AWS CloudFormation Infrastructure as Code
Description
Comprehensive infrastructure automation using AWS CloudFormation templates, stacks, and best practices for cloud operations.
Learning Objectives
Learners will master CloudFormation template creation, stack management, deployment automation, and infrastructure as code best practices. They will implement comprehensive infrastructure automation strategies including nested stacks, cross-stack references, and change management.
Topics (12)
Foundation concepts of Infrastructure as Code and CloudFormation template structure.
Resource definition, property configuration, and dependency management in CloudFormation.
Dynamic template creation using parameters, conditions, and intrinsic functions.
Security implementation for infrastructure as code deployments.
Template validation, testing methodologies, and quality assurance for infrastructure code.
DevOps integration for automated infrastructure deployment pipelines.
Troubleshooting techniques and optimization strategies for CloudFormation deployments.
Stack lifecycle management including deployment, updates, and rollback strategies.
Modular infrastructure design using nested stacks and cross-stack dependencies.
Multi-account and multi-region deployment strategies using StackSets.
Change management and infrastructure compliance monitoring using CloudFormation features.
CloudFormation extensibility using custom resources and serverless integration.