stx

Go-based CLI for managing CloudFormation stacks written in Cue

Installation

1. Clone the repo.
2. cd into the repo and run go install ./...
3. The stx binary will be placed in $GOHOME/bin/stx (e.g. ~/go/bin/stx). Make sure this is in your $PATH

Usage

stx [global flags] <command> [command flags] [./... or specific cue files]

If no args are present after , stx will default to using ./... as a way to find Cue files. This can be overriden with specific files: stx print ./text.cue

Commands

• add Writes scaffolding to template.cfn.cue
• delete Deletes the stack along with .yml and .out.cue files
• deploy Deploys a stack by creating a changeset, previews expected changes, and optionally executes.
• diff DIFF against CloudFormation for the evaluted leaves.
• events Shows the latest events from the evaluated stacks.
• export Exports cue templates that implement the Stack pattern as yml files.
• help Help about any command
• import Imports an existing stack into Cue.
• print Prints the Cue output as YAML
• resources Lists the resources managed by the stack.
• save Saves stack outputs as importable libraries to cue.mod
• status Returns a stack status if it exists
• notify Creates a light http server to listen for stack events from sns

Roadmap

• Add color to yaml output of print
• Add sts, sdf, exe, and events commands
• Add config options to use ykman for automatic mfa retrieval