CloudFormation

Protocol: Query (XML) — POST http://localhost:4566/ with Action= parameter Endpoint: POST http://localhost:4566/

Supported Actions

Action	Description
CreateStack	Deploy a CloudFormation template
UpdateStack	Update an existing stack
DeleteStack	Delete a stack and its resources
DescribeStacks	Get stack status and outputs
ListStacks	List stacks by status
DescribeStackEvents	Get stack creation/update event history
DescribeStackResources	Get all resources in a stack
DescribeStackResource	Get a specific stack resource
ListStackResources	List resource summaries
GetTemplate	Retrieve the template body
ValidateTemplate	Validate a template without deploying
CreateChangeSet	Create a change set
DescribeChangeSet	Get change set details
ExecuteChangeSet	Apply a change set
ListChangeSets	List change sets for a stack
SetStackPolicy	Set a stack policy
GetStackPolicy	Retrieve the current stack policy
ListStackSets	List StackSets
DescribeStackSet	Get StackSet details
CreateStackSet	Create a new StackSet

Examples

export AWS_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:4566

# Validate a template
aws cloudformation validate-template \
  --template-body file://template.yml \
  --endpoint-url $AWS_ENDPOINT

# Deploy a stack
aws cloudformation create-stack \
  --stack-name my-stack \
  --template-body file://template.yml \
  --parameters ParameterKey=Env,ParameterValue=dev \
  --endpoint-url $AWS_ENDPOINT

# Check status
aws cloudformation describe-stacks \
  --stack-name my-stack \
  --endpoint-url $AWS_ENDPOINT

# Watch events
aws cloudformation describe-stack-events \
  --stack-name my-stack \
  --endpoint-url $AWS_ENDPOINT

# Update
aws cloudformation update-stack \
  --stack-name my-stack \
  --template-body file://template.yml \
  --endpoint-url $AWS_ENDPOINT

# Delete
aws cloudformation delete-stack \
  --stack-name my-stack \
  --endpoint-url $AWS_ENDPOINT