Reviewing Your Stack and Estimating Stack Cost on the AWS CloudFormation Console

The final step in stack creation before your stack is launched is to review the values entered while creating the stack, and optionally to estimate the cost of your stack.

On this screen, you can review the choices you've made for stack creation. If you need to change any of the values prior to launching the stack, click the Edit Stack, Edit Parameters, or Edit Notification links to change these stack launch settings.

You can also click the Cost link to estimate the cost of your stack. When you do so, the AWS Simple Monthly Calculator is pre-populated with values from your stack template and launch settings.

When you are satisfied with the stack launch settings and the estimated cost of your stack, click Continue to launch your stack.

Your stack now becomes visible in the CloudFormation Stacks list in your AWS CloudFormation console, with a status of CREATE_IN_PROGRESS.

While your stack is being created (or afterward), you can use the stack detail pane to view your stack's events, data, or resources. For example, by viewing stack creation events, you can understand the sequence of events that lead to your stack's creation (or failure, if your are debugging your stack).

When your stack has been fully launched, your stack's status changes to CREATE_COMPLETE. You can then view your stack's outputs if you have defined any in the template.