Tag: AWS CloudFormation templates

Learn how to use a code pipeline to automate the static file generation and content publishing process of a Hugo website.

Learn how to create an AWS CloudFormation template that runs code prior to terminating an EC2 Auto Scaling instance.

See best practices that you can apply in developing AWS Quick Starts to help gain broad customer reach and impact.

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.

Automate the documentation of AWS CloudFormation templates by using a serverless solution that eliminates the need to run local scripts.

Deploy your Quick Starts and other AWS CloudFormation templates securely at the click of a button by using the AWS IoT Button.

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.

Learn how to use TaskCat, an open source tool developed by the AWS Quick Start team, to automate the testing of AWS CloudFormation templates.

Circular dependencies can be frustrating to resolve. In this post we will talk about what leads to circular dependencies, a few examples of circular dependencies and approaches to solve them.

Introducing the Quick Start Team and our blog: Why we decided to have a blog dedicated to infrastructure and automation, and the type of content we intend to cover.