Next Steps
Important
AWS OpsWorks Stacks is no longer accepting new customers. Existing customers will be able to use the OpsWorks console, API, CLI, and CloudFormation resources as normal until May 26, 2024, at which time they will be discontinued. To prepare for this transition, we recommend you transition your stacks to AWS Systems Manager as soon as possible. For more information, see AWS OpsWorks Stacks End of Life FAQs and Migrating your AWS OpsWorks Stacks applications to AWS Systems Manager Application Manager.
This walkthrough took you through the basics of setting up a simple Windows application server stack. Here are some suggestions for what to do next.
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If you would like to know more, Getting Started: Cookbooks provides a tutorial introduction to implementing cookbooks, and includes a number of AWS OpsWorks Stacks-specific examples.
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You can add an Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) layer to the stack to use as a backend database server. For information about how to connect your application to the database, see Using a Custom Recipe.