Advanced Amazon Web Services (AWS) CloudFormation

• Basic understanding of cloud computing concepts
• Familiarity with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Console

Audience

• Cloud engineers
• Developers

Amazon Web Services (AWS) CloudFormation is a service that simplifies infrastructure management by treating infrastructures as code. CloudFormation templates can be used to manage and provision AWS resources.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at cloud engineers and developers who wish to use CloudFormation to manage infrastructure resources within the AWS ecosystem.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Implement CloudFormation templates to automate infrastructure management.
• Integrate existing AWS resources into CloudFormation.
• Use StackSets to manage stacks across multiple accounts and regions.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

Introduction

Overview of AWS CloudFormation Features and Architecture

• Simplified infrastructure management
• Concepts and key components

Logging into an AWS Account

• Account signup
• VPC endpoints setup

Getting Started with CloudFormation

• Template basics
• Updating a stack

Protecting Data with CloudFormation

• Access control
• Logging API calls
• Configuration and vulnerability analysis

Using CodePipeline for Continuous Delivery

• Building a pipeline
• Configuration properties
• Parameter override functions

Working with Stacks

• Using the console
• Detecting changes
• Nested and Windows stacks

Bringing External Resources into CloudFormation

• Importing existing resources
• Moving and exporting existing resources

Working with Templates

• Template anatomy
• Macros

Exploring Templates In-Depth

• Reviewing simple and complex templates
• Deploying an S3 bucket
• Deploying a web server with EC2

Using StackSets to Extend Functionality

• Concepts
• Defining necessary permissions
• Stack set actions

Using the CloudFormation Registry

• Private and public extensions
• Registering resource type
• Viewing extensions

    
Learning About Advanced CloudFormation Topics

• Advanced features
• CloudFormation in Teams
• Using cfn-lint and yamllint
• Implementing CloudFormation policies

Troubleshooting

Summary and Conclusion