Cloudformation basics Flashcards
provision and manage your AWS resources using a
custom code template
CloudFormation
primary Infrastructure as Code service in AWS
CloudFormation
Template format language that defines the AWS resources that you require
YAML or JSON
Only mandatory part of a template that tells a cloudformation template what to do
Resources
group of deployed resources
Stack
bundle your multiple stacks together
nested stack
Does Cloudformation allow you to change, modify, or scale your services that are already deployed in your AWS account
yes
see how your changes might impact your running resources before
finally implementing them
Change set
extends the capability of CloudFormation stacks by enabling you to create, update, or delete stacks across multiple accounts and regions
StackSet
If you have a description in a CloudFormation template is it necessary to immediately follow the AWSTemplateFormatVersion
Yes