AWS CloudFormation Introduces Support for Listing Imports, Split Function, and Resource Coverage Updates
You can now use the AWS CloudFormation console to list stacks that are importing output values from another stack. Output values are used in cross-stack references, which let you import and export values between stacks without the need for hard-coding resource IDs in stack templates or passing input parameters. Visit here to learn more.
You can now also use a new intrinsic function, Fn::Split, to split a string into a list of values. For example, you can use the Split function to split a single imported string of subnets exported by a network stack into a list of subnets that can be used by a load balancer. Visit here to learn more.
CloudFormation has also updated support for several existing resources:
• Auto Scaling updates
o Change load balancers associated with an AutoScaling group without replacement.
• Amazon EC2 Container Service updates
o Specify a Memory Reservation property to keep the container memory within the specified limit when there is contention.
o Specify a Network Mode such as bridge or host for the containers in the task.
• Amazon Relational Database Service updates
o Set a TimeZone property for your Database Instance to match your application.
o Update the Tags of your Database Cluster.
• AWS OpsWorks Stacks updates
o Retrieve the public IP associated with an OpsWorks instance with GetAtt function.
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