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Automating Amazon EC2 – AWS CloudFormation and Infrastructure as Code
This chapter acts as a gateway to mastering the automation of Amazon EC2, a crucial aspect of effective cloud management.
We will start our trip by exploring the basics, such as what is Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and why it is so important in managing the cloud. Following this, you will introduced to AWS CloudFormation, a powerful tool that will be your companion in this automation journey.
Moving on, we will dive into the nuts and bolts of CloudFormation. Here, we will play around with templates, stacks, and resources, making sure you get comfortable with all the essential parts and pieces. This approach is similar to learning the rules of a new game, step by step. Following ...
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