As you would expect, you can access CloudFormation through the AWS console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation, or by using the following command line:
$ aws cloudformation help # for the list of options
The service is organized around the concept of stacks. Each stack typically describes a set of AWS resources and their configuration in order to start an application. When working with CloudFormation, most of your time is spent editing those templates. There are different ways to get started with the actual editing of the templates. One of the easiest ways is to edit existing templates. AWS has a number of well-written examples available at http://amzn.to/27cHmrb. At the highest level, templates ...
