AWS CloudFormation Stack Resource
Represents a resource within an AWS CloudFormation stack. Each resource corresponds to a physical AWS service resource (such as an EC2 instance, S3 bucket, or Lambda function) that is provisioned and managed as part of the stack lifecycle.
Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| StackName | stringnull | The name of the stack the resource belongs to. |
| StackId | stringnull | Unique identifier of the stack. |
| LogicalResourceId | string | The logical name of the resource as specified in the template. |
| PhysicalResourceId | stringnull | The name or unique identifier that corresponds to a physical instance ID of the resource. |
| ResourceType | string | The type of the resource (e.g. AWS::EC2::Instance, AWS::S3::Bucket). |
| Timestamp | string | The time the status was updated. |
| ResourceStatus | string | Current status of the resource. |
| ResourceStatusReason | stringnull | Success or failure message associated with the resource. |
| Description | stringnull | User-defined description associated with the resource. |
| DriftInformation | object | |
| ModuleInfo | object |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://schemas.api.aws/cloudformation/resource.json",
"title": "AWS CloudFormation Stack Resource",
"description": "Represents a resource within an AWS CloudFormation stack. Each resource corresponds to a physical AWS service resource (such as an EC2 instance, S3 bucket, or Lambda function) that is provisioned and managed as part of the stack lifecycle.",
"type": "object",
"required": [
"LogicalResourceId",
"ResourceType",
"ResourceStatus",
"Timestamp"
],
"properties": {
"StackName": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"description": "The name of the stack the resource belongs to."
},
"StackId": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"description": "Unique identifier of the stack."
},
"LogicalResourceId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The logical name of the resource as specified in the template."
},
"PhysicalResourceId": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"description": "The name or unique identifier that corresponds to a physical instance ID of the resource."
},
"ResourceType": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The type of the resource (e.g. AWS::EC2::Instance, AWS::S3::Bucket).",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 256,
"examples": [
"AWS::EC2::Instance",
"AWS::S3::Bucket",
"AWS::Lambda::Function",
"AWS::IAM::Role"
]
},
"Timestamp": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"description": "The time the status was updated."
},
"ResourceStatus": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Current status of the resource.",
"enum": [
"CREATE_IN_PROGRESS",
"CREATE_FAILED",
"CREATE_COMPLETE",
"DELETE_IN_PROGRESS",
"DELETE_FAILED",
"DELETE_COMPLETE",
"UPDATE_IN_PROGRESS",
"UPDATE_FAILED",
"UPDATE_COMPLETE",
"IMPORT_FAILED",
"IMPORT_COMPLETE",
"IMPORT_IN_PROGRESS",
"IMPORT_ROLLBACK_IN_PROGRESS",
"IMPORT_ROLLBACK_FAILED",
"IMPORT_ROLLBACK_COMPLETE",
"ROLLBACK_IN_PROGRESS",
"ROLLBACK_COMPLETE"
]
},
"ResourceStatusReason": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"description": "Success or failure message associated with the resource."
},
"Description": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"description": "User-defined description associated with the resource.",
"maxLength": 1024
},
"DriftInformation": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/StackResourceDriftInformation"
},
"ModuleInfo": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/ModuleInfo"
}
},
"$defs": {
"StackResourceDriftInformation": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Summarizes information about whether the resource's actual configuration differs from its expected configuration.",
"required": [
"StackResourceDriftStatus"
],
"properties": {
"StackResourceDriftStatus": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Status of the resource's actual configuration compared to its expected configuration.",
"enum": [
"IN_SYNC",
"MODIFIED",
"DELETED",
"NOT_CHECKED"
]
},
"LastCheckTimestamp": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"format": "date-time",
"description": "When CloudFormation last checked if the resource had drifted from its expected configuration."
}
}
},
"ModuleInfo": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Contains information about the module from which the resource was created, if the resource was created from a module included in the stack template.",
"properties": {
"TypeHierarchy": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"description": "A concatenated list of the module type or types containing the resource."
},
"LogicalIdHierarchy": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"description": "A concatenated list of the logical IDs of the module or modules containing the resource."
}
}
}
}
}
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