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[[AWS]] CloudFormation<ref>https://aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/</ref>, available since May 2010, allows to create AWS resources (called in CloudFormation terminology stacks) using [[YAML]] or [[JSON]] documents, with AWS taking care of using the definitions to provision and configure the required resources. CloudFormation is an early example of a declarative [[wikipedia:Infrastructure as Code]] tool.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://awsdocs.s3.amazonaws.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/cfn-ug.pdf|title = AWS CloudFormation User Guide|date = May 15, 2010|accessdate = December 18, 2016}}</ref>. You can create AWS CloudFormation documents using Amazon CloudFormer tools<ref>https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/cfn-using-cloudformer.html</ref> or manually using your favorite text editor, once your documents are created you can executed them using AWS Web Console or [[AWS CLI]].



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