AWS CloudFormation Master Class

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Understand AWS CloudFormation features and learn to write CloudFormation templates using YAML Ain't Markup Language (YAML) like a pro

About This Video

Understand CloudFormation concepts
Learn how to use YAML to write effective CloudFormation templates
Learn about CloudFormation Init metadata

In Detail

AWS CloudFormation is the best way to write, deploy, and maintain your AWS infrastructure and supports most of the AWS services, and is the safest way …

AWS CloudFormation Master Class

Video description

Understand AWS CloudFormation features and learn to write CloudFormation templates using YAML Ain't Markup Language (YAML) like a pro

About This Video

Understand CloudFormation concepts
Learn how to use YAML to write effective CloudFormation templates
Learn about CloudFormation Init metadata

In Detail

AWS CloudFormation is the best way to write, deploy, and maintain your AWS infrastructure and supports most of the AWS services, and is the safest way to make your AWS infrastructure evolve over time. This course is an excellent course on AWS CloudFormation that covers almost everything.

The course starts with an introduction to AWS CloudFormation, explaining the advantages and high-level concepts of CloudFormation. Next, you will write your first AWS CloudFormation template in YAML to create an AWS S3 bucket. Moving along, you will become familiar with the CloudFormation parameters and resources, and learn how to use mapping to infer pre-defined values based on the AWS environment type. Next, you will work with outputs and conditions, and learn techniques to enhance the usability of the CloudFormation template using Metadata. Later, you will configure the resources and create re-usable pieces of code across the CloudFormation stacks. Towards the end, you will take a step ahead in CloudFormation by learning advanced concepts, such as troposphere and deletion policy.

By the end of this course, you will become well-versed with the concepts needed to write and launch productive CloudFormation templates using YAML.

Who this book is for

Whether you are a DevOps engineer, a developer, or a solution architect, who wants to deploy and orchestrate CloudFormation templates, this course is for you. Basic knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS), JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), and YAML Ain't Markup Language (YAML) is needed to get started with this course.

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Chapter 1 : AWS CloudFormation Introduction

Course Introduction

About your Instructor

What is CloudFormation?

Benefits of CloudFormation

Course Disclaimer and Cost

CloudFormation versus Ansible and Terraform

First AWS CloudFormation Template

Summary of How CloudFormation Works

Chapter 2 : CloudFormation First Hands-On

YAML Tutorial

Creating an S3 Bucket Using CloudFormation

Updating an S3 Bucket Using CloudFormation

Deleting an S3 Bucket Using CloudFormation

CloudFormation Template Options

Using CloudFormation Designer

CloudFormation Building Blocks

Deploying CloudFormation Templates

Chapter 3 : CloudFormation Parameters

Parameters Overview

Parameters Theory and Hands-On

How to Reference a Parameter?

Chapter 4 : CloudFormation Resources

Resources Overview

Resources Hands-On

Optional Attributes for Resources

Resources FAQs

Chapter 5 : CloudFormation Mappings

Mappings Overview

Function FindInMap (Accessing Mapping Values)

Mappings Hands-On

Pseudo Parameters in CloudFormation

Chapter 6 : CloudFormation Outputs

Outputs Overview

Outputs Hands-On

Cross Stack Reference Hands-On

Chapter 7 : CloudFormation Conditions

Conditions Overview

Conditions Hands-On

Conditions Functions

Function GetAtt (Get Attribute Function)

Chapter 8 : CloudFormation Metadata

Metadata Overview

AWS: CloudFormation: Designer Hands-On

AWS: CloudFormation: Interface Hands-On

Chapter 9 : Cfn-Init and EC2 User Data

EC2 User Data Overview

CloudFormation EC2 User Data

CloudFormation Init Overview

Packages

Groups and Users

Sources

Files

Function: Sub (Substitute Function)

Commands

Services

Cfn-Init and Signal

CFN Init Hands-On

Section Summary

Chapter 10 : CloudFormation Drift

CloudFormation Drift

Chapter 11 : CloudFormation Nested Stacks

Nested Stacks Overview

Updating Nested Stacks

Deleting Nested Stacks

Closing Comments on Nested Stacks

Chapter 12 : Advanced Concepts

Knowledge Review

Using the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI)

Troposphere (Python) to Generate CloudFormation Templates

Former2 to Generate CloudFormation Templates

Deletion Policy

Custom Resources with AWS Lambda

Best Practices for CloudFormation

Cost Estimate for Your Templates

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