azec-nike / yamlcf

Plain YAML, plain CloudFormation command line client

yamlcf

Plain YAML, plain CloudFormation command line client. Based on boto3.

Comapres to tool xy

What is the difference to the existing aws cloudformation [...] tool?

• YAML support. Plain cloudformation json is also supported since json is also valid yaml.
• Optimized for commandline usage and continous integration tools like jenkins:
  • Easy to see progress: Live log output.
  • Easy to use in build scripts: Waits for success and fails on error.
• Convention-over-configuration: If you name your cloudformation file mystack.cf.yaml then yamlcf uses by default mystack as stackname.

What is the difference to high-level abstractions e.g. terraform? yamlcf does not extend CloudFormation or introduce a custom DSL, it is just a tool for easier usage. You can simply rely on the given cloudformation documentation of AWS (and the AWS support).

No tool dependency: Just convert your yaml back to json and use the AWS cloud-formation tools.

Usage

You need python 3. Install yamlcf via pip:

sudo pip install yamlcf

AWS credentials are looked up in the usual sources (environment, local config file, instance profile, ...)

Tools that fit to yamlcf

• aws-keychain-util puts your aws credentials in the keychain

Feedback, Questions, Comments

Open an issue or ask on stackoverflow. Relases are listed on pypi