The Definitive Guide to AWS Infrastructure Automation: Craft Infrastructure-as-Code Solutions

© Bradley Campbell 2020

B. CampbellThe Definitive Guide to AWS Infrastructure Automation https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5398-4_3

3. CloudFormation In-Depth

Bradley Campbell¹ 

(1)

Virginia, VA, USA

 

Though there are no definitive numbers on the percentage of AWS users that rely on infrastructure-as-code tooling, or how those users would decompose into a “CloudFormation vs. everything else” categorization, a general survey of AWS-related jobs on LinkedIn or elsewhere should be a pretty good indicator that CloudFormation has yet to be supplanted by third-party tools. Especially among businesses with AWS Support contracts, one of the most compelling arguments in favor of its adoption is that it is a native offering from AWS, and it falls under the ...