AWS CloudFormation Automated Deployment

Application stack template

Deploys the following in a virtual private cloud (VPC) (created by the network stack template):

• Auto Scaling group in the public web tier
• Internet-facing application load balancer for the web tier
• Auto Scaling group in the application tier
• Internal application load balancer for the application tier
• Security groups

Network stack nested template

Deploys the following:

• A virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
• Two public subnets in different zones
• Two private subnets in different zones
• Internet gateway
• NAT gateway

Architecture Diagram

Credits

Based on the Pluralsight Architecting for Reliability on AWS, Automated Deployments with CloudFormation course by Ben Piper.