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- Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
- Sprache: Englisch
Get up and running with AWS automation using CloudFormation
Key Features
- Explore the fundamentals of AWS CloudFormation
- Get acquainted with concepts such as CloudFormation templates and mappings
- Learn to implement Infrastructure as a Code (IaC) on AWS
Book Description
As the Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure is gradually moving towards cloud, managing cloud-related tasks efficiently continues to be a challenge for system administrators. CloudFormation is a language developed for managing infrastructure-related services efficiently on AWS and its features help secure the AWS resource deployment process.
Learn CloudFormation serves as a fundamental guide to kick-start your journey on CloudFormation. We will introduce you to the basic concepts on IaC and the AWS services required for implementing automation and infrastructure management. Then, we deep dive into concepts such as CloudFormation mapping, conditions, limit, and output and EC2. In the concluding chapters, you will manage the entire AWS infrastructure using CloudFormation templates.
By the end of this book, you will get up and running with IaC with CloudFormation.
What you will learn
- Understand AWS CloudFormation
- Develop AWS CloudFormation templates
- Deploy AWS CloudFormation for AWS resources
- Build your first AWS CloudFormation project
- Explore AWS Security features
- Deploy testing and production stages using CloudFormation
Who this book is for
Learn CloudFormation is for cloud engineers, system administrators, cloud architects, or any stakeholders working in the field of cloud development or cloud administration. Basic knowledge of AWS is necessary.
Agus Kurniawan is a lecturer, researcher, IT consultant, and author. He has more than 16 years of experience in various software and hardware development projects for various companies. He also has been delivering materials in training and workshops, and delivering technical writing. He has been awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for 13 years in a row. He is currently doing some research related to software engineering, machine learning, networking, and security systems at the Faculty of Computer Science, University of Indonesia.
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About the author
Agus Kurniawan is a lecturer, researcher, IT consultant, and author. He has more than 16 years of experience in various software and hardware development projects for various companies. He also has been delivering materials in training and workshops, and delivering technical writing. He has been awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for 13 years in a row. He is currently doing some research related to software engineering, machine learning, networking, and security systems at the Faculty of Computer Science, University of Indonesia.
About the reviewer
Gajanan Chandgadkar has more than 12 years of IT experience. He has spent more than 6 years in the USA, helping large enterprises architect, migrate, and deploy applications in AWS. He is an AWS-certified solutions architect professional and a certified DevOps professional with more than seven certifications in trending technologies. He is also a technology enthusiast who has vast experience in different topics, such as application development, container technology, and continuous delivery.
Currently, he is working with Happiest Minds Technologies as an associate DevOps architect.
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Learn CloudFormation
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Contributors
About the author
About the reviewer
Packt is searching for authors like you
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
To get the most out of this book
Download the example code files
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Conventions used
Get in touch
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Introducing AWS CloudFormation
Introducing IaC
AWS CloudFormation
How does it work?
Controlling IaC source scripts
CloudFormation templates
CloudFormation stacks
CloudFormation StackSets
Exploring the AWS CloudFormation management console
Managing CloudFormation using the AWS CLI
Summary
Questions
Building Your First AWS CloudFormation Project
CloudFormation project scenario
Preparation
Implementing a CloudFormation project using the management console
Implementing a CloudFormation project using the AWS CLI
Setting up the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI)
Configuring security access for CloudFormation
Building and deploying CloudFormation
Editing a CloudFormation project
Editing CloudFormation using the management console
Editing CloudFormation using the AWS CLI
Deleting a CloudFormation project
Deleting CloudFormation using the management console
Deleting CloudFormation Stack using the AWS CLI
Summary
Questions
Developing AWS CloudFormation Templates
Reviewing the AWS CloudFormation template format
Reviewing JSON and YAML programming
JSON programming
YAML programming
The programming model for AWS CloudFormation templates
Writing JSON and YAML to create AWS CloudFormation templates
Getting input from the CloudFormation template
Introducing AWS CloudFormation Designer
Giving a template description
Selecting the input from options
Mapping parameters
Working with intrinsic functions
Working with Metadata on the CloudFormation template
CloudFormation resources
CloudFormation output
Demo – building Amazon EC2 using AWS CloudFormation
Preparing
Developing a CloudFormation template
Deploying the template
Summary
Questions
AWS CloudFormation StackSets
Introduction to AWS CloudFormation StackSets
Preparing CloudFormation StackSets
Getting the user ID from the IAM user
Creating the AWSCloudFormationStackSetAdministrationRole IAM role
Creating a service role – AWSCloudFormationStackSetExecutionRole
Implementing StackSets using management console
Creating a new StackSet
Adding a new CloudFormation Stack
Deleting CloudFormation stacks
Creating StackSets using the AWS CLI
Editing CloudFormation StackSets
Deleting CloudFormation StackSets
Summary
Questions
Building Lambda Functions Using AWS CloudFormation
Introducing AWS Lambda
Building AWS Lambda 
Creating the IAM role
Developing AWS Lambda using Web Management Console (WMC)
Testing AWS Lambda
CloudFormation template for AWS Lambda functions
Deploying Lambda functions using AWS CloudFormation
Creating a CloudFormation template for the Lambda function
Deploying AWS Lambda to CloudFormation
CloudFormation for AWS Lambda and DynamoDB
Creating the CloudFormation template for AWS DynamoDB
Building a CloudFormation template for Lambda and DynamoDB
Accessing DynamoDB from Lambda functions
Creating the CloudFormation template
Deploying the CloudFormation template
Configuring the Lambda invocation policy
Testing our Lambda function
Deploying the Lambda function to multiple regions
Preparation
Developing a CloudFormation template for the Lambda function
Deploying the Lambda function to multiple regions
Invoking the Lambda function
Summary
Questions
AWS CloudFormation Security
Security threats and models for AWS CloudFormation
Best practices for AWS security
Managing all AWS resource securities
Reducing security access to CloudFormation stacks
Stack policies
IAM conditions for CloudFormation
AWS security checklist
Summary
Assessment
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
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Preface
As the Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure is gradually moving towards the cloud, managing cloud-related tasks efficiently continues to be a challenge for system administrators. CloudFormation is a language that was developed for managing infrastructure-related services efficiently on AWS, and its features help secure the AWS resource deployment process. Learn CloudFormation serves as a fundamental guide that will kick-start your journey with CloudFormation. We will introduce you to the basic concepts of infrastructure as code (IaC) and the AWS services required to implement automation and infrastructure management. Then, we deep dive into concepts such as CloudFormation mapping, conditions, limits, output, and EC2. In the concluding chapters, you will manage the entire AWS infrastructure using CloudFormation templates.
By the end of this book, you will be up and running with IaC with CloudFormation.
Who this book is for
Learn CloudFormation is for cloud engineers, system administrators, cloud architects, or any stakeholders working in the field of cloud development or cloud administration. Basic knowledge of AWS is necessary.
What this book covers
Chapter 1, Introducing AWS CloudFormation, will introduce AWS CloudFormation and explain how to get started with AWS CloudFormation.
Chapter 2, Building Your First AWS CloudFormation Project, will explain how to get started building your first AWS CloudFormation project. The project will be implemented with a step-by-step practical approach.
Chapter 3, Developing AWS CloudFormation Templates, will explore how to develop AWS CloudFormation templates. Readers will learn how to create AWS CloudFormation templates using JSON and YAML. Readers also will be introduced to using AWS CloudFormation Designer to develop AWS CloudFormation templates in GUI mode.
Chapter 4, AWS CloudFormation StackSets, will explore the basics of AWS CloudFormation StackSets. By the end of this chapter, readers will know how to build and manage AWS CloudFormation StackSets.
Chapter 5, Building Lambda Functions Using AWS CloudFormation, will take readers through the process of deploying Lambda Functions using AWS CloudFormation.
Chapter 6, AWS CloudFormation Security, will deal with securing resources that are deployed using AWS CloudFormation.
Chapter 7, Managing and Testing Production Infrastructure for AWS CloudFormation, will explain how to manage and deploy testing and production infrastructure using AWS CloudFormation. The chapter is not present in the book, but it is available for the download in the following link: https://www.packtpub.com/sites/default/files/downloads/Managing_and_Testing_Production_Infrastructure_for_AWS_CloudFormation.pdf.
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