Amazon Web Services (AWS): CloudFormation

Name: Amazon Web Services (AWS): CloudFormation
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Gain basic introductory idea on using CloudFormation to automate Cloud infrastructure deployment.

Created byDr Monjur Ahmed

Last updated 8/2018

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What you'll learn

A learner will have basic understanding on AWS CloudFormation to automate Cloud infrastructure deployment related tasks.

Course content

1 section • 7 lectures • 1h 23m total length

Course Overview3:19
Explore AWS CloudFormation basics and learn how templates automate infrastructure tasks. Design and deploy resources automatically using CloudFormation.
CloudFormation: Introduction8:43
AWS CloudFormation introduces a template-driven approach to provisioning and configuring resources and services, showing how automation reduces human errors by avoiding manual configurations.
CloudFormation: Introduction
CloudFormation Stack4:47
Explore how a CloudFormation stack automates deploying a virtual machine with a web server, website content, and security policies via a template.
CloudFormation Stack
Creating WordPress Blog Site using Stack22:51
Learn to automate WordPress site deployment with Amazon CloudFormation by creating a stack from a template, defining resources, security groups, keys, and region settings.
Anatomy of a CloudFormation Template15:13
Explore the anatomy of an AWS CloudFormation template, learning how to declare resources, define parameters, and use references in JSON or YAML, with examples like a hello bucket.
CloudFormation Template
CloudFormation Designer: Part-119:07
Design CloudFormation templates with the CloudFormation designer by dragging and dropping resources like vpc, security groups, routing table, and internet gateway, and switch between json and yaml.
CloudFormation Designer: Part-29:00
Load and edit an existing cloud formation template, adjust resource properties, and validate syntax before creating a stack. Explore templates, mappings, and the AWS documentation for deploy guidance.
CloudFormation Designer

Requirements

A learner knows how to create AWS account and already familiar with at least AWS EC2.

Description

Overall Course Objective:

Gain a fair introductory level understanding on AWS CloudFormation.

Pre-requisite: A learner needs to have good understanding on Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Computer Networks, IP Addressing and AWS EC2. It is also assumed that a learner has an idea on what is Amazon Web Services (AWS), as this course does NOT provide an overview or introduction to AWS. It is also assumed that a learner knows how to create an AWS account and have an active AWS account. A computer with an Internet connection is required.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Understand what is AWS CloudFormation.

2. Understand CloudFormation stack.

3. Learn how to automate tasks using CloudFormation.

4. Learn the anatomy of a CloudFormation template.

5. Learn how to work with CloudFormation designer.

Course Outline:

- Introduction to AWS CloudFormation.

- CloudFormation stack.

- Create a WordPress blog website using CloudFormation stack.

- Anatomy of a CloudFormation template.

- CloudFormation Designer.

What a Student will learn?

This is a basic course to understand the concepts AWS CloudFormation in general. This course aims to equip a learner with skills on CloudFormation to such an extent, so that a learner can master on CloudFormation through Self-Directed Learning once they successfully complete this course. This is a basic and beginner level course on CloudFormation.

Who this course is for:

Someone who has started learning AWS and wants to gain an introductory level understadning on CloudFormation.