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Getting Started with CloudFormation
CloudFormation is a powerful automation service within AWS. It can be used to create simple or complex sets of infrastructure any number of times. This hands-on lab provides a gentle introduction to CloudFormation, using it to create and update a number of S3 buckets. By the end of this hands-on lab, you will be comfortable using CloudFormation and can begin experimenting with your own templates.

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Challenge
Create a CloudFormation Stack
Use the information from the createstack.json file to create a CloudFormation stack named cfnlab.
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Update the CloudFormation Stack to Add an S3 Bucket
Use the updatestack1.json file to update the cfnlab stack. This update will add a new S3 bucket named dogpics to the stack.
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Update the CloudFormation Stack to Rename the S3 Bucket
Open the updatestack2.json file in a text editor.
Locate the bucket name "catsareawesome123" in the file. Modify the characters following "catsareawesome123" to create a unique bucket name (e.g., "catsareawesome123myuniquebucket").
Save the file, then update the cfnlab stack using the modified updatestack2.json file. This will replace the existing bucket with the new name.
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