Cloudformation for AWS

1. AWS CloudFormation Introduction

• What is CloudFormation?
• Benefits of CloudFormation
• CloudFormation vs Ansible & Terraform
• First AWS CloudFormation Template

2. CloudFormation First Hands-On

• YAML Tutorial
• JSON to YAML Practice Exercise
• Creating an S3 Bucket using CloudFormation
• Updating an S3 Bucket using CloudFormation
• Deleting an S3 Bucket using CloudFormation
• CloudFormation Template Options
• Using CloudFormation Designer
• CloudFormation Building Blocks
• Deploying CloudFormation Templates

3. Stack Features

• Stack Features – Pre-requisites
• Create Stack
• Update Stack
• Create Change Set – KeyName
• Create Change Set – InstanceType
• Update Rollback
• Create Stack – Invalid Template

4. CloudFormation Parameters

• Parameters Introduction
• Add KeyName as Parameter – AWS
• Specific Parameter
• Add AvailabilityZone as Parameter – Parameter Type – String
• Add InstanceType as Parameter – Parameter Type – String
• Add Instance Type as Parameter -Parameter Type – SSM

5. CloudFormation Resources

• Resources Introduction
• Create a Resource – EC2 Instance
• Create a Resource – Security Group
• Create a new rule in existing Security Group
• Create a new resource – Elastic IP
• Perform CloudFormation Temaplate – Case Sensitivity Test

6. CloudFormation Mappings

• Mappings Overview
• Fn::FindInMap (accessing Mapping values)
• Mappings Hands On
• Pseudo Parameters in CloudFormation

7. CloudFormation Outputs

• Outputs Introduction
• Outputs – Base Template Overview
• Outputs – InstanceId as Output
• Outputs – Intrinsic Function Fn::GetAtt
• Outputs – Intrinsic Function Fn::Sub and Exports Feature
• Outputs – Cross Reference Stacks using Exports Feature & Fn::ImportValue
• Outputs – For Master Stack – Test Delete Stack and Modify Stack
• Outputs – Conditions in Outputs section of a Template
• Outputs – Intrinsic Function Fn::Join

8. CloudFormation Conditions

• Conditions Introduction
• Conditions – Intrinsic Function Fn::Equals
• Conditions – Intrinsic Function Fn::If and PSeudo Parameter AWS::NoValue
• Conditions – Intrinsic Function Fn::If – Additional Usecase
• Conditions – Intrinsic Function Fn::Not
• Conditions – Intrinsic Function Fn::Or
• Conditions – Intrinsic Function Fn::And
• Conditions Functions
• Fn::GetAtt (get attribute function)

9. CloudFormation Metadata

• Metadata Overview
• AWS::CloudFormation::Designer Hands On
• AWS::CloudFormation::Interface Hands On

10. CFN Init and EC2 User Data

• EC2 User Data Overview
• CloudFormation EC2 User Data
• CloudFormation Init Overview
• Packages
• Groups and Users
• Sources
• Files
• Fn::Sub (substitute function)
• Commands
• Services
• CFN Init and Signal
• CFN Init Hands-On
• User Data vs CloudFormation::Init vs Helper Scripts

11. CloudFormation Nested Stacks

• Nested Stacks Overview
• Nested Stacks Updates
• Nested Stacks Deletes
• Closing Comments on Nested Stacks

12. Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery using AWS CloudFormation

• Introduction to Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery
• Introduction to EC2 Apps Stack
• EC2 Apps Stack – Create Security Group
• EC2 Apps Stack – Create VM Instances, Parameters and Outputs
• EC2 Apps Stack – Create Instance Profile Role and Instance Profile
• EC2 Apps Stack – Create Stack and Verify
• CodeCommit – Introduction
• CodeCommit – Create a Simple Rest Application
• CodeCommit – Create Repo in CodeCommit and check-in code
• CodeCommit – Additional CodeCommit Features
• Introduction to CodeBuild with AWS Web Console & CloudFormation
• CodeBuild – Introduction
• CodeBuild – Create Project
• CodeBuild – Create buildspec.yml and start build
• CodeBuild – Create Build Notifications
• CodeBuild CFN – CloudFormation Introduction
• CodeBuild CFN – Update buildspec.yml with Runtime Version
• CodeBuild CFN – Create CodeBuild CloudFormation Template
• CodeBuild CFN – Create CodeBuild Stack and Test
• Introduction to CodeDeploy with AWS Web Console & CloudFormation
• CodeDeploy – Introduction
• CodeDeploy – Create CodeDeploy Service Role
• CodeDeploy – Create a Test VM
• CodeDeploy – Create Application & Deployment Group
• CodeDeploy – Create appspec.yml and scripts
• CodeDeploy – Create New Build & Deployment
• CodeDeploy – Verify the new Deployment
• CodeDeploy – New Application Release
• CodeDeploy CFN – CloudFormation Introduction
• CodeDeploy CFN – appspec.yml and Scripts
• CodeDeploy CFN – Create Template – Role, Application and Deployment Group
• CodeDeploy CFN – Create CodeDeploy Stack
• CodeDeploy CFN – Create Deployment and Update Stack and Test
• Introduction to CodePipeline with AWS Web Console & CloudFormation
• CodePipeline – Introduction
• CodePipeline – Create Pipeline
• CodePipeline – Make changes to Rest App and Verify CodePipeline
• CodePipeline – Introduction to Prod Approval and Deploy Stages
• CodePipeline – Create Prod EC2 Instance & Prod Deployment Group
• CodePipeline – Create Prod Approval and Prod Deploy Stages
• CodePipeline – Change Code in App and Check-In Code to Trigger Pipeline
• CodePipeline – Conclusion for Prod Approval and Deploy Stages
• CodePipeline CFN – Introduction
• CodePipeline CFN – Create CodePipeline Role
• CodePipeline CFN – Create Pipeline Stages – Source, Build and Stage
• CodePipeline CFN – Create Pipeline Stack and Verify
• CodePipeline CFN – Create SNS and Prod Deployment Group
• CodePipeline CFN – Create Prod Pipeline Stages – Approval & Deploy
• CodePipeline CFN – Update Stack with Prod Stages

13. Infrastructure as Code using CloudFormation

• Introduction to Infrastructure as Code
• Introduction to Infrastructure as Code using AWS Management Console
• Understand VPC Source Files
• Create VPCRepo in CodeCommit and Check-In VPC Source files
• Create Pipeline with Source and Build Stages
• Create Pipeline with Test VPC Stage
• Create Pipeline with Prod Stage (Create Change Set, Approval, Execute CS)
• Update VPC CFN Template with new VPC resources and check-in code
• Introduction to Infrastructure as Code using CloudFormation
• VPC Source files check-in to CodeCommit Repository
• Create CodeBuild Role and CodeBuild Project in CFN Template
• Create CodePipeline Role and CloudFormation Role in CFN Template
• Create CodePipeline stages Source, Build and Test
• Create CodePipeline CloudFormation Stack with 3 stages
• Create Pipeline Stage for Prod(Create Change Set, Approval, Execute CS)
• Create CodePipeline CloudFormation Stack with 4 stages
• Check-in VPCRepo with new subnet resource added and Monitor Pipelin

14. CloudFormation Stack Policy

• Introduction to Stack Policy
• Stack Policy – Resource
• Stack Policy – Resource Type
• Stack Policy – Action-Update-Replace
• Stack Policy – NotAction – Update-Delete
• Stack Policy – Override existing Stack Policy during Stack Update