single operation.
Preview changes to running stacks before executing them to avoid unintended updates.
Detect when deployed infrastructure has drifted from the CloudFormation template definition.
Extend CloudFormation to manage third-party and community resources through the Registry.
Use Cases
Automate infrastructure testing and deployment through CI/CD pipelines.
Deploy consistent infrastructure across multiple AWS regions.
Enforce organizational infrastructure standards through template guardrails.
Rapidly rebuild infrastructure from templates after failures.
Integrations
Automate CloudFormation deployments in CI/CD pipelines.
Track infrastructure changes and detect drift with Config integration.
Control who can create and update CloudFormation stacks.
Publish approved CloudFormation templates as self-service products.
Receive stack event notifications via SNS topics.