DeletionPolicy

Resources to import must have a DeletionPolicy attribute specified in the template.

• Read 2019 article: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-import-existing-resources-into-a-cloudformation-stack/

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-attribute-deletionpolicy.html

DeletionPolicy: Retain

Delete
Retain
Snapshot 

Related terms

• AWS::RDS::DBInstance
• AWS::S3::Bucket

See also

• AWS CloudFormation, AWS::CloudFormation AWS CloudFormation Designer, Drift detection, AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK), aws cloudformation, ServicesStack:, AWS CloudFormation Linter (cfn-lint), Former2, CloudCraft, Change sets, AWS CloudFormation Public Registry, CloudFormation snippets, CloudFormation templates, StackSets, Outputs:, Type:, Fn::Sub, !Ref, CloudFormation Parameters, AWS CloudFormation Templates, CloudFormation functions