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AWS CloudFormation Drift Detection
August 12, 2022
We'll explain what AWS CloudFormation Drift Detection is and how it works. It's similar to terraform plan but there are some differences. We'll cover the nuances, differences and walk through an example.
Links
AWS CloudFormation Docs Using Stac...
13:15
AWS CloudFormation Change Sets
August 12, 2022
We'll cover CloudFormation Change Sets. It allows you to preview what CloudFormation will do before having to press the scary big red button. For those coming from different worlds:
Tool
Name
CloudFormation
Change Sets
Terraform
plan
Ch...
6:39
aws cloudformation deploy
August 12, 2022
We'll cover the CLI command
aws cloudformation deploy
We'll also discuss how it's different from the commands
aws cloudformation create-stack
aws cloudformation update-stack
Links
AWS CLI Docs: aws cloudformation deploy
GitHub Repo: https://g...
6:27
aws cloudformation package
August 11, 2022
We'll cover the command
aws cloudformation package
Links
aws cloudformation package
aws cloudformation deploy
AWS CloudFormation Lambda
GitHub Repo: https://github.com/boltops-learn/cloudformation-fundamentals-102/tree/main/cloudformation-packa...
8:52
AWS CloudFormation Intrinsic Functions
August 4, 2022
CloudFormation Intrinsic Functions are built-in functions that allow you to perform some logic. They're quite useful and you'll see them out in the wild being used so it's good to get to know them.
CloudFormation Docs
Intrinsic Functions
EC2 Se...
9:08
AWS CloudFormation SSM Parameter Types
August 4, 2022
AWS CloudFormation SSM Parameter Types is a special type of parameter that allows you reference SSM Param Store values. This is useful to reference the latest Amazon Linux 2 AMI published by AWS. We'll cover it and shows how much it simplifies you...
6:30
AWS CloudFormation Conditions and Condition Functions
August 4, 2022
Conditions and Condition Functions are how you perform conditional logic with CloudFormation. They are pretty weird because of the declarative nature of CloudFormation. The Condition is a way to capture a result of a Condition Functions in a "vari...
16:15
AWS CloudFormation Pseudo Parameters
August 4, 2022
CloudFormation pseudo-parameters are parameters that are not defined by you, they are defined by CloudFormation. You reference or use them just like normal parameters though. They're common used and seen in a lot of CloudFormation templates.
Link...
6:36
AWS CloudFormation Mappings
August 4, 2022
AWS CloudFormation mappings are like a 2-level case statement or hash or dictionary or map. The data structure allows you to perform some logic and grab elements out of this structure. It's usual use to grab a region specific AMI. We'll provide a...
15:30
AWS CloudFormation Outputs
August 4, 2022
AWS CloudFormation Outputs are like "return values". For the most part, people use them to surface useful attributes to the AWS CloudFormation management console.
Links
GitHub Repo https://github.com/boltops-learn/cloudformation-fundamentals-10...
6:22
AWS CloudFormation Parameters
August 4, 2022
CloudFormation parameters are essentially inputs to the CloudFormation template. They allow you to reuse the same template and create different stacks.
Links
GitHub Repo https://github.com/boltops-learn/cloudformation-fundamentals-101/tree/mai...
11:33
AWS CloudFormation Resources
August 4, 2022
We'll introduce the resources section of CloudFormation template. This is the only required section and hence is a good starting point. We'll create a security group because:
required: At least one actual resource is required by CloudFormation. ...
13:27
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AWS CloudFormation: Webserver EC2 Instance and Security Group
August 4, 2022
In this video, we'll walk you through a real-world situation where:
You'll download an existing CloudFormation template
Review it
Update and fix it so it works
We'll install apache with UserData and show you how to ssh into the instance and de...
36:08
AWS CloudFormation Intro: CLI Tutorial
August 3, 2022
We'll provide a general introduction with the AWS CloudFormation CLI. This is right up the alley for those who are used to using the CLI.
Links
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-properties-ec2-instance.html#cfn-...
15:27
AWS CloudFormation Intro: Console Tutorial
August 3, 2022
We'll provide a general introduction with the AWS CloudFormation management console. This is a great way to get started learning how to use CloudFormation. It's also a good refresher for those who already know CloudFormation.
Links
https://docs...
15:07
free lesson
AWS CloudFormation High-Level Introduction
August 3, 2022
In this introduction we'll talk about what CloudFormation is at a high-level. Note, video is more theoretical than practical hands-on like most other videos. It's quite useful though for those who are just getting started.
We'll provide backgroun...
12:05
Terraform Intro: What is Terraform?
July 24, 2022
We'll explain what Terraform is. For context, we'll provide a high level overview of:
Infrastructure Orchestration Space: Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure Resource Manager, Google Deployment Manager
Configuration Management Space: Chef, Salt
HCL...
10:44
AWS EC2 Instance with the Console: Manually Creating is a Great Way to Learn How Things Work
December 14, 2021
We'll build an EC2 instance with the AWS Console. We'll cover the common settings that you can configure the EC2 instance with. We'll also cover the user data script and show you how to can customize the EC2 instance when the instance is first lau...
14:32
EKS Managed Nodes Cluster with the AWS Console and CLI: Popular Choice Among EKS Users
November 19, 2021
We'll walk through creating an EKS cluster with the AWS Console and CLI. We'll create a EKS powered by Managed Nodes.
Creating the EKS Cluster this way really helps to learn about the underlying components required to make an EKS Cluster. It help...
23:11
EKS Fargate Cluster with AWS Console and CLI: Manual Creation From the Docs
November 19, 2021
We'll walk through creating an EKS cluster with the AWS Console and CLI. We'll create a EKS powered by Fargate.
Creating the EKS Cluster this way really helps to learn about the underlying components required to make an EKS Cluster. It helps with...
27:35
EKS Fargate Cluster with eksctl
November 18, 2021
We'll walk through creating an EKS cluster with the eksctl tool. We'll create a EKS powered by Fargate.
To help learn about the eksctl tool and we'll explore and review what gets created:
CloudFormation Stacks
VPC Network
EKS Cluster
Links:
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14:04
EKS Managed Nodes Cluster with eksctl
October 9, 2021
We'll walk through creating an EKS cluster with the eksctl tool. We'll create a EKS powered by Managed Nodes.
To help learn about the eksctl tool and we'll explore and review what gets created:
CloudFormation Stacks
VPC Network
EKS Cluster
EC2 ...
16:55
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CloudFormation Template and jq Tips Summarize Resources
September 17, 2017
AWS CloudFormation Templates and jq Tips. In this video, I'll show you how to use jq to quickly summarize what resources are defined in a CloudFormation template. I found this to be useful to help understand how a CloudFormation template works.
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