Join Brandon Rich for an in-depth discussion in this video Understand AWS CloudFormation, part of Amazon Web Services: Deploying and Provisioning.
- [Instructor] One of the most exciting aspects of AWS…is the many ways in which it allows you to build…and manage your data center via code.…Let's take a look at AWS CloudFormation,…which does just that.…Imagine all of the decisions you make…when you create resources through the AWS console.…Whether you're creating a VPC in Subnets,…EC2 instances or load balancers,…you're taking steps to define the configuration…and set up each in great detail.…The next time you need to create similar resources,…you'll be back to clicking through screens…making those same decisions again.…
It would be great if we could keep a record…and replay those actions.…That's where AWS CloudFormation comes in,…because it lets you capture all those decisions…and encode them via a JSON or YAML template.…For brevity, I'll refer to YAML,…but just know that everything in CloudFormation…can be encoded as either one.…Every AWS resource…that you can create through the web console…has a corresponding YAML format documented by AWS.…For instance, if you want to create a VPC structure,…
Author
Brandon Rich
Released
12/8/2016This course is also part of a series designed to help you prepare for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate certification exam.
- Understanding AWS EC2
- Creating an EC2 instance
- Provisioning with CloudFormation
- Architecting apps for horizontal scaling
- Creating an Elastic Beanstalk environment and app
- Using OpsWorks
- Deploying apps with CodeDeploy
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome38s
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What you should know1m 10s
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Initial setup3m 26s
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1. AWS EC2 Foundations
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Understand AWS EC26m 2s
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Understand AWS Auto Scaling4m 44s
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2. EC2 Creation and Provisioning
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Create an EC2 instance13m 24s
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3. Deployment Concepts
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4. Elastic Beanstalk
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Understand Elastic Beanstalk5m 30s
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Deployment options2m 2s
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Beanstalk database5m 20s
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Beanstalk configuration6m 41s
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Customize Elastic Beanstalk3m 26s
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Elastic Beanstalk teardown1m 26s
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5. OpsWorks
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OpsWorks key concepts6m 3s
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Create OpsWorks stack2m 33s
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Create OpsWorks layer4m 17s
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Define application6m 30s
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Create database6m 9s
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OpsWorks teardown2m 19s
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6. CodeDeploy
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AWS CodeDeploy key concepts4m 32s
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CodeDeploy: IAM setup3m 49s
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CodeDeploy: App creation2m 56s
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Pipeline4m 46s
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CodeDeploy teardown2m 6s
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S3 teardown1m 49s
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Conclusion
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Next steps28s
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