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IT professionals seeking a solution to speed up cloud provisioning with infrastructure as code

About AWS CloudFormation

AWS CloudFormation is a infrastructure provisioning and management tool that provides you the ability to create resource templates that specifies a set of AWS resources to provision. The templates allow you to version control your infrastructure, and also easily replicate your infrastructure stack quickly and with repeatability. Define an Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) subnet or provisioning services like AWS OpsWorks or Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) with ease. Run anything from a single Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance to a complex multi-region application. Automate, test, and deploy infrastructure templates with continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) automation. AWS CloudFormation lets you model, provision, and manage AWS and third-party resources by treating infrastructure as code. Speed up cloud provisioning with infrastructure as code.

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Starting Price:
$0.0009 per handler operation
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Overall 4.0 / 5
ease 4.0 / 5
features 4.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 4.0 / 5
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Amazon
Founded: 1994
United States
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AWS CloudFormation Frequently Asked Questions

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AWS CloudFormation Product Features

Cloud Management

Supply Monitoring Not Supported
Cost Management Not Supported
Multi-Cloud Management Not Supported
Access Control Not Supported
Billing & Provisioning Not Supported
Performance Analytics Not Supported
Demand Monitoring Not Supported
SLA Management Not Supported
Workflow Approval Not Supported
Capacity Analytics Not Supported

Continuous Integration

Build Log Not Supported
Change Management Not Supported
Configuration Management Not Supported
Continuous Delivery Not Supported
Continuous Deployment Not Supported
Debugging Not Supported
Permission Management Not Supported
Quality Assurance Management Not Supported
Testing Management Not Supported

DevOps

Approval Workflow Not Supported
Dashboard Not Supported
KPIs Not Supported
Policy Management Not Supported
Portfolio Management Not Supported
Prioritization Not Supported
Release Management Not Supported
Timeline Management Not Supported
Troubleshooting Reports Not Supported

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AWS CloudFormation Verified User Reviews

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  • Rishikesh M.
    Software Engineer
    Used the software for: 1-2 Years
    Frequency of Use: Monthly
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 100 - 499
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    "AWS CloudFormation"

    Posted 2020-12-23

    Pros: AWS CloudFormation makes the development of the environment happen with JSON or YAML configuration. Then the usage of similar file over and over again makes deployment consistent

    Cons: There is much room for making the documentation better.

    Overall: AWS CloudFormation lets users to use a text file to model and put out, in an automated environment and secure runtime environment.

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