Integration & Automation
Category: AWS CloudFormation
Building a Microsoft test environment using nested Quick Starts
See how you can automate the deployment of a full-stack Microsoft development or testing environment by using a combination of the VPC, Active Directory, SQL Server, SharePoint, Exchange Server, and RD Gateway Quick Starts.
Using AWS CloudFormation to deploy software into Amazon EKS clusters
Learn how you can use AWS CloudFormation to model and deploy Kubernetes resource manifests or Helm charts into an Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) cluster.
Introducing TaskCat v0.9
TaskCat 0.9 introduces some significant changes that aim to make TaskCat a general-purpose AWS CloudFormation testing tool.
Automating ISV product packaging and deployment in AWS Landing Zone
Learn about the design and implementation details of a solution that automates add-on product preparation and deployment for AWS Landing Zone-based environments, and how you can use the solution to make your products available for customers to deploy.
Amazon S3 authenticated bootstrapping in AWS CloudFormation
Learn how to securely access Amazon S3 during bootstrapping by using S3-authenticated objects.
Best practices for deploying EC2 instances with AWS CloudFormation
Best practices for addressing security and access control and configuration when bootstrapping EC2 instances in the Amazon Web Services Cloud.
Recap: Five ways custom resources help your automated deployments
In this quick recap, I feature five blog posts that show how you can use custom resources to extend AWS CloudFormation templates, from start to stack cleanup, when you’re building automated deployments.
Introduction to quickstart-linux-utilities
Learn how to automate the installation of cfn-init helper scripts across operating systems by invoking quickstart-linux-utilities at stack launch.
Speed up instance bootstrapping by using dynamically created images
Learn how to build an AMI from an Amazon EC2 instance at CloudFormation launch time, and then use the AMI for fast bootstrapping of the Auto Scaling group instances.
Logging Windows Amazon EC2 UserData activity in Amazon CloudWatch
Track what is happening with your Amazon EC2 instance at creation time by leveraging CloudWatch to externalize log data. Use AWS Secrets Manager for credential security with PowerShell scripts, and create a reusable AWS CloudFormation template.