Getting to Know AWS CloudFormation

Getting to Know AWS CloudFormation
Getting to Know AWS CloudFormation

CLOUD LABS

Getting to Know AWS CloudFormation

In this Cloud Lab, you’ll learn to create CloudFormation stacks and use them to manage AWS resources.

7 Tasks

beginner

1hr

Certificate of Completion

Desktop OnlyDevice is not compatible.
No Setup Required
Amazon Web Services

Learning Objectives

Basic understanding of CloudFormation
An understanding of the CloudFormation stack and its application to manage AWS resources
Working knowledge of CloudFormation templates
The ability to create AWS resources like EC2 instances and IAM roles using CloudFormation stacks

Technologies
AWS logoAWS
EC2 logoEC2
CloudFormation logoCloudFormation
IAM logoIAM
Cloud Lab Overview

The Amazon CloudFormation service allows developers to use stacks to maintain their project infrastructure according to their requirements. Developers can define AWS resources for their stacks using a template formatted for infrastructure as code, and don’t have to individually create each resource.

In this Cloud Lab, you’ll go over a predesigned CloudFormation template and use it to create a stack. This stack will comprise the security group, role, instance profile, and instance resources. You’ll then add logical resources in the existing stack to create a second security group and instance. Finally, you’ll clean up all the resources.

By the time you finish this Cloud Lab, you’ll be able to create and maintain infrastructures using CloudFormation templates. You’ll also be able to deal with infrastructure as code and easily manage external and dependent resources together. 

The following is the high-level architecture diagram of the infrastructure that you will create in this Cloud Lab:

The architecture diagram
The architecture diagram

Cloud Lab Tasks
1.Introduction
Getting Started
2.Create a Stack
Get Introduced to the CloudFormation Template
Set Up a CloudFormation Template
Create a Stack
3.Test the Stack
Test and Update the Stack
4.Conclusion
Clean Up
Wrap Up
Labs Rules Apply
Stay within resource usage requirements.
Do not engage in cryptocurrency mining.
Do not engage in or encourage activity that is illegal.

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