CFT

Cloud Formation Template

• A template is a JSON or YAML formatted text file that describes your AWS infrastructure.
• A template is a declaration of the AWS resources that make up a stack.

Intrinsic Functions

• Intrinsic functions are built in functions provided by AWS to manage the stack.
• Values assigned by the intrinsic functions are available only at run time.

References

Template Anatomy
CloudFormation support for Visual Studio Code
Intrinsic Functions
AWS support for YAML