AWS CloudFormation Cross-stack References

Visualize stack outputs / imports in a Sankey diagram to identify optimizations and circular dependencies.

Fast, simple CLI which will inspect your AWS CloudFormation stacks and paint a Sankey diagram. This is useful for showing how stacks are connected in a multi-stack deployment. It is also useful for identifying circular dependencies which can arise when gradually patching stacks.

Install

npm install -g cf-xviz

Usage

Usage: cf-xviz [options]

Visualize cross-stack references in your AWS CloudFormation stacks.

Options:
  -V, --version           output the version number
  -p, --profile <string>  use a specific profile from your credential file. (default: "default")
  -r, --region <string>   the region to use. (default: "us-east-1")
  -b, --browser <string>  the browser to use. (default: "firefox")
  -h, --help              output usage information

Flag	Description
-p, --profile	Choose which profile to use from your AWS credentials file. Usually found in ~/.aws/credentials.
-r, --region	Choose which region your stacks are deployed in. E.g. eu-west-1.
-b, --browser	Choose which browser to open the visualization in. E.g. google-chrome.

Not Seeing Any Data?

Make sure that the -r, --region flag is set to the same region as your stacks.