Mastering AWS CloudFormation for Enterprise Automation
You're under pressure. Downtime costs grow by the minute. Manual deployments fail. Teams stall. Leadership demands agility. Resilience. Speed. And you know the stakes. One misconfigured stack and the entire environment could collapse. You're not alone. Engineers like you wrestle daily with brittle infrastructure, inconsistent templates, and environments that break under scale. You've patched things together, script by script, but now it's unsustainable. The board wants DevOps maturity, audit readiness, and automation at enterprise scale - and you need to deliver, fast. Enter Mastering AWS CloudFormation for Enterprise Automation. This is not theory. It's a battle-tested, architect-approved system that transforms chaotic provisioning into repeatable, auditable, and scalable automation. No guesswork. No tribal knowledge. Just precision. One senior cloud architect at a Fortune 500 energy firm used this exact methodology to cut deployment risk by 94%. In under six weeks, his team went from error-prone manual processes to zero-touch, self-service infrastructure for 12 departments. Their CTO cited it in the quarterly earnings call. You don’t need more tools. You need deeper mastery. Clarity under complexity. Confidence when it’s your name on the ticket. This course gives you the invisible leverage - the structured discipline - that top-tier engineers use to get funded, promoted, and trusted with critical systems. The result? You’ll go from idea to a fully governed, enterprise-ready CloudFormation automation pipeline in 30 days, complete with audit compliance, cross-account deployment strategies, and a board-ready implementation blueprint. Here’s how this course is structured to help you get there.Course Format & Delivery Details Self-paced. Immediate online access. No gatekeeping. No waiting. From the moment you enrol, you’re building your automation fluency on your own schedule. This course is designed for engineers, architects, and DevOps leads who need results without reorganising their calendar. Designed for Real-World Execution
Complete in as little as 20–25 hours, with most learners implementing their first robust template within the first 72 hours. The material is sequenced so you can apply each concept immediately in your environment, not after the final module. You receive lifetime access to all materials, including every future update, revision, and new pattern added. CloudFormation evolves - your training must too. No annual renewal. No paywalls. Ever. Access is 24/7, global, and mobile-friendly. Whether you’re in Singapore, Frankfurt, or São Paulo, whether on a tablet in transit or a terminal in a war room, your training goes where the work does. Expert-Led, Not Self-Taught
You are not alone. This course includes direct instructor support via a private channel accessible only to enrolled learners. Get answers to complex scenarios, template design issues, or policy conflicts - no generic forums, no bots, no waiting for weeks. Our instructors are AWS Certified DevOps Professionals with 10+ years of enterprise delivery, including financial services, healthcare, and government systems where failure is not an option. Certificate of Completion by The Art of Service
Upon finishing, you'll earn a Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service, a globally recognised credential trusted by enterprises and hiring managers across 70+ countries. This is not a participation trophy - it’s proof you have mastered enterprise-grade CloudFormation automation with governance, security, and scalability. LinkedIn visibility increases. Promotions follow. Opportunities open. The certificate includes a unique verification ID and project summary, making it easy to showcase on your profile or in a performance review. Zero Risk. Full Confidence.
We remove every barrier to action. Our 100% money-back guarantee means if you complete the first three modules and don’t feel a clear increase in technical command and confidence, you get a full refund - no questions, no hassle. Pricing is straightforward. No hidden fees. No subscription upsells. One payment, lifetime access. You choose your pace, your path, and your outcome. Securely pay with Visa, Mastercard, or PayPal - no third-party financing, no credit checks, no delays. “But Will This Work For Me?”
Yes - even if you've struggled with YAML before. Even if your current CloudFormation stacks are fragile. Even if you’re not an AWS expert. We’ve seen IT managers at midsize firms use this to automate DR failover for 20+ applications. We’ve seen solo engineers at startups eliminate 40 hours of monthly toil by templating their entire staging environment. This works even if: you work in a regulated industry, your templates are outdated, your team resists change, or you’ve never written a custom resource. After enrolment, you’ll receive a confirmation email. Your access details will be sent separately once your course materials are fully provisioned and verified. No friction. No confusion. Just clarity, support, and a proven path to mastery.
Module 1: Foundations of AWS CloudFormation and Infrastructure as Code - Introduction to Infrastructure as Code and automation philosophy
- Why CloudFormation over Terraform or CDK in enterprise environments
- Core architecture of AWS CloudFormation: stacks, resources, and dependencies
- Understanding CloudFormation’s event-driven model and stack states
- How CloudFormation integrates with AWS organisational structure
- Comparing CloudFormation with manual provisioning and CLI scripts
- The cost implications of bad templates: downtime, wasted spend, compliance fines
- Principles of idempotency, declarative syntax, and predictable outcomes
- Navigating the AWS Console for CloudFormation: interface, history, and rollback views
- Introduction to AWS Regions, Availability Zones, and stack scoping
- Understanding stack policies and their role in production safeguards
- The importance of stack naming conventions and tagging strategies
- Basics of CloudFormation change sets and safe update workflows
- Using AWS CloudFormation Drift Detection to monitor configuration gaps
- Setting up your AWS CLI and SDKs for template deployment automation
Module 2: Core Template Syntax and Structure - Anatomy of a CloudFormation template: AWSTemplateFormatVersion, Description, Parameters
- Understanding the Resources section and resource logical IDs
- Format rules for JSON and YAML templates in enterprise use
- Using intrinsic functions: Ref, Fn::GetAtt, Fn::Join, Fn::Sub
- Best practices for indentation, commenting, and template readability
- Managing template size: the 51,200-byte limit and workarounds
- Using Conditions to control resource creation dynamically
- Deploying resources across environments using Mappings
- Managing SSM Parameter Store integration within templates
- Secure handling of credentials with AWS Secrets Manager
- Creating reusable templates with Parameters and defaults
- Validating templates with the CloudFormation linter and schema checks
- Using the AWS CloudFormation Designer for visual validation
- Template translation between JSON and YAML without breaking syntax
- Automating template validation in CI pipelines
Module 3: Advanced Template Design Patterns - Designing templates for multi-environment deployment: dev, test, prod
- Environment-specific mappings using Region, Account, or stack tags
- Modularising templates with nested stacks and shared components
- Creating reusable infrastructure components as substacks
- Managing cross-stack references with export and import
- Avoiding circular dependencies in complex template relationships
- Using dynamic references for secure cross-stack resource sharing
- Building templates with conditional logic for optional components
- Managing large-scale VPC designs with CloudFormation modules
- Template design for high availability and multi-AZ resilience
- Using AWS::Include transform for file reuse
- Securing template inputs with parameter constraints and allowed values
- Safely handling environment-specific secrets in templates
- Designing templates for auditability and compliance visibility
- Building a library of approved, version-controlled templates
Module 4: Security, Compliance, and Governance - Integrating AWS Config with CloudFormation for continuous compliance
- Enforcing security policies using AWS Service Catalog and portfolios
- Building templates that comply with CIS and PCI-DSS benchmarks
- Using AWS CloudFormation Guard for policy-as-code validation
- Deploying resources with AWS IAM roles and least privilege
- Automatically tagging resources for cost allocation and ownership
- Creating guardrails for prohibited resource types and configurations
- Designing templates that prevent public S3 bucket exposure
- Automating encryption settings for RDS, EBS, S3 using templates
- Using resource-based policies in CloudFormation for fine-grained access
- Role of AWS Organizations SCPs in restricting CloudFormation capabilities
- Monitoring stack-level API calls with AWS CloudTrail integration
- Controlling template access with IAM permissions and actions
- Designing production-safe templates with stack policies
- Implementing automated checks for security misconfigurations
Module 5: Deploying and Managing Stacks at Scale - Creating, updating, and deleting stacks via AWS Console
- Deploying stacks using AWS CLI with automation scripts
- Using AWS SDKs to build custom deployment pipelines
- Understanding stack events, rollback triggers, and failure modes
- Handling failed stack creations and debugging root causes
- Using change sets to preview updates before execution
- Deploying across multiple AWS accounts using AWS Control Tower
- Automating stack deployments in AWS Organisations
- Managing drift: detection, investigation, and remediation
- Scaling CloudFormation usage with stack sets
- Using self-managed and service-managed stack set operations
- Targeting specific accounts and OUs with stack set deployment
- Understanding service-managed stack set limitations and workarounds
- Monitoring stack set operation status and history
- Designing for regional consistency across global deployments
Module 6: CI/CD Integration and Automation Pipelines - Integrating CloudFormation with AWS CodePipeline
- Using AWS CodeBuild to test templates before deployment
- Automated linting and validation using cfn-lint and custom rules
- Unit testing templates with AWS SAM and local testing frameworks
- Building approval gates in pipelines for production promotion
- Using parameter overrides in automated deployments
- Passing dynamic values from pipeline to template at runtime
- Triggering deployments from Git commits or PR merges
- Setting up infrastructure versioning using Git and SemVer
- Managing parallel environments with branch-based pipelines
- Designing rollback strategies for failed automated deployments
- Using AWS CodeDeploy with CloudFormation for application rollout
- Securing pipeline permissions with IAM roles and assume role
- Monitoring pipeline execution and failure alerts
- Creating audit trails for every code change and deployment
Module 7: Custom Resources and Extensibility - Understanding when to use custom resources versus native types
- Building custom resources using AWS Lambda functions
- Handling Create, Update, and Delete events in custom logic
- Securing custom resource execution with execution roles
- Using Python and Node.js for custom resource handlers
- Managing timeouts and retries in custom resource operations
- Returning values from custom resources to other stack components
- Testing custom resources locally before deployment
- Using AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) constructs alongside templates
- Extending functionality with public AWS Marketplace templates
- Integrating third-party APIs via custom resources
- Monitoring custom resource performance and failures
- Using AWS Step Functions for complex custom workflows
- Best practices for error handling and graceful degradation
- Documenting custom resources for team onboarding
Module 8: Cross-Account and Multi-Region Strategies - Designing for cross-account resource provisioning
- Using AWS RAM (Resource Access Manager) with CloudFormation
- Assuming roles across accounts for secure template deployment
- Managing shared VPCs and subnets across business units
- AWS Control Tower and Service Control Policies for governance
- Deploying templates in multiple Regions for disaster recovery
- Synchronising template versions across global regions
- Handling Region-specific services and limitations
- Using global services like IAM, Route 53, and CloudFront
- Designing DNS and failover strategies with CloudFormation
- Managing replication tasks for RDS and DynamoDB
- Automating backup and restore workflows across Regions
- Monitoring cross-region stack consistency
- Using AWS Systems Manager for cross-region configuration
- Disaster recovery testing with automated stack rebuilds
Module 9: Optimisation and Performance Engineering - Reducing stack update time with efficient resource design
- Parallel creation of independent resources
- Minimising dependency chains to avoid bottlenecks
- Using update policies to minimise downtime
- Designing for blue/green deployments using CloudFormation
- Rolling updates for Auto Scaling Groups in templates
- Using minimum healthy percentage in update policies
- Handling large stacks: segmentation and nested design
- Optimising template size using transforms and references
- Reducing cost by avoiding unnecessary resource recreation
- Monitoring stack performance with AWS X-Ray integration
- Improving deployment success rate with pre-check workflows
- Caching template dependencies and outputs
- Using SSM Automation for pre-deployment validation
- Automating performance testing of new templates
Module 10: Observability and Monitoring - Integrating CloudWatch Alarms into templates
- Automatically creating dashboards for new stacks
- Using AWS CloudFormation to deploy monitoring agents
- Tagging resources for granular CloudWatch filtering
- Setting up log groups for Lambda and EC2 with templates
- Automated subscription filters for centralised logging
- Deploying AWS Systems Manager OpsCenter integrations
- Creating custom metrics via CloudFormation and Lambda
- Monitoring stack health with AWS Health Events
- Using AWS Config rules to detect configuration deviations
- Automated notifications for stack drift and failures
- Integrating with third-party tools like Datadog, Splunk
- Setting up proactive alerting with SNS and Lambda
- Scheduling periodic review tasks using EventBridge
- Building observability into every template from day one
Module 11: Enterprise Patterns and Real-World Use Cases - Automating VPC creation with multi-AZ, public/private subnets
- Building secure, shared services architectures
- Deploying EKS clusters using CloudFormation and add-ons
- Automating serverless applications with API Gateway and Lambda
- Creating event-driven architectures with EventBridge and SQS
- Automating database provisioning with RDS and secrets rotation
- Building disaster recovery environments on-demand
- Creating secure hybrid architectures with Direct Connect
- Deploying AWS WAF rules and Web ACLs via templates
- Automated backup vaults and recovery point policies
- Setting up audit-compliant landing zones for new accounts
- Deploying CI/CD pipelines as code using templates
- Automating cost optimisation with Reserved Instance tagging
- Standardising deployment of security tools (GuardDuty, Detective)
- Building infrastructure for AI/ML workloads with SageMaker
Module 12: Certifications, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - How this course prepares you for AWS Certified DevOps Engineer exam
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion for LinkedIn and resumes
- Documenting your project for internal visibility and promotions
- Building a personal portfolio of reusable enterprise templates
- Presenting CloudFormation ROI to leadership and finance teams
- Scaling your automation efforts across departments
- Becoming the go-to architect for infrastructure governance
- Negotiating higher compensation based on automation impact
- Contributing to open-source patterns and AWS communities
- Transitioning from engineer to platform lead or SRE
- Using your expertise to consult or freelance
- Staying updated with new CloudFormation features and best practices
- Accessing alumni resources and advanced masterclasses
- Joining the exclusive Circle of Certified Cloud Architects
- Next-level training paths: AWS CDK, security automation, FinOps
- Introduction to Infrastructure as Code and automation philosophy
- Why CloudFormation over Terraform or CDK in enterprise environments
- Core architecture of AWS CloudFormation: stacks, resources, and dependencies
- Understanding CloudFormation’s event-driven model and stack states
- How CloudFormation integrates with AWS organisational structure
- Comparing CloudFormation with manual provisioning and CLI scripts
- The cost implications of bad templates: downtime, wasted spend, compliance fines
- Principles of idempotency, declarative syntax, and predictable outcomes
- Navigating the AWS Console for CloudFormation: interface, history, and rollback views
- Introduction to AWS Regions, Availability Zones, and stack scoping
- Understanding stack policies and their role in production safeguards
- The importance of stack naming conventions and tagging strategies
- Basics of CloudFormation change sets and safe update workflows
- Using AWS CloudFormation Drift Detection to monitor configuration gaps
- Setting up your AWS CLI and SDKs for template deployment automation
Module 2: Core Template Syntax and Structure - Anatomy of a CloudFormation template: AWSTemplateFormatVersion, Description, Parameters
- Understanding the Resources section and resource logical IDs
- Format rules for JSON and YAML templates in enterprise use
- Using intrinsic functions: Ref, Fn::GetAtt, Fn::Join, Fn::Sub
- Best practices for indentation, commenting, and template readability
- Managing template size: the 51,200-byte limit and workarounds
- Using Conditions to control resource creation dynamically
- Deploying resources across environments using Mappings
- Managing SSM Parameter Store integration within templates
- Secure handling of credentials with AWS Secrets Manager
- Creating reusable templates with Parameters and defaults
- Validating templates with the CloudFormation linter and schema checks
- Using the AWS CloudFormation Designer for visual validation
- Template translation between JSON and YAML without breaking syntax
- Automating template validation in CI pipelines
Module 3: Advanced Template Design Patterns - Designing templates for multi-environment deployment: dev, test, prod
- Environment-specific mappings using Region, Account, or stack tags
- Modularising templates with nested stacks and shared components
- Creating reusable infrastructure components as substacks
- Managing cross-stack references with export and import
- Avoiding circular dependencies in complex template relationships
- Using dynamic references for secure cross-stack resource sharing
- Building templates with conditional logic for optional components
- Managing large-scale VPC designs with CloudFormation modules
- Template design for high availability and multi-AZ resilience
- Using AWS::Include transform for file reuse
- Securing template inputs with parameter constraints and allowed values
- Safely handling environment-specific secrets in templates
- Designing templates for auditability and compliance visibility
- Building a library of approved, version-controlled templates
Module 4: Security, Compliance, and Governance - Integrating AWS Config with CloudFormation for continuous compliance
- Enforcing security policies using AWS Service Catalog and portfolios
- Building templates that comply with CIS and PCI-DSS benchmarks
- Using AWS CloudFormation Guard for policy-as-code validation
- Deploying resources with AWS IAM roles and least privilege
- Automatically tagging resources for cost allocation and ownership
- Creating guardrails for prohibited resource types and configurations
- Designing templates that prevent public S3 bucket exposure
- Automating encryption settings for RDS, EBS, S3 using templates
- Using resource-based policies in CloudFormation for fine-grained access
- Role of AWS Organizations SCPs in restricting CloudFormation capabilities
- Monitoring stack-level API calls with AWS CloudTrail integration
- Controlling template access with IAM permissions and actions
- Designing production-safe templates with stack policies
- Implementing automated checks for security misconfigurations
Module 5: Deploying and Managing Stacks at Scale - Creating, updating, and deleting stacks via AWS Console
- Deploying stacks using AWS CLI with automation scripts
- Using AWS SDKs to build custom deployment pipelines
- Understanding stack events, rollback triggers, and failure modes
- Handling failed stack creations and debugging root causes
- Using change sets to preview updates before execution
- Deploying across multiple AWS accounts using AWS Control Tower
- Automating stack deployments in AWS Organisations
- Managing drift: detection, investigation, and remediation
- Scaling CloudFormation usage with stack sets
- Using self-managed and service-managed stack set operations
- Targeting specific accounts and OUs with stack set deployment
- Understanding service-managed stack set limitations and workarounds
- Monitoring stack set operation status and history
- Designing for regional consistency across global deployments
Module 6: CI/CD Integration and Automation Pipelines - Integrating CloudFormation with AWS CodePipeline
- Using AWS CodeBuild to test templates before deployment
- Automated linting and validation using cfn-lint and custom rules
- Unit testing templates with AWS SAM and local testing frameworks
- Building approval gates in pipelines for production promotion
- Using parameter overrides in automated deployments
- Passing dynamic values from pipeline to template at runtime
- Triggering deployments from Git commits or PR merges
- Setting up infrastructure versioning using Git and SemVer
- Managing parallel environments with branch-based pipelines
- Designing rollback strategies for failed automated deployments
- Using AWS CodeDeploy with CloudFormation for application rollout
- Securing pipeline permissions with IAM roles and assume role
- Monitoring pipeline execution and failure alerts
- Creating audit trails for every code change and deployment
Module 7: Custom Resources and Extensibility - Understanding when to use custom resources versus native types
- Building custom resources using AWS Lambda functions
- Handling Create, Update, and Delete events in custom logic
- Securing custom resource execution with execution roles
- Using Python and Node.js for custom resource handlers
- Managing timeouts and retries in custom resource operations
- Returning values from custom resources to other stack components
- Testing custom resources locally before deployment
- Using AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) constructs alongside templates
- Extending functionality with public AWS Marketplace templates
- Integrating third-party APIs via custom resources
- Monitoring custom resource performance and failures
- Using AWS Step Functions for complex custom workflows
- Best practices for error handling and graceful degradation
- Documenting custom resources for team onboarding
Module 8: Cross-Account and Multi-Region Strategies - Designing for cross-account resource provisioning
- Using AWS RAM (Resource Access Manager) with CloudFormation
- Assuming roles across accounts for secure template deployment
- Managing shared VPCs and subnets across business units
- AWS Control Tower and Service Control Policies for governance
- Deploying templates in multiple Regions for disaster recovery
- Synchronising template versions across global regions
- Handling Region-specific services and limitations
- Using global services like IAM, Route 53, and CloudFront
- Designing DNS and failover strategies with CloudFormation
- Managing replication tasks for RDS and DynamoDB
- Automating backup and restore workflows across Regions
- Monitoring cross-region stack consistency
- Using AWS Systems Manager for cross-region configuration
- Disaster recovery testing with automated stack rebuilds
Module 9: Optimisation and Performance Engineering - Reducing stack update time with efficient resource design
- Parallel creation of independent resources
- Minimising dependency chains to avoid bottlenecks
- Using update policies to minimise downtime
- Designing for blue/green deployments using CloudFormation
- Rolling updates for Auto Scaling Groups in templates
- Using minimum healthy percentage in update policies
- Handling large stacks: segmentation and nested design
- Optimising template size using transforms and references
- Reducing cost by avoiding unnecessary resource recreation
- Monitoring stack performance with AWS X-Ray integration
- Improving deployment success rate with pre-check workflows
- Caching template dependencies and outputs
- Using SSM Automation for pre-deployment validation
- Automating performance testing of new templates
Module 10: Observability and Monitoring - Integrating CloudWatch Alarms into templates
- Automatically creating dashboards for new stacks
- Using AWS CloudFormation to deploy monitoring agents
- Tagging resources for granular CloudWatch filtering
- Setting up log groups for Lambda and EC2 with templates
- Automated subscription filters for centralised logging
- Deploying AWS Systems Manager OpsCenter integrations
- Creating custom metrics via CloudFormation and Lambda
- Monitoring stack health with AWS Health Events
- Using AWS Config rules to detect configuration deviations
- Automated notifications for stack drift and failures
- Integrating with third-party tools like Datadog, Splunk
- Setting up proactive alerting with SNS and Lambda
- Scheduling periodic review tasks using EventBridge
- Building observability into every template from day one
Module 11: Enterprise Patterns and Real-World Use Cases - Automating VPC creation with multi-AZ, public/private subnets
- Building secure, shared services architectures
- Deploying EKS clusters using CloudFormation and add-ons
- Automating serverless applications with API Gateway and Lambda
- Creating event-driven architectures with EventBridge and SQS
- Automating database provisioning with RDS and secrets rotation
- Building disaster recovery environments on-demand
- Creating secure hybrid architectures with Direct Connect
- Deploying AWS WAF rules and Web ACLs via templates
- Automated backup vaults and recovery point policies
- Setting up audit-compliant landing zones for new accounts
- Deploying CI/CD pipelines as code using templates
- Automating cost optimisation with Reserved Instance tagging
- Standardising deployment of security tools (GuardDuty, Detective)
- Building infrastructure for AI/ML workloads with SageMaker
Module 12: Certifications, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - How this course prepares you for AWS Certified DevOps Engineer exam
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion for LinkedIn and resumes
- Documenting your project for internal visibility and promotions
- Building a personal portfolio of reusable enterprise templates
- Presenting CloudFormation ROI to leadership and finance teams
- Scaling your automation efforts across departments
- Becoming the go-to architect for infrastructure governance
- Negotiating higher compensation based on automation impact
- Contributing to open-source patterns and AWS communities
- Transitioning from engineer to platform lead or SRE
- Using your expertise to consult or freelance
- Staying updated with new CloudFormation features and best practices
- Accessing alumni resources and advanced masterclasses
- Joining the exclusive Circle of Certified Cloud Architects
- Next-level training paths: AWS CDK, security automation, FinOps
- Designing templates for multi-environment deployment: dev, test, prod
- Environment-specific mappings using Region, Account, or stack tags
- Modularising templates with nested stacks and shared components
- Creating reusable infrastructure components as substacks
- Managing cross-stack references with export and import
- Avoiding circular dependencies in complex template relationships
- Using dynamic references for secure cross-stack resource sharing
- Building templates with conditional logic for optional components
- Managing large-scale VPC designs with CloudFormation modules
- Template design for high availability and multi-AZ resilience
- Using AWS::Include transform for file reuse
- Securing template inputs with parameter constraints and allowed values
- Safely handling environment-specific secrets in templates
- Designing templates for auditability and compliance visibility
- Building a library of approved, version-controlled templates
Module 4: Security, Compliance, and Governance - Integrating AWS Config with CloudFormation for continuous compliance
- Enforcing security policies using AWS Service Catalog and portfolios
- Building templates that comply with CIS and PCI-DSS benchmarks
- Using AWS CloudFormation Guard for policy-as-code validation
- Deploying resources with AWS IAM roles and least privilege
- Automatically tagging resources for cost allocation and ownership
- Creating guardrails for prohibited resource types and configurations
- Designing templates that prevent public S3 bucket exposure
- Automating encryption settings for RDS, EBS, S3 using templates
- Using resource-based policies in CloudFormation for fine-grained access
- Role of AWS Organizations SCPs in restricting CloudFormation capabilities
- Monitoring stack-level API calls with AWS CloudTrail integration
- Controlling template access with IAM permissions and actions
- Designing production-safe templates with stack policies
- Implementing automated checks for security misconfigurations
Module 5: Deploying and Managing Stacks at Scale - Creating, updating, and deleting stacks via AWS Console
- Deploying stacks using AWS CLI with automation scripts
- Using AWS SDKs to build custom deployment pipelines
- Understanding stack events, rollback triggers, and failure modes
- Handling failed stack creations and debugging root causes
- Using change sets to preview updates before execution
- Deploying across multiple AWS accounts using AWS Control Tower
- Automating stack deployments in AWS Organisations
- Managing drift: detection, investigation, and remediation
- Scaling CloudFormation usage with stack sets
- Using self-managed and service-managed stack set operations
- Targeting specific accounts and OUs with stack set deployment
- Understanding service-managed stack set limitations and workarounds
- Monitoring stack set operation status and history
- Designing for regional consistency across global deployments
Module 6: CI/CD Integration and Automation Pipelines - Integrating CloudFormation with AWS CodePipeline
- Using AWS CodeBuild to test templates before deployment
- Automated linting and validation using cfn-lint and custom rules
- Unit testing templates with AWS SAM and local testing frameworks
- Building approval gates in pipelines for production promotion
- Using parameter overrides in automated deployments
- Passing dynamic values from pipeline to template at runtime
- Triggering deployments from Git commits or PR merges
- Setting up infrastructure versioning using Git and SemVer
- Managing parallel environments with branch-based pipelines
- Designing rollback strategies for failed automated deployments
- Using AWS CodeDeploy with CloudFormation for application rollout
- Securing pipeline permissions with IAM roles and assume role
- Monitoring pipeline execution and failure alerts
- Creating audit trails for every code change and deployment
Module 7: Custom Resources and Extensibility - Understanding when to use custom resources versus native types
- Building custom resources using AWS Lambda functions
- Handling Create, Update, and Delete events in custom logic
- Securing custom resource execution with execution roles
- Using Python and Node.js for custom resource handlers
- Managing timeouts and retries in custom resource operations
- Returning values from custom resources to other stack components
- Testing custom resources locally before deployment
- Using AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) constructs alongside templates
- Extending functionality with public AWS Marketplace templates
- Integrating third-party APIs via custom resources
- Monitoring custom resource performance and failures
- Using AWS Step Functions for complex custom workflows
- Best practices for error handling and graceful degradation
- Documenting custom resources for team onboarding
Module 8: Cross-Account and Multi-Region Strategies - Designing for cross-account resource provisioning
- Using AWS RAM (Resource Access Manager) with CloudFormation
- Assuming roles across accounts for secure template deployment
- Managing shared VPCs and subnets across business units
- AWS Control Tower and Service Control Policies for governance
- Deploying templates in multiple Regions for disaster recovery
- Synchronising template versions across global regions
- Handling Region-specific services and limitations
- Using global services like IAM, Route 53, and CloudFront
- Designing DNS and failover strategies with CloudFormation
- Managing replication tasks for RDS and DynamoDB
- Automating backup and restore workflows across Regions
- Monitoring cross-region stack consistency
- Using AWS Systems Manager for cross-region configuration
- Disaster recovery testing with automated stack rebuilds
Module 9: Optimisation and Performance Engineering - Reducing stack update time with efficient resource design
- Parallel creation of independent resources
- Minimising dependency chains to avoid bottlenecks
- Using update policies to minimise downtime
- Designing for blue/green deployments using CloudFormation
- Rolling updates for Auto Scaling Groups in templates
- Using minimum healthy percentage in update policies
- Handling large stacks: segmentation and nested design
- Optimising template size using transforms and references
- Reducing cost by avoiding unnecessary resource recreation
- Monitoring stack performance with AWS X-Ray integration
- Improving deployment success rate with pre-check workflows
- Caching template dependencies and outputs
- Using SSM Automation for pre-deployment validation
- Automating performance testing of new templates
Module 10: Observability and Monitoring - Integrating CloudWatch Alarms into templates
- Automatically creating dashboards for new stacks
- Using AWS CloudFormation to deploy monitoring agents
- Tagging resources for granular CloudWatch filtering
- Setting up log groups for Lambda and EC2 with templates
- Automated subscription filters for centralised logging
- Deploying AWS Systems Manager OpsCenter integrations
- Creating custom metrics via CloudFormation and Lambda
- Monitoring stack health with AWS Health Events
- Using AWS Config rules to detect configuration deviations
- Automated notifications for stack drift and failures
- Integrating with third-party tools like Datadog, Splunk
- Setting up proactive alerting with SNS and Lambda
- Scheduling periodic review tasks using EventBridge
- Building observability into every template from day one
Module 11: Enterprise Patterns and Real-World Use Cases - Automating VPC creation with multi-AZ, public/private subnets
- Building secure, shared services architectures
- Deploying EKS clusters using CloudFormation and add-ons
- Automating serverless applications with API Gateway and Lambda
- Creating event-driven architectures with EventBridge and SQS
- Automating database provisioning with RDS and secrets rotation
- Building disaster recovery environments on-demand
- Creating secure hybrid architectures with Direct Connect
- Deploying AWS WAF rules and Web ACLs via templates
- Automated backup vaults and recovery point policies
- Setting up audit-compliant landing zones for new accounts
- Deploying CI/CD pipelines as code using templates
- Automating cost optimisation with Reserved Instance tagging
- Standardising deployment of security tools (GuardDuty, Detective)
- Building infrastructure for AI/ML workloads with SageMaker
Module 12: Certifications, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - How this course prepares you for AWS Certified DevOps Engineer exam
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion for LinkedIn and resumes
- Documenting your project for internal visibility and promotions
- Building a personal portfolio of reusable enterprise templates
- Presenting CloudFormation ROI to leadership and finance teams
- Scaling your automation efforts across departments
- Becoming the go-to architect for infrastructure governance
- Negotiating higher compensation based on automation impact
- Contributing to open-source patterns and AWS communities
- Transitioning from engineer to platform lead or SRE
- Using your expertise to consult or freelance
- Staying updated with new CloudFormation features and best practices
- Accessing alumni resources and advanced masterclasses
- Joining the exclusive Circle of Certified Cloud Architects
- Next-level training paths: AWS CDK, security automation, FinOps
- Creating, updating, and deleting stacks via AWS Console
- Deploying stacks using AWS CLI with automation scripts
- Using AWS SDKs to build custom deployment pipelines
- Understanding stack events, rollback triggers, and failure modes
- Handling failed stack creations and debugging root causes
- Using change sets to preview updates before execution
- Deploying across multiple AWS accounts using AWS Control Tower
- Automating stack deployments in AWS Organisations
- Managing drift: detection, investigation, and remediation
- Scaling CloudFormation usage with stack sets
- Using self-managed and service-managed stack set operations
- Targeting specific accounts and OUs with stack set deployment
- Understanding service-managed stack set limitations and workarounds
- Monitoring stack set operation status and history
- Designing for regional consistency across global deployments
Module 6: CI/CD Integration and Automation Pipelines - Integrating CloudFormation with AWS CodePipeline
- Using AWS CodeBuild to test templates before deployment
- Automated linting and validation using cfn-lint and custom rules
- Unit testing templates with AWS SAM and local testing frameworks
- Building approval gates in pipelines for production promotion
- Using parameter overrides in automated deployments
- Passing dynamic values from pipeline to template at runtime
- Triggering deployments from Git commits or PR merges
- Setting up infrastructure versioning using Git and SemVer
- Managing parallel environments with branch-based pipelines
- Designing rollback strategies for failed automated deployments
- Using AWS CodeDeploy with CloudFormation for application rollout
- Securing pipeline permissions with IAM roles and assume role
- Monitoring pipeline execution and failure alerts
- Creating audit trails for every code change and deployment
Module 7: Custom Resources and Extensibility - Understanding when to use custom resources versus native types
- Building custom resources using AWS Lambda functions
- Handling Create, Update, and Delete events in custom logic
- Securing custom resource execution with execution roles
- Using Python and Node.js for custom resource handlers
- Managing timeouts and retries in custom resource operations
- Returning values from custom resources to other stack components
- Testing custom resources locally before deployment
- Using AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) constructs alongside templates
- Extending functionality with public AWS Marketplace templates
- Integrating third-party APIs via custom resources
- Monitoring custom resource performance and failures
- Using AWS Step Functions for complex custom workflows
- Best practices for error handling and graceful degradation
- Documenting custom resources for team onboarding
Module 8: Cross-Account and Multi-Region Strategies - Designing for cross-account resource provisioning
- Using AWS RAM (Resource Access Manager) with CloudFormation
- Assuming roles across accounts for secure template deployment
- Managing shared VPCs and subnets across business units
- AWS Control Tower and Service Control Policies for governance
- Deploying templates in multiple Regions for disaster recovery
- Synchronising template versions across global regions
- Handling Region-specific services and limitations
- Using global services like IAM, Route 53, and CloudFront
- Designing DNS and failover strategies with CloudFormation
- Managing replication tasks for RDS and DynamoDB
- Automating backup and restore workflows across Regions
- Monitoring cross-region stack consistency
- Using AWS Systems Manager for cross-region configuration
- Disaster recovery testing with automated stack rebuilds
Module 9: Optimisation and Performance Engineering - Reducing stack update time with efficient resource design
- Parallel creation of independent resources
- Minimising dependency chains to avoid bottlenecks
- Using update policies to minimise downtime
- Designing for blue/green deployments using CloudFormation
- Rolling updates for Auto Scaling Groups in templates
- Using minimum healthy percentage in update policies
- Handling large stacks: segmentation and nested design
- Optimising template size using transforms and references
- Reducing cost by avoiding unnecessary resource recreation
- Monitoring stack performance with AWS X-Ray integration
- Improving deployment success rate with pre-check workflows
- Caching template dependencies and outputs
- Using SSM Automation for pre-deployment validation
- Automating performance testing of new templates
Module 10: Observability and Monitoring - Integrating CloudWatch Alarms into templates
- Automatically creating dashboards for new stacks
- Using AWS CloudFormation to deploy monitoring agents
- Tagging resources for granular CloudWatch filtering
- Setting up log groups for Lambda and EC2 with templates
- Automated subscription filters for centralised logging
- Deploying AWS Systems Manager OpsCenter integrations
- Creating custom metrics via CloudFormation and Lambda
- Monitoring stack health with AWS Health Events
- Using AWS Config rules to detect configuration deviations
- Automated notifications for stack drift and failures
- Integrating with third-party tools like Datadog, Splunk
- Setting up proactive alerting with SNS and Lambda
- Scheduling periodic review tasks using EventBridge
- Building observability into every template from day one
Module 11: Enterprise Patterns and Real-World Use Cases - Automating VPC creation with multi-AZ, public/private subnets
- Building secure, shared services architectures
- Deploying EKS clusters using CloudFormation and add-ons
- Automating serverless applications with API Gateway and Lambda
- Creating event-driven architectures with EventBridge and SQS
- Automating database provisioning with RDS and secrets rotation
- Building disaster recovery environments on-demand
- Creating secure hybrid architectures with Direct Connect
- Deploying AWS WAF rules and Web ACLs via templates
- Automated backup vaults and recovery point policies
- Setting up audit-compliant landing zones for new accounts
- Deploying CI/CD pipelines as code using templates
- Automating cost optimisation with Reserved Instance tagging
- Standardising deployment of security tools (GuardDuty, Detective)
- Building infrastructure for AI/ML workloads with SageMaker
Module 12: Certifications, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - How this course prepares you for AWS Certified DevOps Engineer exam
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion for LinkedIn and resumes
- Documenting your project for internal visibility and promotions
- Building a personal portfolio of reusable enterprise templates
- Presenting CloudFormation ROI to leadership and finance teams
- Scaling your automation efforts across departments
- Becoming the go-to architect for infrastructure governance
- Negotiating higher compensation based on automation impact
- Contributing to open-source patterns and AWS communities
- Transitioning from engineer to platform lead or SRE
- Using your expertise to consult or freelance
- Staying updated with new CloudFormation features and best practices
- Accessing alumni resources and advanced masterclasses
- Joining the exclusive Circle of Certified Cloud Architects
- Next-level training paths: AWS CDK, security automation, FinOps
- Understanding when to use custom resources versus native types
- Building custom resources using AWS Lambda functions
- Handling Create, Update, and Delete events in custom logic
- Securing custom resource execution with execution roles
- Using Python and Node.js for custom resource handlers
- Managing timeouts and retries in custom resource operations
- Returning values from custom resources to other stack components
- Testing custom resources locally before deployment
- Using AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) constructs alongside templates
- Extending functionality with public AWS Marketplace templates
- Integrating third-party APIs via custom resources
- Monitoring custom resource performance and failures
- Using AWS Step Functions for complex custom workflows
- Best practices for error handling and graceful degradation
- Documenting custom resources for team onboarding
Module 8: Cross-Account and Multi-Region Strategies - Designing for cross-account resource provisioning
- Using AWS RAM (Resource Access Manager) with CloudFormation
- Assuming roles across accounts for secure template deployment
- Managing shared VPCs and subnets across business units
- AWS Control Tower and Service Control Policies for governance
- Deploying templates in multiple Regions for disaster recovery
- Synchronising template versions across global regions
- Handling Region-specific services and limitations
- Using global services like IAM, Route 53, and CloudFront
- Designing DNS and failover strategies with CloudFormation
- Managing replication tasks for RDS and DynamoDB
- Automating backup and restore workflows across Regions
- Monitoring cross-region stack consistency
- Using AWS Systems Manager for cross-region configuration
- Disaster recovery testing with automated stack rebuilds
Module 9: Optimisation and Performance Engineering - Reducing stack update time with efficient resource design
- Parallel creation of independent resources
- Minimising dependency chains to avoid bottlenecks
- Using update policies to minimise downtime
- Designing for blue/green deployments using CloudFormation
- Rolling updates for Auto Scaling Groups in templates
- Using minimum healthy percentage in update policies
- Handling large stacks: segmentation and nested design
- Optimising template size using transforms and references
- Reducing cost by avoiding unnecessary resource recreation
- Monitoring stack performance with AWS X-Ray integration
- Improving deployment success rate with pre-check workflows
- Caching template dependencies and outputs
- Using SSM Automation for pre-deployment validation
- Automating performance testing of new templates
Module 10: Observability and Monitoring - Integrating CloudWatch Alarms into templates
- Automatically creating dashboards for new stacks
- Using AWS CloudFormation to deploy monitoring agents
- Tagging resources for granular CloudWatch filtering
- Setting up log groups for Lambda and EC2 with templates
- Automated subscription filters for centralised logging
- Deploying AWS Systems Manager OpsCenter integrations
- Creating custom metrics via CloudFormation and Lambda
- Monitoring stack health with AWS Health Events
- Using AWS Config rules to detect configuration deviations
- Automated notifications for stack drift and failures
- Integrating with third-party tools like Datadog, Splunk
- Setting up proactive alerting with SNS and Lambda
- Scheduling periodic review tasks using EventBridge
- Building observability into every template from day one
Module 11: Enterprise Patterns and Real-World Use Cases - Automating VPC creation with multi-AZ, public/private subnets
- Building secure, shared services architectures
- Deploying EKS clusters using CloudFormation and add-ons
- Automating serverless applications with API Gateway and Lambda
- Creating event-driven architectures with EventBridge and SQS
- Automating database provisioning with RDS and secrets rotation
- Building disaster recovery environments on-demand
- Creating secure hybrid architectures with Direct Connect
- Deploying AWS WAF rules and Web ACLs via templates
- Automated backup vaults and recovery point policies
- Setting up audit-compliant landing zones for new accounts
- Deploying CI/CD pipelines as code using templates
- Automating cost optimisation with Reserved Instance tagging
- Standardising deployment of security tools (GuardDuty, Detective)
- Building infrastructure for AI/ML workloads with SageMaker
Module 12: Certifications, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - How this course prepares you for AWS Certified DevOps Engineer exam
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion for LinkedIn and resumes
- Documenting your project for internal visibility and promotions
- Building a personal portfolio of reusable enterprise templates
- Presenting CloudFormation ROI to leadership and finance teams
- Scaling your automation efforts across departments
- Becoming the go-to architect for infrastructure governance
- Negotiating higher compensation based on automation impact
- Contributing to open-source patterns and AWS communities
- Transitioning from engineer to platform lead or SRE
- Using your expertise to consult or freelance
- Staying updated with new CloudFormation features and best practices
- Accessing alumni resources and advanced masterclasses
- Joining the exclusive Circle of Certified Cloud Architects
- Next-level training paths: AWS CDK, security automation, FinOps
- Reducing stack update time with efficient resource design
- Parallel creation of independent resources
- Minimising dependency chains to avoid bottlenecks
- Using update policies to minimise downtime
- Designing for blue/green deployments using CloudFormation
- Rolling updates for Auto Scaling Groups in templates
- Using minimum healthy percentage in update policies
- Handling large stacks: segmentation and nested design
- Optimising template size using transforms and references
- Reducing cost by avoiding unnecessary resource recreation
- Monitoring stack performance with AWS X-Ray integration
- Improving deployment success rate with pre-check workflows
- Caching template dependencies and outputs
- Using SSM Automation for pre-deployment validation
- Automating performance testing of new templates
Module 10: Observability and Monitoring - Integrating CloudWatch Alarms into templates
- Automatically creating dashboards for new stacks
- Using AWS CloudFormation to deploy monitoring agents
- Tagging resources for granular CloudWatch filtering
- Setting up log groups for Lambda and EC2 with templates
- Automated subscription filters for centralised logging
- Deploying AWS Systems Manager OpsCenter integrations
- Creating custom metrics via CloudFormation and Lambda
- Monitoring stack health with AWS Health Events
- Using AWS Config rules to detect configuration deviations
- Automated notifications for stack drift and failures
- Integrating with third-party tools like Datadog, Splunk
- Setting up proactive alerting with SNS and Lambda
- Scheduling periodic review tasks using EventBridge
- Building observability into every template from day one
Module 11: Enterprise Patterns and Real-World Use Cases - Automating VPC creation with multi-AZ, public/private subnets
- Building secure, shared services architectures
- Deploying EKS clusters using CloudFormation and add-ons
- Automating serverless applications with API Gateway and Lambda
- Creating event-driven architectures with EventBridge and SQS
- Automating database provisioning with RDS and secrets rotation
- Building disaster recovery environments on-demand
- Creating secure hybrid architectures with Direct Connect
- Deploying AWS WAF rules and Web ACLs via templates
- Automated backup vaults and recovery point policies
- Setting up audit-compliant landing zones for new accounts
- Deploying CI/CD pipelines as code using templates
- Automating cost optimisation with Reserved Instance tagging
- Standardising deployment of security tools (GuardDuty, Detective)
- Building infrastructure for AI/ML workloads with SageMaker
Module 12: Certifications, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - How this course prepares you for AWS Certified DevOps Engineer exam
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion for LinkedIn and resumes
- Documenting your project for internal visibility and promotions
- Building a personal portfolio of reusable enterprise templates
- Presenting CloudFormation ROI to leadership and finance teams
- Scaling your automation efforts across departments
- Becoming the go-to architect for infrastructure governance
- Negotiating higher compensation based on automation impact
- Contributing to open-source patterns and AWS communities
- Transitioning from engineer to platform lead or SRE
- Using your expertise to consult or freelance
- Staying updated with new CloudFormation features and best practices
- Accessing alumni resources and advanced masterclasses
- Joining the exclusive Circle of Certified Cloud Architects
- Next-level training paths: AWS CDK, security automation, FinOps
- Automating VPC creation with multi-AZ, public/private subnets
- Building secure, shared services architectures
- Deploying EKS clusters using CloudFormation and add-ons
- Automating serverless applications with API Gateway and Lambda
- Creating event-driven architectures with EventBridge and SQS
- Automating database provisioning with RDS and secrets rotation
- Building disaster recovery environments on-demand
- Creating secure hybrid architectures with Direct Connect
- Deploying AWS WAF rules and Web ACLs via templates
- Automated backup vaults and recovery point policies
- Setting up audit-compliant landing zones for new accounts
- Deploying CI/CD pipelines as code using templates
- Automating cost optimisation with Reserved Instance tagging
- Standardising deployment of security tools (GuardDuty, Detective)
- Building infrastructure for AI/ML workloads with SageMaker