AWS Support: Starting Your Infrastructure as Code 🚀

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AWS Supports You: Starting Your Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Solution Using AWS CloudFormation Templates gives viewers on the twitch.tv/aws channel an overview of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), AWS CloudFormation, and features a demo that will cover how a template is structured and how to use intrinsic functions, mappings, and outputs. This episode originally aired on August 1st, 2022.

Intro 0:00
Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) 05:25
What is AWS CloudFormation? 14:38
AWS CloudFormation Demo - Template Anatomy 21:01
Demo - Metadata & Parameters 25:49
Demo - Intrinsic Functions 34:37
Demo - Mappings 38:15
Demo - Outputs 47:04
Conclusion 50:59

Helpful Links:

Infrastructure as Code Link: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/introduction-devops-aws/infrastructure-as-code.html

AWS CloudFormation Concepts (Template, Stack): https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/cfn-whatis-concepts.html

Using the AWS CloudFormation Registry: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/registry.html

AWS CloudFormation Custom Resources: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/template-custom-resources.html

Introducing 35 new resource types in the CloudFormation Registry: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/04/introducing-35-types-cloudformation-registry/

Working with AWS CloudFormation StackSets: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/what-is-cfnstacksets.html

AWS Cloud Development Kit: https://aws.amazon.com/cdk/

AWS CloudFormation Overview: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/

Prevent updates to AWS CloudFormation Stack: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/protect-stack-resources.html

Protecting an AWS CloudFormation Stack from being deleted: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-protect-stacks.html

Developing AWS CloudFormation Hooks: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation-cli/latest/userguide/hooks.html

Getting started with AWS CloudFormation Guard: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cfn-guard/latest/ug/getting-started.html

AWS CloudFormation Getting Started: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/getting-started/

AWS CloudFormation Sample Templates: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/resources/templates/

AWS CloudFormation Template Snippets: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/CHAP_TemplateQuickRef.htm

More about Parameters: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/parameters-section-structure.html

Intrinsic Functions: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/intrinsic-function-reference.html

Pseudo parameters: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/pseudo-parameter-reference.html

Import existing resources: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/resource-import.html

AWS resource and property types reference: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-template-resource-type-ref.html

Ask your AWS CloudFormation questions at AWS re:Post: https://repost.aws

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