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AWS CloudFormation - FAQs

  • How to delete the resources created through CloudFormation?

    They can be deleted by deleting the CloudFormation stack

    aws cloudformation delete-stack --stack-name <STACK_NAME> --profile <PROFILE> --region <REGION>
  • I have created an SQS Queue by running a CloudFormation Stack. After that, I have deleted that SQS Queue. Can I recreate that SQS Queue by running the CloudFormation Stack again?

    No, it is not possible. In this case, the SQS can be recreated by creating a new CloudFormation Stack and running it

  • How to create a CloudFormation Stack using a yaml template file through AWS CLI?

    aws cloudformation create-stack --stack-name <STACK_NAME> --profile <PROFILE> --region <REGION> --template-body file://template.yaml
  • How to specify the parameter values in the above command?

    aws cloudformation create-stack --stack-name <STACK_NAME> --profile <PROFILE> --region <REGION> --template-body file://template.yaml --parameters ParameterKey=<PARAMETER_KEY>,ParameterValue=<PARAMETER_VALUE>
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