Getting started with an AWS CloudFormation product

You can get started with AWS Service Catalog by using one of the well-architected product templates in the Getting Started Library or by following the steps in the getting started tutorial.

In the tutorial, you perform tasks as the catalog administrator and end user. As the catalog administrator, you create a porfolio and then a product. As the end user, you verify that you can access the end user console and launch the product. The product is a cloud development environment that runs on Amazon Linux and is based on an AWS CloudFormation template that defines the AWS resources the product can use.

Note

Before you begin, make sure that you complete the action items in Setting Up AWS Service Catalog.

Topics

• Step 1: Download the AWS CloudFormation template
• Step 2: Create a key pair
• Step 3: Create a portfolio
• Step 4: Create a new product in the portfolio
• Step 5: Add a template constraint to limit instance size
• Step 6: Add a launch constraint to assign an IAM role
• Step 7: Grant end users access to the portfolio
• Step 8: Test the end user experience