What is AWS CloudFormation Designer? - AWS CloudFormation

What is AWS CloudFormation Designer?

AWS Application Composer Application Composer in CloudFormation console mode is an improvement from AWS CloudFormation Designer. For more information, see AWS Application Composer in AWS CloudFormation console mode.

AWS CloudFormation Designer (Designer) is a graphic tool for creating, viewing, and modifying AWS CloudFormation templates. With Designer, you can diagram your template resources using a drag-and-drop interface, and then edit their details using the integrated JSON and YAML editor. Whether you are a new or an experienced AWS CloudFormation user, AWS CloudFormation Designer can help you quickly see the interrelationship between a template's resources and easily modify templates.

Designer is part of the AWS CloudFormation console. To use it, open Designer at https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/designer and sign in with your AWS credentials.

For information about validating your templates, see Validating a template.