Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. What Are We Doing?
3. The Video: Mappings
4. Next Steps
5. The Complete CloudFormation Guide Index

Introduction

With the parts of template anatomy that we've covered thus far (including Resources, Parameters, Refs, Functions, Pseudo Parameters, and Conditions), we're down to just three more major sections, beginning here in this post with Mappings. While we won't be adding any mappings to our current template, they are an important section of template anatomy to have in your tool belt for future template building. Up next: Transforms!

What Are We Doing?

In this video, we're covering mappings and the situations in which they can be useful in an AWS CloudFormation template, specifically when dealing with regions for Amazon Machine Images (AMIs). There are three key things to keep in mind with mappings that we also discuss for you to keep in mind for future template creation.

The Video: Mappings

Next Steps

The Next Post - Transforms

The Previous Post - Functions, Pseudo Parameters, and Conditions Part 2

The Complete CloudFormation Guide Index

If you're enjoying this series and finding it useful, be sure to check out the rest of the blog posts in it! The links below will take you to the other posts in The Complete CloudFormation Guide here on Tech Guides and Thoughts so you can continue building your CloudFormation template along with me.

1. The Complete CloudFormation Guide
2. An Introduction to and History of CloudFormation
3. The Main Concepts of CloudFormation
4. How CloudFormation Does Updates and Deletes
5. Our Project Setup
6. Resources
7. Parameters and Refs
8. Our First Time Launch
9. Functions, Pseudo Parameters, and Conditions Part 1
10. Functions, Pseudo Parameters, and Conditions Part 2
11. Mappings
12. Transforms
13. Outputs
14. Relaunch!
15. The Best Next Steps to Take from Here

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