Learning Objectives

In this lesson, you will learn the key components of AWS CloudFormation and AWS CodePipeline. You will learn how you can use these tools to help automate the provisioning and the software delivery workflows for all software assets including security and compliance as code.

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to do the following:

• Describe core AWS CloudFormation components
• Describe the benefits of CloudFormation
• Access the CloudFormation documentation
• Access the CloudFormation console
• Describe core AWS CodePipeline components
• Describe benefits of of CodePipeline
• Use the CodePipeline Console
• Launch a CloudFormation stack that deploys a simple deployment pipeline