Demo: Deploying an Infrastructure Using AWS CloudFormation

AWS Cloud9 is a cloud-based IDE provided by Amazon that lets us run and debug our application code from the browser. As we create a Cloud9 environment, AWS provisions an EC2 instance that provides the IDE’s computing power. Behind the scenes, Cloud9 uses the CloudFormation template in provisioning and securing this instance. Let’s launch the AWS Console and see things in action.

Creating a stack in AWS CloudFormation

AWS CloudFormation requires a template to create a stack. We can create a template from scratch based on our business needs, use one of the sample templates provided by AWS and customize it, or use the AWS CloudFormation designer to build the template visually.