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AWS CloudFormation

Overview

What is AWS CloudFormation?

AWS CloudFormation gives developers and systems administrators a way to create and manage a collection of related AWS resources, provisioning and updating them in a predictable fashion. Use AWS CloudFormation’s sample templates or create templates to describe the AWS resources,…

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Pricing

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Free Tier - 1,000 Handler Operations per Month per Account

$0.00

On Premise

Handler Operation

$0.0009

On Premise
per handler operation

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/p…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

Demo AWS Lambda with boto3

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Product Details

What is AWS CloudFormation?

AWS CloudFormation provides a common language for users to model and provision AWS and third party application resources in a cloud environment. AWS CloudFormation allows users to use programming languages or a simple text file to model and provision, in an automated and secure manner, all the resources needed for applications across all regions and accounts. This provides a single source of truth for AWS and third party resources.

AWS CloudFormation Features

  • Supported: Model infrastructure and application resources
  • Supported: Automate & deploy
  • Supported: Infrastructure as code
  • Supported: Extensibility
  • Supported: Authoring with JSON/YAML
  • Supported: Authoring with familiar programming languages
  • Supported: Safety controls
  • Supported: Preview changes to your environment
  • Supported: Dependency management
  • Supported: Cross account & cross-region management

AWS CloudFormation Screenshots

Screenshot of CloudFormation - How it works overviewScreenshot of CloudFormation - High level how it worksScreenshot of CloudFormation - Template exampleScreenshot of CloudFormation - Template inputs overview

AWS CloudFormation Videos

Introduction to AWS CloudFormation
Governance with AWS

AWS CloudFormation Competitors

  • HashiCorp Terraform
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
  • Puppet Enterprise (formerly Puppet Data Center Automation)

AWS CloudFormation Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported CountriesAmericas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific

Frequently Asked Questions

AWS CloudFormation gives developers and systems administrators a way to create and manage a collection of related AWS resources, provisioning and updating them in a predictable fashion. Use AWS CloudFormation’s sample templates or create templates to describe the AWS resources, and any associated dependencies or runtime parameters, required to run an application. Users don’t need to figure out the order for provisioning AWS services or the subtleties of making those dependencies work. CloudFormation takes care of this. After the AWS resources are deployed, users can modify and update them in a controlled and predictable way, in effect applying version control to AWS infrastructure as with software.

HashiCorp Terraform are common alternatives for AWS CloudFormation.

The most common users of AWS CloudFormation are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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