AWS CloudFormation

AWS CloudFormation Getting Started

Get Started with AWS CloudFormation

1. Use the AWS CloudFormation Language Server

The AWS CloudFormation language server provides capabilities to accelerate authoring infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and deploying AWS resources safely and with confidence. It follows the language server protocol (LSP) to provide documentation on hover, auto-completion, diagnostics via static validation, go to definition and code actions.

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2. Define access controls

Set up access with AWS Identity and Access Management

Learn more in Controlling Access with IAM for AWS CloudFormation

3. Deploy your first collection of resources

Start building with AWS

Follow our Getting Started Guide to create and deploy your first AWS CloudFormation template

Videos

Step-by-step guides

Continuous Delivery with Code Pipeline

Build a pipeline for test and production resource stacks.

Bring Existing Resources into CloudFormation Management

Learn how to create a resource stack from existing resources.

Working with CloudFormation Templates

Learn about template formats, view examples, and deployment options.

Detect Unmanaged Resources with CloudFormation StackSets

Learn how to use StackSets to detect resource drift from expected configurations.

Get Started with the CloudFormation Registry

Use the CloudFormation registry to browse available private and public resource types.

Get Started Quickly with Sample Templates

Use predefined templates to jump-start your CloudFormation usage.

Next steps

Check out additional product-related resources

Start building in the console

AWS CloudFormation Language Server