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The following resources are required or recommended in order to use Automation with AWS:
- An IAM role
- A managed IAM policy
- At least one SNS topic
- At least one Lambda function
The CloudFormation templates below can provision these resources for you.
CloudFormation Templates
There are two CloudFormation templates to choose from for provisioning required AWS resources:
Automation with AWS (Core)
This template provisions the following Automation with AWS core resources:
These resources are semantically required and we recommend to provision a dedicated IAM role indeed.
Key | Type | Description |
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| CoreRoleArn | AWS::IAM::Role | ARN of Automation with AWS (Core) IAM role |
| CorePolicyArn | AWS::IAM::ManagedPolicy | ARN of Automation with AWS (Core) managed IAM policy |
Automation with AWS (Quickstart)
This template provisions the following Automation with AWS quickstart resources:
These resources aim to get you started quickly by covering the basic action scenarios, and some logging/debugging aids.
| Key | Related Type | Description |
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| CoreRoleArn | AWS::IAM::Role | ARN of Automation with AWS (Core) IAM role |
| CorePolicyArn | AWS::IAM::ManagedPolicy | ARN of Automation with AWS (Core) managed IAM policy |
| LogFunctionLink | AWS::Lambda::Function | Link to Automation with AWS Lambda log function |
| LogQueueLink | AWS::SQS::Queue | Link to Automation with AWS SQS log queue |
| QuickstartLambdaFunctionArn | AWS::Lambda::Function | ARN of Automation with AWS (Core) quickstart Lambda function |
| QuickstartLambdaFunctionLink | AWS::Lambda::Function | Link to Automation with AWS (Core) quickstart Lambda functiofunction |
| QuickstartSNSTopicArn | AWS::SNS::Topic | ARN of Automation with AWS (Core) quickstart SNS topic |
| QuickstartSNSTopicLink | AWS::SNS::Topic | Link to Automation with AWS (Core) quickstart SNS topic |
| QuickstartStepFunctionsStateMachineArn | AWS::StepFunctions::Function | ARN of Automation with AWS (Core) quickstart Step Functions state machine |
| QuickstartStepFunctionsStateMachineLink | AWS::StepFunctions::Function | Link to Automation with AWS (Core) quickstart Step Functions state machine |
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