Infrastructure & Automation
Tag: AWS CloudFormation templates
8 best practices when automating your deployments with AWS CloudFormation
Learn how to save time, effort, and frustration when automating your workload deployments using AWS CloudFormation.
Read MoreBest practices for using Amazon S3 endpoints with AWS CloudFormation
Learn why you want to shift from path-style to virtual-hosted-style S3 endpoints in your AWS CloudFormation templates.
Read MoreBuilding a CI/CD pipeline for Hugo websites
Learn how to use a code pipeline to automate the static file generation and content publishing process of a Hugo website.
Read MoreRun code before terminating an EC2 Auto Scaling instance
Learn how to create an AWS CloudFormation template that runs code prior to terminating an EC2 Auto Scaling instance.
Read MoreAWS Quick Start best practices for broad customer impact
See best practices that you can apply in developing AWS Quick Starts to help gain broad customer reach and impact.
Read MoreConditionally launch AWS CloudFormation resources based on user input
Here are two patterns that you can add to AWS CloudFormation to customize automated deployments based on values provided during the launch. The first pattern is for designing nested stacks that are optional. The second pattern allows you to change template URLs based on the current scenario.
Read MoreAutomated documentation of AWS CloudFormation template parameters
Automate the documentation of AWS CloudFormation templates by using a serverless solution that eliminates the need to run local scripts.
Read MoreDeploy CloudFormation stacks at the click of a button
Deploy your Quick Starts and other AWS CloudFormation templates securely at the click of a button by using the AWS IoT Button.
Read MoreDeploying AWS Lambda functions using AWS CloudFormation (the portable way)
AWS Lambda requires its source code to be hosted in an Amazon S3 bucket in the same AWS Region as the Lambda function, which poses challenges when writing AWS CloudFormation templates that are portable across different regions. This post discusses three patterns to address that at stack.
Read MoreUp your AWS CloudFormation testing game using TaskCat
Learn how to use TaskCat, an open source tool developed by the AWS Quick Start team, to automate the testing of AWS CloudFormation templates.
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