Agus Kurniawan 
Learn CloudFormation 
Write, deploy, and maintain your AWS infrastructure

Get up and running with AWS automation using Cloud Formation

Key Features

• Explore the fundamentals of AWS Cloud Formation


• Get acquainted with concepts such as Cloud Formation templates and mappings


• Learn to implement Infrastructure as a Code (Ia C) 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. Cloud Formation is a language developed for managing infrastructure-related services efficiently on AWS and its features help secure the AWS resource deployment process.

Learn Cloud Formation serves as a fundamental guide to kick-start your journey on Cloud Formation. We will introduce you to the basic concepts on Ia C and the AWS services required for implementing automation and infrastructure management. Then, we deep dive into concepts such as Cloud Formation mapping, conditions, limit, and output and EC2. In the concluding chapters, you will manage the entire AWS infrastructure using Cloud Formation templates.

By the end of this book, you will get up and running with Ia C with Cloud Formation.

What you will learn

• Understand AWS Cloud Formation


• Develop AWS Cloud Formation templates


• Deploy AWS Cloud Formation for AWS resources


• Build your first AWS Cloud Formation project


• Explore AWS Security features


• Deploy testing and production stages using Cloud Formation

Who this book is for

Learn Cloud Formation 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.