Hands-On Introduction to CloudFormation - 2 hour course
Learn the basics of CloudFormation with minimal AWS knowledge required. Simple, fun exercises for hands on experience!
Hands-On Introduction to CloudFormation - 2 hour course free download
Learn the basics of CloudFormation with minimal AWS knowledge required. Simple, fun exercises for hands on experience!
"This course is a well elaborated introduction to Cloud Formation. Rick makes easy to follow up the examples and to understand the official documentation." -Diego
"Very clear, concise language. Using AWS terminology and carefully explains processes and use cases." Jonathan
Why should I pick this course?
Do you need to understand the basics of CloudFormation? Have you found that many training resources use complex technical jargon that makes it difficult to understand the basic concepts? If you need to get a basic understanding of CloudFormation quickly and clearly, this is the course for you.
Will I learn how to apply this in real life?
We will use real examples of CloudFormation Templates that you can try on your own. You can modify and play with these templates. Getting started will be easy and painless!
Learn from an official AWS instructor
I spent years teaching directly for AWS as one of their approved instructors.
This course will teach you the following:
The basic concepts of CloudFormation and what it can be used for
How to separate CloudFormation templates to make them reusable and easy to debug
Understand the tools used to create CloudFormation templates
Understand and modify YAML formatted CloudFormation Templates
Using CloudFormation Designer to get a visual representation of your templates
How to create an EC2 instance with an Elastic IP, and IAM role, and a Security Group
How to apply tags to the resources you create
Create an S3 bucket with versioning enabled
Update CloudFormation stacks with a new S3 bucket name
Use parameters to allow users to provide input when creating a CloudFormation stack
Use conditions to customize which resources are created in different situations
Use mappings with test and dev environments and across different regions
I have taught hundreds of thousands of students across a variety of platforms, and I think anyone who needs to understand CloudFormation will love this course. Most lectures in this course are 5 - 10 minutes long. This course gives you an understanding of the most critical knowledge areas of CloudFormation and gives you hands-on experience.
