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aws cloudformation

Model, provision, and manage AWS and third-party resources by treating infrastructure as code. More information: https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/cloudformation/index.html.
  • Create a stack from a template file:
    aws cloudformation create-stack --stack-name {{stack-name}} --region {{region}} --template-body {{file://path/to/file.yml}} --profile {{profile}}
  • Delete a stack:
    aws cloudformation delete-stack --stack-name {{stack-name}} --profile {{profile}}
  • List all stacks:
    aws cloudformation list-stacks --profile {{profile}}
  • List all running stacks:
    aws cloudformation list-stacks --stack-status-filter CREATE_COMPLETE --profile {{profile}}
  • Check the status of a stack:
    aws cloudformation describe-stacks --stack-name {{stack-id}} --profile {{profile}}
  • Initiate drift detection for a stack:
    aws cloudformation detect-stack-drift --stack-name {{stack-id}} --profile {{profile}}
  • Check the drift status output of a stack using 'StackDriftDetectionId' from the previous command output:
    aws cloudformation describe-stack-resource-drifts --stack-name {{stack-drift-detection-id}} --profile {{profile}}

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