Resources section in AWS - Mini Project: Build & Apply

AWS CloudFormation Resources Section

📖 Scenario: You are setting up a simple AWS CloudFormation template to create infrastructure automatically. This template will define resources like an S3 bucket and an EC2 instance.

🎯 Goal: Build the Resources section of a CloudFormation template with two resources: an S3 bucket named MyBucket and an EC2 instance named MyInstance.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a CloudFormation template dictionary named template with a Resources key.

Add an S3 bucket resource with logical ID MyBucket and type AWS::S3::Bucket.

Add an EC2 instance resource with logical ID MyInstance and type AWS::EC2::Instance.

Set the EC2 instance property InstanceType to t2.micro.

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

CloudFormation templates automate AWS infrastructure setup, saving time and reducing errors.

💼 Career

Understanding how to define resources in CloudFormation is essential for cloud engineers and DevOps professionals managing AWS environments.

1

Create the initial CloudFormation template dictionary

Create a dictionary called template with an empty Resources dictionary inside it.

AWS

template = {
    "Resources": {
        # Your resources will go here
    }
}
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Start by creating a dictionary named template with a key Resources set to an empty dictionary.

2

Add the S3 bucket resource

Add a resource to template["Resources"] with the key MyBucket. Set its Type to AWS::S3::Bucket.

AWS

template = {
    "Resources": {
        # Add MyBucket resource here
    }
}
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Inside the Resources dictionary, add a key MyBucket with a dictionary value that has a Type key set to AWS::S3::Bucket.

3

Add the EC2 instance resource with properties

Add a resource to template["Resources"] with the key MyInstance. Set its Type to AWS::EC2::Instance and add a Properties dictionary with InstanceType set to t2.micro.

AWS

template = {
    "Resources": {
        "MyBucket": {
            "Type": "AWS::S3::Bucket"
        },
        # Add MyInstance resource here
    }
}
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Add a new key MyInstance in Resources with the specified type and properties.

4

Complete the CloudFormation template

Ensure the template dictionary includes both MyBucket and MyInstance resources correctly structured under Resources.

AWS

template = {
    "Resources": {
        "MyBucket": {
            "Type": "AWS::S3::Bucket"
        },
        "MyInstance": {
            "Type": "AWS::EC2::Instance",
            "Properties": {
                "InstanceType": "t2.micro"
            }
        }
    }
}
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Review the entire template dictionary to confirm both resources are present and correctly defined.