Request Parameters Response Elements Errors See Also

ActivateType

Activates a public third-party extension, making it available for use in stack templates. Once you have activated a public third-party extension in your account and Region, use SetTypeConfiguration to specify configuration properties for the extension. For more information, see Using public extensions in the AWS CloudFormation User Guide.

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

AutoUpdate

Whether to automatically update the extension in this account and Region when a new minor version is published by the extension publisher. Major versions released by the publisher must be manually updated.

The default is true.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

ExecutionRoleArn

The name of the IAM execution role to use to activate the extension.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.

Pattern: arn:.+:iam::[0-9]{12}:role/.+

Required: No

LoggingConfig

Contains logging configuration information for an extension.

Type: LoggingConfig object

Required: No

MajorVersion

The major version of this extension you want to activate, if multiple major versions are available. The default is the latest major version. CloudFormation uses the latest available minor version of the major version selected.

You can specify MajorVersion or VersionBump, but not both.

Type: Long

Valid Range: Minimum value of 1. Maximum value of 100000.

Required: No

PublicTypeArn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the public extension.

Conditional: You must specify PublicTypeArn, or TypeName, Type, and PublisherId.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 1024.

Pattern: arn:aws[A-Za-z0-9-]{0,64}:cloudformation:[A-Za-z0-9-]{1,64}::type/.+/[0-9a-zA-Z]{12,40}/.+

Required: No

PublisherId

The ID of the extension publisher.

Conditional: You must specify PublicTypeArn, or TypeName, Type, and PublisherId.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 40.

Pattern: [0-9a-zA-Z]{12,40}

Required: No

Type

The extension type.

Conditional: You must specify PublicTypeArn, or TypeName, Type, and PublisherId.

Type: String

Valid Values: RESOURCE | MODULE | HOOK

Required: No

TypeName

The name of the extension.

Conditional: You must specify PublicTypeArn, or TypeName, Type, and PublisherId.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 10. Maximum length of 204.

Pattern: [A-Za-z0-9]{2,64}::[A-Za-z0-9]{2,64}::[A-Za-z0-9]{2,64}(::MODULE){0,1}

Required: No

TypeNameAlias

An alias to assign to the public extension, in this account and Region. If you specify an alias for the extension, CloudFormation treats the alias as the extension type name within this account and Region. You must use the alias to refer to the extension in your templates, API calls, and CloudFormation console.

An extension alias must be unique within a given account and Region. You can activate the same public resource multiple times in the same account and Region, using different type name aliases.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 10. Maximum length of 204.

Pattern: [A-Za-z0-9]{2,64}::[A-Za-z0-9]{2,64}::[A-Za-z0-9]{2,64}(::MODULE){0,1}

Required: No

VersionBump

Manually updates a previously-activated type to a new major or minor version, if available. You can also use this parameter to update the value of AutoUpdate.

MAJOR: CloudFormation updates the extension to the newest major version, if one is available.
MINOR: CloudFormation updates the extension to the newest minor version, if one is available.

Type: String

Valid Values: MAJOR | MINOR

Required: No

Response Elements

The following element is returned by the service.

Arn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the activated extension, in this account and Region.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 1024.

Pattern: arn:aws[A-Za-z0-9-]{0,64}:cloudformation:[A-Za-z0-9-]{1,64}:[0-9]{12}:type/.+

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

CFNRegistry

An error occurred during a CloudFormation registry operation.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TypeNotFound

The specified extension doesn't exist in the CloudFormation registry.

HTTP Status Code: 404