Module 14 - CloudFormation

Lab 1: Create an S3 Bucket Using CloudFormation

• How do you write a CloudFormation template that creates an S3 bucket with a unique name?

• How do you add tags to the S3 bucket?

• How do you deploy the CloudFormation stack using the AWS Console or CLI?

• How do you verify the bucket in the AWS Console?

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Lab 2: Create an EC2 Instance with CloudFormation

• How do you create a CloudFormation template using AWS::EC2::Instance?

• How do you specify:

  • InstanceType (t2.micro)

  • AMI ID

  • KeyName parameter

• How do you deploy the stack?

• How do you SSH into the created EC2 instance?

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Lab 3: Use CloudFormation Parameters

• How do you add CloudFormation parameters for:

  • InstanceType

  • KeyName

• How do you reference these parameters inside resources?

• How do you provide parameter values during stack creation?

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Lab 4: Add Outputs to an EC2 Template

• How do you add CloudFormation outputs for:

  • EC2 Instance Public IP

  • Availability Zone

• How do you view stack outputs after deployment?

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Lab 5: Create a Security Group Using CloudFormation

• How do you write a template that creates a security group?

• How do you allow inbound SSH (port 22)?

• How do you allow all outbound traffic?

• How do you attach the security group to an EC2 instance?

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Lab 6: Create an IAM Role Using CloudFormation

• How do you create an IAM role with an EC2 trust policy?

• How do you attach permissions that allow access to S3?

• How do you attach the IAM role to an EC2 instance using CloudFormation?

• How do you validate the IAM role and policies?

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Lab 7: Use UserData to Install Nginx on EC2

• How do you add a UserData script in CloudFormation to install Nginx during EC2 launch?

• How do you access the EC2 instance public IP to verify Nginx is running?

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Lab 8: Validate and Delete Stacks Using AWS CLI

• How do you validate a CloudFormation template using the AWS CLI?

• How do you deploy a stack using the CLI?

• How do you delete a CloudFormation stack from the CLI?

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Lab 9: Use CloudFormation Designer

• How do you open and use CloudFormation Designer?

• How do you drag and drop EC2 + VPC components?

• How do you generate YAML automatically from the designer?

• How do you deploy the generated template?

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Lab 10: Create a Basic VPC Using CloudFormation

• How do you write a CloudFormation template that creates:

  • A VPC

  • An Internet Gateway

  • A public subnet

  • A route table

  • A route to the internet

  • An EC2 instance inside the public subnet

• How do you deploy and verify the VPC setup?