Hello, and welcome to this course which will cover the foundations of CloudFormation. I’ll talk briefly about what CloudFormation is, cover the anatomy of a CloudFormation template, and then I’ll create a simple CloudFormation template and deploy it so you can see the resources live. 

My name is Alana Layton and I’m an AWS content creator here at Cloud Academy. Feel free to connect with me to ask any questions about the details shown on the screen. Alternatively, you can always get in touch with us here at Cloud Academy by sending an e-mail to support@cloudacademy.com where one of our Cloud experts will reply to your question. 

This course has been created for those who might know what CloudFormation is conceptually but haven’t yet gotten hands-on with building their own templates. You may be looking for more information on the structure of a CloudFormation template and how to start writing your own templates. If that sounds like you, this course is for you. 

By the end of this course, you will have a greater understanding of CloudFormation and be able to identify what the tool is, its benefits, the components of a CloudFormation template, how to create a template, and how to then deploy a template. 

To get the most out of this course, you should have some experience with AWS and its basic services, such as IAM and Amazon EC2, and its properties, like user data and security groups. You’ll also need some knowledge of the JSON or YAML format to understand some of the practical parts of the course and the template’s syntax. For more information on these services, please see our existing content here:

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