Template basics

Overview

This section is for the basic concepts we usually use in the CloudFormation template, including:

1. Template overview
2. Creating a simple stack
3. Metadata, Parameters and Resources
4. Intrinsic functions
5. Outputs
6. Obtaining resources’ return values
7. Pseudo parameters
8. Mappings
9. Linting
10. Testing your template
11. Flipping format and cleanup