#cloudformation-resources
We can now rename and move logical resources in CloudFormation while retaining the physical resources?!
Introducing AWS CloudFormation Stack Refactoring
AWS CloudFormation introduces a new stack refactoring feature that allows developers to move resources between stacks, split monolithic stacks, and reorganize ...
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February 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Ugh, the pain that is CloudFormation Custom Resources development. One mistake and you're staring at a stuck rollback for 60 minutes. IYKYK.
March 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Want to know why System Initiative is going to change your life if you're an infrastructure engineer? We've added full coverage for every AWS service, through using the Cloud Control API and CloudFormation for unsupported resources. It's been weeks, not months, from a standing start.
February 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
AWS now provides programmatic access to Regional availability data for services, APIs, and CloudFormation resources through Amazon S3, enabling organizations to automate deployment validation and multi-region planning workflows.
Building automated AWS Regional availability checks with Amazon S3
AWS now provides programmatic access to Regional availability data for services, APIs, and CloudFormation resources through Amazon S3, enabling organizations to automate deployment validation and multi-region planning workflows.
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April 9, 2026 at 6:45 PM
My #CloudFormation experience would be better if, it would have:

- 100% service and feature coverage
- support importing all resources, incl. custom resources
- launch-day support for all new services and features
With another #awsreinvent in the books, we’re solidifying plans for 2025. Send me your top #AWS #CloudFormation pain points! #feedback 🙏
December 7, 2024 at 3:11 PM
I hope you never need this, but it is now possible to move resources between AWS CloudFormation stacks, and to rename logical IDs:

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Introducing AWS CloudFormation Stack Refactoring | Amazon Web Services
Introduction As your cloud infrastructure grows and evolves, you may find the need to reorganize your AWS CloudFormation stacks for better management, for improved modularity, or to align with changin...
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February 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
HCL isn't my favourite thing in the world, but man is Terraform so much faster at deploying resources than CloudFormation.

I feel like I need to get deep on Pulumi at some point.

#iac
April 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
sorry work rant, but I despise these poorly made cloudformation products created by wannabe engineers that have like 20 sub stacks and keep failing and then I have to wait for the rollback which ofc is poorly made and creates orphaned resources everywhere 😩
February 4, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Ah yes, one of those "Here's a CloudFormation template with 200 resources. It will cost $1673 per month to run and can fail in 73 unexpected ways" solutions.
November 22, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Trupositive is a wrapper that automatically tags Terraform and CloudFormation resources with Git commit SHA, branch, and repository metadata for auditability and infrastructure traceability

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June 8, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Huh. Found a bug in CDK (CloudFormation propagates stack's tags even when it's not supposed to) and the AWS devs marked it as a critical issue.
March 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
What. WHAT? WHAT?! CloudFormation Custom Resources now have customizable timeouts?! Do you know how many hours I've lost waiting for failed custom resources and NOW you're telling me this was an option all along?

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AWS CloudFormation accelerates dev-test cycle with adjustable timeouts for custom resources - AWS
Discover more about what's new at AWS with AWS CloudFormation accelerates dev-test cycle with adjustable timeouts for custom resources
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June 10, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Use AWS CloudFormation Git sync to configure resources in customer accounts https://groups.googl... #devops #architecture
August 23, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Reshape your AWS CloudFormation stacks seamlessly with stack refactoring

AWS CloudFormation introduces a new capability called stack refactoring that makes it easy to reorganize cloud resources across your CloudFormation stacks. Stack refactoring enables...

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Reshape your AWS CloudFormation stacks seamlessly with stack refactoring
AWS CloudFormation introduces a new capability called stack refactoring that makes it easy to reorganize cloud resources across your CloudFormation stacks. Stack refactoring enables you to move resources from one stack to another, split monolithic stacks into smaller components, and rename the logical name of resources within a stack. This enables you to adapt your stacks to meet architectural patterns, operational needs, or business requirements. As your workloads scale and requirements evolve, re-architecting resources into a new stack structure can become necessary. For example, you may need to split a monolithic stack for easier resource lifecycle management or rename resource logical IDs to align with new naming conventions. Previously, refactoring a stack required multiple manual steps, such as updating templates to retain targeted resources, removing them from current stacks, and then importing them into new stacks. Stack refactoring improves the speed and safety of this process. To refactor a stack, you first provide the CloudFormation templates that reflect the desired stack structure. Then, you generate a preview of the refactor operation, allowing you to confirm that the refactoring changes align with your requirements. If the planned changes meet your expectations, you can execute the refactor operation through an atomic workflow. This new capability enables seamless and continuous adaptation to evolving architectural patterns. Stack refactor is available in all AWS Regions where CloudFormation is supported. To get started, update your CloudFormation templates to reflect the desired stack structure, then use the AWS CLI or SDK to perform the refactor operation. Visit our https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/introducing-aws-cloudformation-stack-refactoring/ to learn more about this feature.  
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February 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
📰 New article by Ramdas Gutlapalli, Rishika Kasani, Lokesh Chauhan

How to stream PostgreSQL changes to Amazon S3 with AWS Fargate

#AWS #Databases
How to stream PostgreSQL changes to Amazon S3 with AWS Fargate
In this post, we show you how to build a fully managed, event-driven change data capture (CDC) pipeline. It streams row-level changes from Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL or Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL to Amazon S3 in near real time. You deploy the entire pipeline with a single AWS CloudFormation template, and it can run in private subnets with no internet gateway without exposing resources to the public internet.
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September 25, 2026 at 4:26 PM
It's here!! AWS SAM CLI now handles dynamic loops to generate resources! This and other CloudFormation language extensions are now live! I stinking LOVE this! builder.aws.com/content/3DiJ...
Dynamic Looping Comes to AWS SAM | AWS Builder Center
AWS SAM CLI now supports CloudFormation Language Extensions, bringing Fn::ForEach, Fn::Length, Fn::ToJsonString, FindInMap with default values, and conditional deletion policies to your local developm...
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May 18, 2026 at 4:19 PM
AWS is screwing with me. Got a CodePipeline with CloudFormation action that deploys a stack. Immediately after the stack and all its resources are deployed successfully it switches to cleanup, deletes all the resources and ultimately deletes the just deployed stack. I think it hates me.
September 20, 2023 at 5:52 PM
Apparently this feature was quietly added 1.5 years ago, it's not mentioned anywhere, and is completely undocumented. github.com/aws/aws-cdk/...
feat(cli): support CloudFormation simplified resource import by kaizencc · Pull Request #32676 · aws/aws-cdk
Issue # (if applicable) Closes #28060. Reason for this change This feature allows to automatically import exsting resources with the same physical name, such as S3 bucket, DDB table, etc, during a ...
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July 17, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I Tried 20+ AWS Formation Courses - Here Are My Top 5 Recommendations for 2027
 Hello guys, If you are learning AWS and want to learn AWS CloudFormation service in-depth and looking for the best online training courses, you have come to the right place. Earlier, I have shared the best AWS courses for beginners, and today I will share the best online courses to learn AWS CloudFormation in depth. If you don't know, Amazon AWS CloudFormation is a service provided by AWS to manage all of your application resources in one place if your application uses many benefits such as Amazon EC2 and Amazon RDS and so on because working them separately can take your time. It will be so tricky, especially for complex application infrastructure.  Do you also know that you can create a template in amazon AWS CloudFormation using a JSON file which is a JavaScript object notation following a specific structure that Amazon AWS CloudFormation has put into managing all of your resources in one place and without any extra fees or cost because you only pay for what you are using of the power not for using CloudFormation? You now know what Amazon CloudFormation is, and you probably want to learn it if you are a web developer having a project to be deployed on their server. This article will give you some online courses that make this easy for you. These AWS CloudFormation courses are selected from online learning platforms like Udemy, Pluralsight, and Coursera. These are created by experts and trusted by thousands of developers to learn AWS cloud formation in depth. You can join one or two courses from this list to understand this valuable AWS service better. 5 Best AWS CloudFormation Online training Courses and Classes in 2027 Without wasting any more of your time, here is the list of best online training courses to learn the AWS CloudFormation service in 2027. These are the best AWS CloudFormation courses created by experts and trusted by thousands of people discovering this useful AWS service.  They are also very affordable, especially AWS courses from Udemy, which you can buy for just $10 on several Udemy sales which happen every now and then. 1. AWS CloudFormation Master Class Anyone who has never used amazon AWS CloudFormation before and wants to learn it, configure it, manage resources, play around with parameters, and much more can enroll in this udemy course. Here are vital things you will learn in this course: * Introduction about AWS and CloudFormation. * Create a YAML configuration file. * How to use the resources in CloudFormation. Starting with an introduction about what AWS and CloudFormation are and some more concepts about them. Then moving to how to create YAML file configuration and how to use the CloudFormation parameters, the resources mapping output conditions, and much more, you need to have at least some basic understanding of the AWS services to enroll in this course. 2. Mastering AWS CloudFormation Templates Using JSON For anyone who wants to learn and implement the template inside his Amazon, CloudFormation to provisioning and managing how AWS services using JSON file can enroll in this udemy course. You will learn in this course: * How to use different Amazon AWS services. * Add and create a JSON file. * Deploy the Lambda function. You will learn how to use many Amazon AWS services such as EC2, DynamoDB, and VPC and how to configure them, add parameters, and create a JSON file that will handle everything, and this is what you expect to learn from this short course. 3. Automating AWS with CloudFormation Managing amazon infrastructure can be hard and time-consuming. Hence, you need a way to automate your services, improve your infrastructure's quality, and save cost, and the Pluralsight course will teach you all of that. You start by exploring what amazon CloudFormation is and the differences between running it manually and automating it, then moving to write some code that will take care of your Amazon AWS CloudFormation configuration playing around with parameters and many more topics, just to name a few. You will learn in this course: * The differences between manual and automating. * Change the parameters inside your infrastructure. * Creating some code to automate the infrastructure.  By the way, you would need a Pluralsight membership to join this course which costs around $29 per month or $299 per year (14% discount). I highly recommend this subscription to all programmers as it provides instant access to more than 7000+ online courses to learn any tech skill. Alternatively, you can also use their 10-day-free-pass to watch this course for FREE. 4. AWS CloudFormation — Simplified | Hands-On with YAML Probably this course is the most comprehensive one that you have ever found online, covering all that you need to get started with Amazon AWS Cloudformation from a beginner to advanced. You will learn in this course: * Introduction to CloudForamation. * How to use the YAML file. * Manage resources in AWS service. You will see what AWS CloudFormation is and some concepts about it then move to what YAML is and how to manage resources in AWS services such as EC2 and understanding the parameter of the AWS services and mapping conditions outputs the metadata EC2 user-data and many more topics that you are going to see inside this course. 5. Building Architectures with AWS CloudFormation The last suggestion course is intended for people who want to build an architecture with amazon CloudFormation and automate the deployment process. You will learn in this course: * Learn What is CloudFormation. * Automate the deployment. * How to use the CloudFormation designer.  You will see how to create a billing alarm and explore what CloudFormation is and the templates and the design of this infrastructure, and you will design a web service inside the CloudFormation designer and much more. That's all about the best online training courses to learn AWS CloudFormation for beginners and experienced developers. If you want to learn AWS CloudFormation in-depth, you can choose a couple of classes to form this list, and you will be in a better place. Amazon AWS is the most comprehensive and widely used web service around the globe, lowering thousands of websites and platforms such as Netflix, Reddit, and Pinterest, just to name a few giving them the power to run their business and to manage the whole infrastructure of your amazon AWS you need to use the AWS CloudFormation. Other AWS Online Courses you may like * Top 5 Courses to Crack AWS DevOps Engineer Exam * 5 Free AWS Solution Architect Associate Practice Test, Dumps, and Mock Exam * 5 Courses to become AWS DevOps Engineer Professional  * Top 5 Courses to Crack AWS Solution Architect Professional Exam * How to Pass the AWS Solution Architect Associate Exam * Top 5 AWS and Cloud Courses for Java Developers * Top 5 Courses to Crack AWS Certified Developer Associate Exam * 5 Free Courses to learn Amazon Web Service * Top 5 Courses to Crack AWS Solution Architect Associate Certification  * Ultimate 5 Practice Tests to become AWS Developer Associate * Top 5 Courses to learn GCP Cloud Certifications * Top 5 Courses to become AWS Solution Architect Professional * Ultimate 5 Mock test and Exam Dumps for AWS Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C01) * How to pass the Azure Fundamentals Exam (AZ-900) * Top 5 Courses to learn AWS for Beginners and Experienced Developers * My Favorite Courses to learn AWS in depth * 5 Best courses to Pass the AWS Cloud Practitioner exam * How to prepare for AWS Solution Architect Certification * Top 5 Courses to learn AWS Quicksight for Beginners P. S. - If you are keen to learn AWS and looking for a free online training course to start with, then you can also check out this Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Zero to Hero course by Backspace Academy on Udemy. This course is entirely free, and you just need an Udemy account to join this course.
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September 21, 2026 at 2:40 PM
AWS CloudFormation Hooks introduces stack and change set target invocation points

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/ Hooks announces the general availability of new https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation-cli/latest/hooks-userguide/hooks-conc...

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AWS CloudFormation Hooks introduces stack and change set target invocation points
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/ Hooks announces the general availability of new https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation-cli/latest/hooks-userguide/hooks-concepts.html#hook-terms-hook-target. CloudFormation Hooks allows you to invoke custom logic to inspect resource configurations prior to CloudFormation operations to enforce organizational best practices and ensure only compliant resources are provisioned. Today’s launch extends this capability beyond resource properties, enabling expressive safety checks that consider the entire context of a stack and the planned CloudFormation operation changes. Customers previously used Hooks to run validation checks on resource properties before provisioning. Now, by targeting the stack as the control point, you can run hooks against the entire template payload and target multiple resources at once. This allows you to examine resource relationships and their dependencies. Moreover, you can use the change set invocation point to run Hooks when a change set is created to evaluate the updated template and change set payload. This allows you to automate your change set review, and reduce the end-to-end time to resolve issues. You can set Hooks to fail the deployment or warn about the operations if there is any non-compliant configurations found. The stack and change set target control points are now available in all https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/regions_az/. Refer to https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation-cli/latest/hooks-userguide/what-is-cloudformation-hooks.html to learn more.
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November 21, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Great to see AWS has now added a "stack refactoring" feature to CloudFormation!
This should prevent the need to delete-then-import to move resources between stacks, which in my experience has always been a butt-clenching experience.

#AWS #IaC #DevOps
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February 8, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Tired of waiting on CloudFormation, racking up bills, and debugging invisible resources?

Learn how to run a real serverless app entirely on your laptop using LocalStack, with step-by-step commands and explanations.

Check out this guide by Kiah to get started: blog.localstack.cloud/why-i-run-my...
Why I Run My AWS Serverless Apps Locally First (and You Probably Should Too)
Tired of waiting on CloudFormation, racking up bills, and debugging invisible resources? Learn how to run a real serverless app (S3, Lambda, SQS, and DynamoDB) entirely on your laptop using LocalStack...
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July 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
More goodies from AWS: regional capabilities (services, APIs, CloudFormation support) are now programmatically accessible through S3, at no cost!

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Building automated AWS Regional availability checks with Amazon S3
AWS now provides programmatic access to Regional availability data for services, APIs, and CloudFormation resources through Amazon S3, enabling organizations t...
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April 9, 2026 at 7:59 PM