Creating a stack on the AWS CloudFormation console

Before you create a stack, you must have a template that describes what resources AWS CloudFormation will include in your stack. For more information, see Working with CloudFormation templates.

Note

To preview the configuration of a new stack, you can use a change set.

Creating a stack on the CloudFormation console is an easy, wizard-driven process that consists of the following steps:

1. Starting the Create Stack wizard

2. Selecting a stack template

3. Specifying stack parameters

4. Setting AWS CloudFormation stack options

5. Reviewing your stack

After creating a stack, you can monitor the stack's progress, view the stack's resources and outputs, update the stack, and delete it. Information about these actions are provided in their associated topics.

Starting the Create Stack wizard

To create a stack on the CloudFormation console

1. Open the AWS CloudFormation console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation.

2. On the navigation bar at the top of the screen, choose the AWS Region to create the stack in.

3. On the Stacks page, choose Create stack at top right, and then choose With new resources (standard).

   Alternatively, you can choose the With existing resources (import resources) option to import existing AWS resources that are described in your template. For more information, see Bringing existing resources into CloudFormation management.

Next, you choose a stack template.