AWS CloudFormation
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An AWS CloudFormation is an AWS Infrastructure as Code.
- Example(s):
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK).
References
2023
- https://aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/faqs/
- QUOTE: ... Cloud Formation is a service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that enables users to model and manage infrastructure resources in an automated and secure manner. Using CloudFormation, developers can define and provision AWS infrastructure resources using a JSON or YAML formatted Infrastructure as Code: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrastructure_as_code template.
CloudFormation templates describe the resources that you want to create, such as EC2 instances, RDS databases, and S3 buckets. You can also use templates to define complex resource relationships, such as dependencies between resources.
Once you have created a template, you can use CloudFormation to create a stack. A stack is a collection of AWS resources that are created and managed together. When you create a stack, CloudFormation creates all of the resources that are defined in your template. ...
- QUOTE: ... Cloud Formation is a service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that enables users to model and manage infrastructure resources in an automated and secure manner. Using CloudFormation, developers can define and provision AWS infrastructure resources using a JSON or YAML formatted Infrastructure as Code: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrastructure_as_code template.
2018
- https://aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/
- QUOTE: AWS CloudFormation provides a common language for you to describe and provision all the infrastructure resources in your cloud environment. CloudFormation allows you to use a simple text file to model and provision, in an automated and secure manner, all the resources needed for your applications across all regions and accounts. This file serves as the single source of truth for your cloud environment.
AWS CloudFormation is available at no additional charge, and you pay only for the AWS resources needed to run your applications.
- QUOTE: AWS CloudFormation provides a common language for you to describe and provision all the infrastructure resources in your cloud environment. CloudFormation allows you to use a simple text file to model and provision, in an automated and secure manner, all the resources needed for your applications across all regions and accounts. This file serves as the single source of truth for your cloud environment.