What is AWS Cloudformation? Pros and Cons?

In this video, I teach you about AWS Cloudformation as a tool to deploy infrastructure as code. I touch on what cloudformation is through an example, how it works, some of the pros and cons, and how it compares to other IaC solutions such as Terraform, Servlerless, SAM, and CDK.

01:06 What is Cloudformation? An example
05:01 AWS Cloudformation Key Concepts
08:08 Cloudformation Pros and Cons
12:21 CloudFormation vs ...

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[sailormetz]

The best thing about your videos is your use of practical examples and applications of these services. Makes it so much clearer than 99% of videos out there. I'm just starting to learn AWS and have been stuck on videos that claim to be an "explanation" of EC2, S3, CloudFormation, etc, but they're really just spitting up AWS marketing buzzwords.

Please keep up with these videos!

[tech]

One of a kind content. Would love more content like this that helps beginners like me understand the fundamentals of AWS services, and how to leverage them when building Apps. Having tutorials for basic apps, with basic cloud solutions, where you walk us through the steps and what they mean, is a great video idea!

[mikemaccana]

Just wanted to say thanks for this video. It’s great to have an independent voice talking about CF rather than the fairly boring unopinionated AWS official videos

[AmeerulIslam]

This video was a "dot connector" for me! Thanks!!

[geekchiq]

Thank You so kindly for taking the time to share your knowledge. I’ve transitioned to the DevOps world and on the fast track to learning AWS. Been in IT for the past 14yrs, systems and then software for the past 5yrs… but this cloud stuff is a doozy. I think there are just various apps to choose from that narrowing it down makes it interesting. But thank you again

[efeuzel]

Very helpful overview and really appreciate the comparison with the alternatives.

[bhargavimachhi]

Hey,
I am an SDE Intern at Amazon and I was finding it difficult to understand this stuff.
This video is just the thing I wanted
Thank You So Much

[jazzochannel]

It's not a single click. Stop saying that. Nothing is a single click, except a single click.

[abraxasnl]

Great video. In it though, you say that SAM, Serverless, CDK and Terraform all compile down to CloudFormation. My understanding is that this is definitely not the case for Terraform. This has upsides (being able to support AWS API that don't yet have a CloudFormation implementation) and downsides (no stacks, I guess?). That's actually one of the main reasons I've not switched from CloudFormation to Terraform.

[lingjiefeng]

Thank you for making such amazing video that clearly describes what aws cloudformation is! It's very helpful in introducing me to this service.

[subhampolpagedar]

What a clarity of thoughts you have!! One of the very complicated services explained in a very easy and understandable manner! Good quality content!

[dnial]

Bruhhh, your content cover it all, thanks a lot !

[DodaGarcia]

I love your explanations and don't mean to make fun but it was pretty funny when you went "I don't know why YAML took off over JSON" and in the same breath said "It really is a lot cleaner to use compared to JSON" 🤣🤣🤣

I'm a huge fan of JSON for inter-function communication but love my YAMLs for human-editable configs, feels a lot more intuitive.

[randomthoughtstech]

the comparison section really helped, thanks.

[chawkichalladia]

i don't use it directly but only do the necessary changes to my amplify project when needed. it sure is a whole lot to learn.

[marianciortea]

Amazing video on Cloudformation! Very clear and concise explanation. I would recommend it to everyone who wants to learn the service.

[pankaj]

Great video, simple and easy to understand

[johnmangino]

this is excellent. i’d love to see you do a cdk pipelines one.

[mathewkargarzadeh]

Great Content on what the CloudFormation is. Thank you so much !!!. your Tutorials are fantastic. My hat off to you man.

[ToreyLittlefield]

Great informative and clear video. Thank you very much 🙏