What is AWS CloudFormation?
AWS CloudFormation provides a common language for you to describe and provision all the infrastructure resources in your cloud environment. CloudFormation allows you to use a simple text file to model and provision, in an automated and secure manner, all the resources needed for your applications across all regions and accounts. This file serves as the single source of truth for your cloud environment.
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89 Likeliness to Recommend
96 Plan to Renew
89 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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+92 Net Emotional Footprint
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- Continually Improving Product
- Fair
- Generous Negotitation
- Helps Innovate
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AWS CloudFormation Reviews
Monika C.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Apr 2024
Effective solution for managing infrastructure.
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What differentiates AWS CloudFormation from other similar products?
One notable feature of AWS CloudFormation is its close interaction with the AWS ecosystem, which makes resource allocation and management a breeze. Automation and consistency are guaranteed by its infrastructure-as-code methodology, and drift detection aids in preserving intended configurations. Flexibility is increased by the support for YAML and JSON templates, which completes the package for infrastructure deployment and maintenance.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The infrastructure-as-code methodology of AWS CloudFormation is my favorite feature. Infrastructure may be defined and managed in a code-based format, which improves version control and collaboration and speeds up deployments. It simplifies maintenance, replication, and scaling of your entire AWS system, much like having a blueprint.
What do you dislike most about this product?
The things that I find most difficult with AWS CloudFormation are the steepest learning curve and the sporadic complexity in debugging.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
To understand AWS CloudFormation's infrastructure-as-code idea and YAML/JSON templates, go through its documentation and tutorials. Start with basic deployments and work your way up to more complex configurations. Use forums and community sites to get further advice and help with issues.
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- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Efficient Service
Naval pavan R.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Engineering
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Apr 2024
Amazon Cloud Formation: A must have resource
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What differentiates AWS CloudFormation from other similar products?
It is IAC tool that is infrastructure as code within aws eco system. It has roll back and recovery mechanism.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The rollback aspect is the thing i like very much.
What do you dislike most about this product?
The cost can be reduced that is something we can think of.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
This resource is all that you must have.
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- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Role: Consultant
- Industry: Finance
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Mar 2024
Effortless Orchestration
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- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing