AWS SDK Version 3 for .NET
API Reference

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Activates a public third-party extension, making it available for use in stack templates. For more information, see Using public extensions in the CloudFormation User Guide.

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 Configuring extensions at the account level in the CloudFormation User Guide.

Note:

This is an asynchronous operation using the standard naming convention for .NET 4.5 or higher. For .NET 3.5 the operation is implemented as a pair of methods using the standard naming convention of BeginActivateType and EndActivateType.

Namespace: Amazon.CloudFormation
Assembly: AWSSDK.CloudFormation.dll
Version: 3.x.y.z

Syntax

C#
public virtual Task<ActivateTypeResponse> ActivateTypeAsync(
         ActivateTypeRequest request,
         CancellationToken cancellationToken
)

Parameters

request
Type: Amazon.CloudFormation.Model.ActivateTypeRequest

Container for the necessary parameters to execute the ActivateType service method.

cancellationToken
Type: System.Threading.CancellationToken

A cancellation token that can be used by other objects or threads to receive notice of cancellation.

Return Value


The response from the ActivateType service method, as returned by CloudFormation.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
CFNRegistryException An error occurred during a CloudFormation registry operation.
TypeNotFoundException The specified extension doesn't exist in the CloudFormation registry.

Version Information

.NET Core App:
Supported in: 3.1

.NET Standard:
Supported in: 2.0

.NET Framework:
Supported in: 4.5

See Also