Learning AWS CloudFormation

Learn to use CloudFormation, the automated infrastructure delivery tool for Amazon Web Services, to automate the deployment of AWS resources such as S3 buckets and EC2 web servers.

Chapter Name

• Welcome
• What you need to know

1. Infrastructure as Code

• Infrastructure as code and DevOps

2. Introduction to CloudFormation

• CloudFormation in four minutes
• Taxonomy: Nouns
• Taxonomy: Verbs
• Taxonomy: Adjectives

3. CloudFormation Deep Dive

• Anatomy of a CloudFormation template
• Review a simple template
• Deploy an S3 bucket
• Find and fix a bug
• Review complex template
• Deploy a web server using EC2
• CloudFormation teardown

4. Advanced Topics

• Advanced features
• CloudFormation in Teams

Conclusion

• Next steps