Let's have a basic understanding of Cloud Formation in AWS.

Cloud Formation:
W0e create the AWS Infrastructure by writing & running the code.

We have three ways to create AWS Infrastructure
1)GUI(Graphical user interface)
2)CLI(Command Line Interface)
3)IAC(Infrastructure as Code) - Write the code and run the code

Example:
How do we create 1000 EC2 Machines at a time?

This is where Cloud Formation comes into the picture.
Code is written in Json/Yaml script.
When we run the code, infrastructure would get created.

Advantages:
We can store the code in S3 for repeated execution for multiple regions(Known as reusability)
We can also have version control.

We also have Terraform.
It is similar to CloudFormation.
By using Terraform, we can create AWS/Azure/GCP Infrastructure quickly & efficiently.
The beauty of Terraform is the same code can be used across multiple clouds easily as known as reusability.

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August 09, 2021, 12:38 PM | 0 Replies