Module 10 - Guided Lab: Automating Infrastructure Deployment with AWS CloudFormation
Lab overview and objectives
Deploying infrastructure in a consistent, reliable manner is difficult. It requires people to follow documented procedures without taking any undocumented shortcuts. It can also be difficult to deploy infrastructure out-of-hours when fewer staff are available. AWS CloudFormation changes this situation by defining infrastructure in a template that can be automatically deployed—even on an automated schedule.

In this lab, you will learn how to deploy multiple layers of infrastructure with AWS CloudFormation, update a CloudFormation stack, and delete a stack (while retaining some resources).

After completing this lab, you should be able to:

Use AWS CloudFormation to deploy a virtual private cloud (VPC) networking layer
Use AWS CloudFormation to deploy an application layer that references the networking layer
Explore templates with AWS CloudFormation Designer
Delete a stack that has a deletion policy