AWS CloudFormation (YAML)

AWS infrastructure as code template.

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About this format

AWS CloudFormation allows you to define cloud infrastructure declaratively using YAML templates instead of JSON.

Example Data

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: '2010-09-09'
Resources:
  S3Bucket:
    Type: AWS::S3::Bucket
    Properties:
      AccessControl: Private

When to use AWS CloudFormation (YAML)

Provisioning AWS resources
Managing infrastructure as code
Sharing architecture templates