AWS CloudFormation is increasing in popularity, as it provides the way to define a consistent and repeatable environment. You can do all the things that you can do either on the AWS Console or through CLI. You learnt the required details to build the stack and created the base network and one EC2 instance as an example. CloudFormation documentation is vast and not all the aspects of writing the YAML CloudFormation template are covered here. But this chapter will definitely help you to groom your skills in building the CloudFormation template. When building templates, intrinsic functions are key to capture the runtime values and perform an action based on the value. Understand those intrinsic functions. We have touched base on nested stack and cross stack references, which help you bring modularity into the CloudFormation template. In the next chapter, you will learn about...
AWS Tools for PowerShell 6
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Overview of this book
AWS Tools for PowerShell 6 shows you exactly how to automate all the aspects of AWS. You can take advantage of the amazing power of the cloud, yet add powerful scripts and mechanisms to perform common tasks faster than ever before.
This book expands on the Amazon documentation with real-world, useful examples and production-ready scripts to automate all the aspects of your new cloud platform. It will cover topics such as managing Windows with PowerShell, setting up security services, administering database services, and deploying and managing networking. You will also explore advanced topics such as PowerShell authoring techniques, and configuring and managing storage and content delivery.
By the end of this book, you will be able to use Amazon Web Services to automate and manage Windows servers. You will also have gained a good understanding of automating the AWS infrastructure using simple coding.
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AWS Tools for PowerShell 6
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Preface
Free Chapter
PowerShell Essentials
The AWS Overview
Installing PowerShell Core and AWS Tools
AWS Identity and Access Management
AWS Virtual Private Cloud
AWS Elastic Compute Cloud
AWS Simple Storage Service
Elastic Load Balancer
Auto Scaling
Laying Foundation for RDS Databases
DB Instance Administration and Management
Working with RDS Read Replicas
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
AWS CloudFormation
AWS CloudWatch
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