What's CloudFormation?

CloudFormation is a powerful Infrastructure as Code tool that can help automate and manage your AWS deployments. CloudFormation is a free AWS service which means no additional charge is needed (but you'll pay for the underlying resources). It manages the lifecycle of your infrastructure. This includes the following:

CloudFormation enables you to:

• Model and set up your AWS infrastructure using declarative templates.

• Automate provisioning and configuration.

• Manage dependencies between your resources.

• Easy control and track changes in infrastructure.