J Cole Morrison

J Cole Morrison

Hi, I'm Cole. I'm a Software and DevOps Engineer based out of Los Angeles, CA teaching what I know as I go! This is a log of my Tech Guides and Thoughts. Thanks for reading!


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CloudFormation Complete Guide

The Complete CloudFormation Guide: Resources

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Table of Contents Introduction What Are We Doing? The Video: Resources The Template So Far Next Steps The Complete CloudFormation Guide Index Introduction As of the previous video, the easy parts of putting together our template are out of the way a…

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The Complete CloudFormation Guide: Setting Up Our Series Project

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Table of Contents Introduction What Are We Doing? The Video: Setting Up Our Series Project The Template So Far Next Steps The Complete CloudFormation Guide Index Introduction So now we're finally going to dive in and actually get something built wit…

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The Complete CloudFormation Guide: How CloudFormation Updates and Deletes

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Table of Contents How CloudFormation Updates and Deletes Resources Next Steps Watch The Series Here The Complete CloudFormation Guide Index How CloudFormation Updates and Deletes Resources So, before we dive into how to create templates themselves and t…

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The Complete CloudFormation Guide: The Main Concepts of CloudFormation

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Table of Contents The Main Concepts of CloudFormation The Stack Next Steps Watch The Series Here The Complete CloudFormation Guide Index The Main Concepts of CloudFormation Okay, so let's talk about all of the main concepts you need to know about Clou…

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The Complete CloudFormation Guide: An Introduction to and History of CloudFormation

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Table of Contents Introduction What Are We Going to Do in This Series? The History of CloudFormation So, Why CloudFormation Then? Next Steps Watch The Series Here The Complete CloudFormation Guide Index Introduction CloudFormation truly is that ga…

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The Complete CloudFormation Guide: Transforms

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Table of Contents Introduction What Are We Doing? The Video: Transforms Next Steps The Complete CloudFormation Guide Index Introduction So here we are with our second to last piece of our template: Transform. Like it was with Mapping, we won't be usin…

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Using SSM Parameters with CloudFormation Templates and Terraform Projects

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So let's talk about using SSM Parameters in your CloudFormation Templates and Terraform Projects. "What?" Sorry, I mean AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store. It was formerly known as SSM Parameter store, and likely to soon renounce its name all together and g…

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A Simple Workflow for Building CloudFormation Templates

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So you've decided to learn CloudFormation! Or maybe your company decided it for you. Either way, unless you're an AWS veteran, stoic sage, or on something strong, you're likely feeling a bit overwhelmed. Seeing some of those long winding JSON or YAML templ…