Using AWS CLI to Manage CloudFormation Tips & Tricks

Learn a few tips and tricks for working with the AWS CLI to manage a CloudFormation stack.

Create a Reusable IAM Role for AWS CodeBuild

In this article we show how to create a reusable CodeBuild IAM role that can be used with all new CodeBuild Projects.

Create an IAM Role for CloudFormation

When using CloudFormation to manage resources in AWS, CloudFormation must use an IAM role that has permission to modify each resource defined in the CloudFormation stack. This can either be the user’s role in AWS, or a specified role created for the stack. In this article we’ll see how to easily create a specific role for CloudFormation using AWS CLI.

Create an IAM Role to use with CodePipeline

When creating a new CodePipeline, an IAM role is required, but AWS does not have a managed role to easily select from when creating new pipelines, specifically from CloudForamtion. To generate a new role the web console is needed to create a new pipeline and generate a new role. This article describes how to use the generated role to easily create a new IAM role to use with CodePipeline.

Create a Lambda Function with CloudFormation

In this article we will take a look at creating and deploying a new Lambda function using CloudFormation and discuss why using CloudFormation to manage AWS resouces is beneficial.

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AWS Lambda Destinations - A Real World Example

An AWS Lambda Destination is a way to route the results of a Lambda function to another AWS service such as SQS, SNS, or another Lambda function. This can help simplify our code by keeping to a Separation of concerns programming pattern, which ultimately will help us maintain a microservices architecture.