AWS CloudFormation 

Less time for management, more time to focus 

  • Simplify Infrastructure Management
  • Quickly Replicate Your Infrastructure
  • Easily Control and Track Changes to Your Infrastructure

>>  Why use CFT? <<

  • No need to remember which resources changed while making necessary decisions for your infrastructure by versioning
  • Easily clone your working systems

>>  What CFT actually does? <<

  • Create templates describing all sources of AWS, required for your system
  • Grants provisioning on your AWS application plans 
  • Test complexity of your current infrastructure

>>  What CFT actually does? <<

  • 5.1 Rails Single Instance
  • 5.2 Rails Multi AZ

>>  What CFT actually does? <<

{
  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion" : "2010-09-09",
  
  "Description" : "AWS CloudFormation Sample Template Rails_Single_Instance: Create a Ruby on Rails stack using a single EC2 instance with a local MySQL database for storage. This template demonstrates using the AWS CloudFormation bootstrap scripts to install the packages and files necessary to deploy a Rails application. This example creates a simple hello world application from the template. **WARNING** This template creates an Amazon EC2 instance. You will be billed for the AWS resources used if you create a stack from this template.",
  
  "Parameters" : {
      
    "KeyName": {
      "Description" : "Name of an existing EC2 KeyPair to enable SSH access to the instances",
      "Type": "AWS::EC2::KeyPair::KeyName",
      "ConstraintDescription" : "must be the name of an existing EC2 KeyPair."
    },    

    "DBName": {
      "Default": "MyDatabase",
      "Description" : "MySQL database name",
      "Type": "String",
      "MinLength": "1",
      "MaxLength": "64",
      "AllowedPattern" : "[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*",
      "ConstraintDescription" : "must begin with a letter and contain only alphanumeric characters."
    },

    "DBUser": {
      "NoEcho": "true",
      "Description" : "Username for MySQL database access",
      "Type": "String",
      "MinLength": "1",
      "MaxLength": "16",
      "AllowedPattern" : "[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*",
      "ConstraintDescription" : "must begin with a letter and contain only alphanumeric characters."
    },

    "DBPassword": {
      "NoEcho": "true",
      "Description" : "Password MySQL database access",
      "Type": "String",
      "MinLength": "1",
      "MaxLength": "41",
      "AllowedPattern" : "[a-zA-Z0-9]*",
      "ConstraintDescription" : "must contain only alphanumeric characters."
    },

    "DBRootPassword": {
      "NoEcho": "true",
      "Description" : "Root password for MySQL",
      "Type": "String",
      "MinLength": "1",
      "MaxLength": "41",
      "AllowedPattern" : "[a-zA-Z0-9]*",
      "ConstraintDescription" : "must contain only alphanumeric characters."
    },

    "InstanceType" : {
      "Description" : "WebServer EC2 instance type",
      "Type" : "String",
      "Default" : "t2.small",
      "AllowedValues" : [ "t1.micro", "t2.nano", "t2.micro", "t2.small", "t2.medium", "t2.large", "m1.small", "m1.medium", "m1.large", "m1.xlarge", "m2.xlarge", "m2.2xlarge", "m2.4xlarge", "m3.medium", "m3.large", "m3.xlarge", "m3.2xlarge", "m4.large", "m4.xlarge", "m4.2xlarge", "m4.4xlarge", "m4.10xlarge", "c1.medium", "c1.xlarge", "c3.large", "c3.xlarge", "c3.2xlarge", "c3.4xlarge", "c3.8xlarge", "c4.large", "c4.xlarge", "c4.2xlarge", "c4.4xlarge", "c4.8xlarge", "g2.2xlarge", "g2.8xlarge", "r3.large", "r3.xlarge", "r3.2xlarge", "r3.4xlarge", "r3.8xlarge", "i2.xlarge", "i2.2xlarge", "i2.4xlarge", "i2.8xlarge", "d2.xlarge", "d2.2xlarge", "d2.4xlarge", "d2.8xlarge", "hi1.4xlarge", "hs1.8xlarge", "cr1.8xlarge", "cc2.8xlarge", "cg1.4xlarge"]
,
      "ConstraintDescription" : "must be a valid EC2 instance type."
    },

    "SSHLocation" : {
      "Description" : " The IP address range that can be used to SSH to the EC2 instances",
      "Type": "String",
      "MinLength": "9",
      "MaxLength": "18",
      "Default": "0.0.0.0/0",
      "AllowedPattern": "(\\d{1,3})\\.(\\d{1,3})\\.(\\d{1,3})\\.(\\d{1,3})/(\\d{1,2})",
      "ConstraintDescription": "must be a valid IP CIDR range of the form x.x.x.x/x."
    } 
  },
  
  "Mappings" : {
    "AWSInstanceType2Arch" : {
      "t1.micro"    : { "Arch" : "PV64"   },
      "t2.nano"     : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "t2.micro"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "t2.small"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "t2.medium"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "t2.large"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m1.small"    : { "Arch" : "PV64"   },
      "m1.medium"   : { "Arch" : "PV64"   },
      "m1.large"    : { "Arch" : "PV64"   },
      "m1.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "PV64"   },
      "m2.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "PV64"   },
      "m2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "PV64"   },
      "m2.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "PV64"   },
      "m3.medium"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m3.large"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m4.large"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m4.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m4.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m4.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m4.10xlarge" : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c1.medium"   : { "Arch" : "PV64"   },
      "c1.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "PV64"   },
      "c3.large"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c3.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c3.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c4.large"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c4.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c4.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c4.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c4.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "g2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVMG2"  },
      "g2.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVMG2"  },
      "r3.large"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "r3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "r3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "r3.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "r3.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "i2.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "i2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "i2.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "i2.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "d2.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "d2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "d2.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "d2.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "hi1.4xlarge" : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "hs1.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "cr1.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "cc2.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  }
    },

    "AWSInstanceType2NATArch" : {
      "t1.micro"    : { "Arch" : "NATPV64"   },
      "t2.nano"     : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "t2.micro"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "t2.small"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "t2.medium"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "t2.large"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m1.small"    : { "Arch" : "NATPV64"   },
      "m1.medium"   : { "Arch" : "NATPV64"   },
      "m1.large"    : { "Arch" : "NATPV64"   },
      "m1.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATPV64"   },
      "m2.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATPV64"   },
      "m2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATPV64"   },
      "m2.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATPV64"   },
      "m3.medium"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m3.large"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m4.large"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m4.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m4.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m4.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m4.10xlarge" : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c1.medium"   : { "Arch" : "NATPV64"   },
      "c1.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATPV64"   },
      "c3.large"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c3.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c3.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c4.large"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c4.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c4.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c4.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c4.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "g2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVMG2"  },
      "g2.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVMG2"  },
      "r3.large"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "r3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "r3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "r3.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "r3.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "i2.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "i2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "i2.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "i2.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "d2.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "d2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "d2.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "d2.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "hi1.4xlarge" : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "hs1.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "cr1.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "cc2.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  }
    }
,
    "AWSRegionArch2AMI" : {
      "us-east-1"        : {"PV64" : "ami-2a69aa47", "HVM64" : "ami-6869aa05", "HVMG2" : "ami-2e5e9c43"},
      "us-west-2"        : {"PV64" : "ami-7f77b31f", "HVM64" : "ami-7172b611", "HVMG2" : "ami-83b770e3"},
      "us-west-1"        : {"PV64" : "ami-a2490dc2", "HVM64" : "ami-31490d51", "HVMG2" : "ami-fd76329d"},
      "eu-west-1"        : {"PV64" : "ami-4cdd453f", "HVM64" : "ami-f9dd458a", "HVMG2" : "ami-b9bd25ca"},
      "eu-central-1"     : {"PV64" : "ami-6527cf0a", "HVM64" : "ami-ea26ce85", "HVMG2" : "ami-7f04ec10"},
      "ap-northeast-1"   : {"PV64" : "ami-3e42b65f", "HVM64" : "ami-374db956", "HVMG2" : "ami-e0ee1981"},
      "ap-northeast-2"   : {"PV64" : "NOT_SUPPORTED", "HVM64" : "ami-2b408b45", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "ap-southeast-1"   : {"PV64" : "ami-df9e4cbc", "HVM64" : "ami-a59b49c6", "HVMG2" : "ami-0cb5676f"},
      "ap-southeast-2"   : {"PV64" : "ami-63351d00", "HVM64" : "ami-dc361ebf", "HVMG2" : "ami-a71c34c4"},
      "ap-south-1"       : {"PV64" : "NOT_SUPPORTED", "HVM64" : "ami-ffbdd790", "HVMG2" : "ami-f5b2d89a"},
      "sa-east-1"        : {"PV64" : "ami-1ad34676", "HVM64" : "ami-6dd04501", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "cn-north-1"       : {"PV64" : "ami-77559f1a", "HVM64" : "ami-8e6aa0e3", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"}
    }

  },

  "Resources" : {     

    "WebServer": {  
      "Type": "AWS::EC2::Instance",
      "Metadata" : {
        "AWS::CloudFormation::Init" : {
          "configSets" : {
            "full_install" : [ "install_cfn", "install_mysql", "configure_mysql", "install_ruby", "install_application" ]
          },

          "install_cfn" : {
            "files" : {
              "/etc/cfn/cfn-hup.conf" : {
                "content" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", [
                  "[main]\n",
                  "stack=", { "Ref" : "AWS::StackId" }, "\n",
                  "region=", { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" }, "\n"
                ]]},
                "mode"    : "000400",
                "owner"   : "root",
                "group"   : "root"
              },

              "/etc/cfn/hooks.d/cfn-auto-reloader.conf" : {
                "content": { "Fn::Join" : ["", [
                  "[cfn-auto-reloader-hook]\n",
                  "triggers=post.update\n",
                  "path=Resources.WebServer.Metadata.AWS::CloudFormation::Init\n",
                  "action=/opt/aws/bin/cfn-init -v ",
                  "         --stack ", { "Ref" : "AWS::StackName" },
                  "         --resource WebServer ",
                  "         --configsets full_install ",
                  "         --region ", { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" }, "\n",
                  "runas=root\n"
                ]]}
              }
            },

            "services" : {
              "sysvinit" : {  
                "cfn-hup" : { "enabled" : "true", "ensureRunning" : "true",
                              "files" : ["/etc/cfn/cfn-hup.conf", "/etc/cfn/hooks.d/cfn-auto-reloader.conf"]}
              }
            }
          },

          "install_mysql" : {
            "packages" : {
              "yum" : {
                "mysql"        : [],
                "mysql-server" : [],
                "mysql-devel"  : [],
                "mysql-libs"   : []
              }
            },

            "files" : {
              "/tmp/setup.mysql" : {
                "content" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", [
                  "CREATE USER '", { "Ref" : "DBUser" }, "'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '", { "Ref" : "DBPassword" }, "';\n",
                  "GRANT ALL ON ", { "Ref" : "DBName" }, ".* TO '", { "Ref" : "DBUser" }, "'@'localhost';\n",
                  "FLUSH PRIVILEGES;\n"
                  ]]},
                "mode"  : "000400",
                "owner" : "root",
                "group" : "root"
              }
            },

            "services" : {
              "sysvinit" : {  
                "mysqld" : { "enabled" : "true", "ensureRunning" : "true" }
              }
            }
          },

          "configure_mysql" : {
            "commands" : {
              "01_set_mysql_root_password" : {
                "command" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", ["mysqladmin -u root password '", { "Ref" : "DBRootPassword" }, "'"]]},
                "test" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", ["$(mysql ", { "Ref" : "DBName" }, " -u root --password='", { "Ref" : "DBRootPassword" }, "' >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null); (( $? != 0 ))"]]}
              },
              "02_create_database" : {
                "command" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", ["mysql -u root --password='", { "Ref" : "DBRootPassword" }, "' < /tmp/setup.mysql"]]},
                "test" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", ["$(mysql ", { "Ref" : "DBName" }, " -u root --password='", { "Ref" : "DBRootPassword" }, "' >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null); (( $? != 0 ))"]]}
              },
              "03_cleanup" : {
                "command" : "rm /tmp/setup.mysql"
              }
            }
          },

          "install_ruby" : {
            "packages" : {
              "yum" : {
                "gcc-c++"             : [],
                "make"                : [],
                "ruby-devel"          : [],
                "rubygems"            : [],
                "rubygem-io-console"  : [],
                "patch"               : []
              }
            },
            "commands" : {
              "01_update_gems" : {
                "command" : "gem update --system"
              },
              "02_reload_nokogiri" : {
                "command" : "gem install --no-ri --no-rdoc nokogiri"
              }
            }
          },

          "install_application" : {
            "packages" : {
              "rubygems" : {
                "rails" : []
              }
            },
            "files" : {
              "/tmp/database.yml" : {
               "content" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", [
                  "development:\n",
                  "  adapter: mysql2\n",
                  "  encoding: utf8\n",
                  "  reconnect: false\n",
                  "  pool: 5\n",
                  "  database: ", { "Ref" : "DBName" }, "\n",
                  "  username: ", { "Ref" : "DBUser" }, "\n",
                  "  password: ", { "Ref" : "DBPassword" }, "\n",
                  "  socket: /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock\n"
                  ]]},
                "mode"  : "000400",
                "owner" : "root",
                "group" : "root"
              },
              "/tmp/install_application" : {
                "content" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", [
                  "#!/bin/bash -e\n",
                  "export HOME=/home/ec2-user\n",
                  "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin\n",
                  "cd /home/ec2-user\n",

                  "# Kill the rails server if it is running to allow update\n",
                  "if pgrep ruby &> /dev/null ; then pkill -TERM ruby ; fi\n",

                  "# This sample template creates a new application inline\n",
                  "# Typically you would use files and/or sources to download\n",
                  "# your application package and perform any configuration here.\n",

                  "# Create a new application, with therubyracer javascript library\n",
                  "rails new sample -d mysql --skip-spring --skip-bundle --force\n",
                  "cd /home/ec2-user/sample\n",
                  "sed -i 's/^# \\(.*therubyracer.*$\\)/\\1/' Gemfile\n",
                  "bundle install\n",

                  "# Create a sample scoffold\n",
                  "rails generate scaffold Note title:string body:text --force\n",

                  "# Configure the database connection\n",
                  "mv /tmp/database.yml config\n",
                  "rake db:create db:migrate\n"
                ]]},
                "mode"  : "000500",
                "owner" : "root",
                "group" : "root"
              },
              "/home/ec2-user/start-application" : {
                "content" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", [
                  "#!/bin/bash -e\n",
                  "export HOME=/home/ec2-user\n",
                  "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin\n",
                  "cd /home/ec2-user/sample\n",

                  "# Startup the application\n",
                  "rails server --binding 0.0.0.0 -p 80 -d\n"
                ]]},
                "mode"  : "000500",
                "owner" : "root",
                "group" : "root"
              }
            },
            "commands" : {
              "01_install_application" : {
                "command" : "/tmp/install_application > /var/log/install_application.log"
              },
              "02_configure_reboot" : {
                "command" : "echo /home/ec2-user/start-application >> /etc/rc.local"
              },
              "03_start_application" : {
                "command" : "/home/ec2-user/start-application"
              },
              "04_cleanup" : {
                "command" : "rm /tmp/install_application"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Properties": {
        "ImageId" : { "Fn::FindInMap" : [ "AWSRegionArch2AMI", { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" },
                          { "Fn::FindInMap" : [ "AWSInstanceType2Arch", { "Ref" : "InstanceType" }, "Arch" ] } ] },
        "InstanceType"   : { "Ref" : "InstanceType" },
        "SecurityGroups" : [ {"Ref" : "WebServerSecurityGroup"} ],
        "KeyName"        : { "Ref" : "KeyName" },
        "UserData"       : { "Fn::Base64" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", [
          "#!/bin/bash -xe\n",
          "yum update -y aws-cfn-bootstrap\n",

          "/opt/aws/bin/cfn-init -v ",
          "         --stack ", { "Ref" : "AWS::StackId" },
          "         --resource WebServer ",
          "         --configsets full_install ",
          "         --region ", { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" }, "\n",

          "/opt/aws/bin/cfn-signal -e $? ",
          "         --stack ", { "Ref" : "AWS::StackId" },
          "         --resource WebServer ",
          "         --region ", { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" }, "\n"
        ]]}}        
      },
      "CreationPolicy" : {
        "ResourceSignal" : {
          "Timeout" : "PT30M"
        }
      }
    },
    
    "WebServerSecurityGroup" : {
      "Type" : "AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup",
      "Properties" : {
        "GroupDescription" : "Enable HTTP and SSH access",
        "SecurityGroupIngress" : [
          {"IpProtocol" : "tcp", "FromPort" : "80", "ToPort" : "80", "CidrIp" : "0.0.0.0/0"},
          {"IpProtocol" : "tcp", "FromPort" : "22", "ToPort" : "22", "CidrIp" : { "Ref" : "SSHLocation"}}
        ]
      }      
    }          
  },
  
  "Outputs" : {
    "WebsiteURL" : {
      "Value" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", ["http://", { "Fn::GetAtt" : [ "WebServer", "PublicDnsName" ]}, "/notes" ]] },
      "Description" : "URL for newly created Rails application"
    }
  }
}

The templates can be either in JSON or YAML format

>>  Some examples for CFT <<

{
  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion" : "2010-09-09",

  "Description" : "AWS CloudFormation Sample Template Rails_Multi_AZ: Create a highly available, scalable Ruby on Rails stack with a multi-AZ MySQL Amazon RDS database instance for the backend data store. This template demonstrates using the AWS CloudFormation bootstrap scripts to install the packages and files necessary to deploy a Rails application. **WARNING** This template creates one or more Amazon EC2 instances, an Elastic Load Balancer and an Amazon RDS DB instance. You will be billed for the AWS resources used if you create a stack from this template.",

  "Parameters" : {

    "KeyName": {
      "Description" : "Name of an existing EC2 KeyPair to enable SSH access to the instances",
      "Type": "AWS::EC2::KeyPair::KeyName",
      "ConstraintDescription" : "must be the name of an existing EC2 KeyPair."
    },

    "DBName": {
      "Default": "MyDatabase",
      "Description" : "MySQL database name",
      "Type": "String",
      "MinLength": "1",
      "MaxLength": "64",
      "AllowedPattern" : "[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*",
      "ConstraintDescription" : "must begin with a letter and contain only alphanumeric characters."
    },

    "DBUser": {
      "NoEcho": "true",
      "Description" : "Username for MySQL database access",
      "Type": "String",
      "MinLength": "1",
      "MaxLength": "16",
      "AllowedPattern" : "[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*",
      "ConstraintDescription" : "must begin with a letter and contain only alphanumeric characters."
    },

    "DBPassword": {
      "NoEcho": "true",
      "Description" : "Password for MySQL database access",
      "Type": "String",
      "MinLength": "8",
      "MaxLength": "41",
      "AllowedPattern" : "[a-zA-Z0-9]*",
      "ConstraintDescription" : "must contain only alphanumeric characters."
    },

    "DBAllocatedStorage": {
      "Default": "5",
      "Description" : "The size of the database (Gb)",
      "Type": "Number",
      "MinValue": "5",
      "MaxValue": "1024",
      "ConstraintDescription" : "must be between 5 and 1024Gb."
    },

    "DBInstanceClass": {
      "Description" : "The database instance type",
      "Type": "String",
      "Default": "db.t2.small",
      "AllowedValues" : [ "db.t1.micro", "db.m1.small", "db.m1.medium", "db.m1.large", "db.m1.xlarge", "db.m2.xlarge", "db.m2.2xlarge", "db.m2.4xlarge", "db.m3.medium", "db.m3.large", "db.m3.xlarge", "db.m3.2xlarge", "db.m4.large", "db.m4.xlarge", "db.m4.2xlarge", "db.m4.4xlarge", "db.m4.10xlarge", "db.r3.large", "db.r3.xlarge", "db.r3.2xlarge", "db.r3.4xlarge", "db.r3.8xlarge", "db.m2.xlarge", "db.m2.2xlarge", "db.m2.4xlarge", "db.cr1.8xlarge", "db.t2.micro", "db.t2.small", "db.t2.medium", "db.t2.large"]
,
      "ConstraintDescription" : "must select a valid database instance type."
    },

    "MultiAZDatabase": {
      "Default": "true",
      "Description" : "Create a ulti-AZ MySQL Amazon RDS database instance",
      "Type": "String",
      "AllowedValues" : [ "true", "false" ],
      "ConstraintDescription" : "must be either true or false."
    },

    "WebServerCapacity": {
      "Default": "2",
      "Description" : "The initial nuber of WebServer instances",
      "Type": "Number",
      "MinValue": "1",
      "MaxValue": "5",
      "ConstraintDescription" : "must be between 1 and 5 EC2 instances."
    },

    "InstanceType" : {
      "Description" : "WebServer EC2 instance type",
      "Type" : "String",
      "Default" : "t2.small",
      "AllowedValues" : [ "t1.micro", "t2.nano", "t2.micro", "t2.small", "t2.medium", "t2.large", "m1.small", "m1.medium", "m1.large", "m1.xlarge", "m2.xlarge", "m2.2xlarge", "m2.4xlarge", "m3.medium", "m3.large", "m3.xlarge", "m3.2xlarge", "m4.large", "m4.xlarge", "m4.2xlarge", "m4.4xlarge", "m4.10xlarge", "c1.medium", "c1.xlarge", "c3.large", "c3.xlarge", "c3.2xlarge", "c3.4xlarge", "c3.8xlarge", "c4.large", "c4.xlarge", "c4.2xlarge", "c4.4xlarge", "c4.8xlarge", "g2.2xlarge", "g2.8xlarge", "r3.large", "r3.xlarge", "r3.2xlarge", "r3.4xlarge", "r3.8xlarge", "i2.xlarge", "i2.2xlarge", "i2.4xlarge", "i2.8xlarge", "d2.xlarge", "d2.2xlarge", "d2.4xlarge", "d2.8xlarge", "hi1.4xlarge", "hs1.8xlarge", "cr1.8xlarge", "cc2.8xlarge", "cg1.4xlarge"]
,
      "ConstraintDescription" : "must be a valid EC2 instance type."
    },

    "SSHLocation" : {
      "Description" : " The IP address range that can be used to SSH to the EC2 instances",
      "Type": "String",
      "MinLength": "9",
      "MaxLength": "18",
      "Default": "0.0.0.0/0",
      "AllowedPattern": "(\\d{1,3})\\.(\\d{1,3})\\.(\\d{1,3})\\.(\\d{1,3})/(\\d{1,2})",
      "ConstraintDescription": "must be a valid IP CIDR range of the form x.x.x.x/x."
    }
  },

  "Mappings" : {
    "AWSInstanceType2Arch" : {
      "t1.micro"    : { "Arch" : "PV64"   },
      "t2.nano"     : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "t2.micro"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "t2.small"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "t2.medium"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "t2.large"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m1.small"    : { "Arch" : "PV64"   },
      "m1.medium"   : { "Arch" : "PV64"   },
      "m1.large"    : { "Arch" : "PV64"   },
      "m1.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "PV64"   },
      "m2.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "PV64"   },
      "m2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "PV64"   },
      "m2.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "PV64"   },
      "m3.medium"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m3.large"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m4.large"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m4.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m4.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m4.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m4.10xlarge" : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c1.medium"   : { "Arch" : "PV64"   },
      "c1.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "PV64"   },
      "c3.large"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c3.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c3.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c4.large"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c4.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c4.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c4.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c4.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "g2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVMG2"  },
      "g2.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVMG2"  },
      "r3.large"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "r3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "r3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "r3.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "r3.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "i2.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "i2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "i2.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "i2.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "d2.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "d2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "d2.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "d2.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "hi1.4xlarge" : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "hs1.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "cr1.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "cc2.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  }
    },

    "AWSInstanceType2NATArch" : {
      "t1.micro"    : { "Arch" : "NATPV64"   },
      "t2.nano"     : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "t2.micro"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "t2.small"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "t2.medium"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "t2.large"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m1.small"    : { "Arch" : "NATPV64"   },
      "m1.medium"   : { "Arch" : "NATPV64"   },
      "m1.large"    : { "Arch" : "NATPV64"   },
      "m1.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATPV64"   },
      "m2.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATPV64"   },
      "m2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATPV64"   },
      "m2.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATPV64"   },
      "m3.medium"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m3.large"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m4.large"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m4.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m4.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m4.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m4.10xlarge" : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c1.medium"   : { "Arch" : "NATPV64"   },
      "c1.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATPV64"   },
      "c3.large"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c3.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c3.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c4.large"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c4.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c4.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c4.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c4.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "g2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVMG2"  },
      "g2.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVMG2"  },
      "r3.large"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "r3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "r3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "r3.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "r3.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "i2.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "i2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "i2.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "i2.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "d2.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "d2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "d2.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "d2.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "hi1.4xlarge" : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "hs1.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "cr1.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "cc2.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  }
    }
,
    "AWSRegionArch2AMI" : {
      "us-east-1"        : {"PV64" : "ami-2a69aa47", "HVM64" : "ami-6869aa05", "HVMG2" : "ami-2e5e9c43"},
      "us-west-2"        : {"PV64" : "ami-7f77b31f", "HVM64" : "ami-7172b611", "HVMG2" : "ami-83b770e3"},
      "us-west-1"        : {"PV64" : "ami-a2490dc2", "HVM64" : "ami-31490d51", "HVMG2" : "ami-fd76329d"},
      "eu-west-1"        : {"PV64" : "ami-4cdd453f", "HVM64" : "ami-f9dd458a", "HVMG2" : "ami-b9bd25ca"},
      "eu-central-1"     : {"PV64" : "ami-6527cf0a", "HVM64" : "ami-ea26ce85", "HVMG2" : "ami-7f04ec10"},
      "ap-northeast-1"   : {"PV64" : "ami-3e42b65f", "HVM64" : "ami-374db956", "HVMG2" : "ami-e0ee1981"},
      "ap-northeast-2"   : {"PV64" : "NOT_SUPPORTED", "HVM64" : "ami-2b408b45", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "ap-southeast-1"   : {"PV64" : "ami-df9e4cbc", "HVM64" : "ami-a59b49c6", "HVMG2" : "ami-0cb5676f"},
      "ap-southeast-2"   : {"PV64" : "ami-63351d00", "HVM64" : "ami-dc361ebf", "HVMG2" : "ami-a71c34c4"},
      "ap-south-1"       : {"PV64" : "NOT_SUPPORTED", "HVM64" : "ami-ffbdd790", "HVMG2" : "ami-f5b2d89a"},
      "sa-east-1"        : {"PV64" : "ami-1ad34676", "HVM64" : "ami-6dd04501", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "cn-north-1"       : {"PV64" : "ami-77559f1a", "HVM64" : "ami-8e6aa0e3", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"}
    }

  },

  "Conditions" : {
    "Is-EC2-VPC"     : { "Fn::Or" : [ {"Fn::Equals" : [{"Ref" : "AWS::Region"}, "eu-central-1" ]},
                                      {"Fn::Equals" : [{"Ref" : "AWS::Region"}, "cn-north-1" ]},
                                      {"Fn::Equals" : [{"Ref" : "AWS::Region"}, "ap-northeast-2" ]}]},
    "Is-EC2-Classic" : { "Fn::Not" : [{ "Condition" : "Is-EC2-VPC"}]}
  },

  "Resources" : {

    "ElasticLoadBalancer" : {
      "Type" : "AWS::ElasticLoadBalancing::LoadBalancer",
      "Properties" : {
        "AvailabilityZones" : { "Fn::GetAZs" : "" },
        "CrossZone" : "true",
        "LBCookieStickinessPolicy" : [ {
          "PolicyName" : "CookieBasedPolicy",
          "CookieExpirationPeriod" : "30"
        } ],
        "Listeners" : [ {
          "LoadBalancerPort" : "80",
          "InstancePort" : "80",
          "Protocol" : "HTTP",
          "PolicyNames" : [ "CookieBasedPolicy" ]
        } ],
        "HealthCheck" : {
          "Target" : "HTTP:80/",
          "HealthyThreshold" : "2",
          "UnhealthyThreshold" : "5",
          "Interval" : "10",
          "Timeout" : "5"
        }
      }
    },

    "WebServerGroup" : {
      "Type" : "AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup",
      "Properties" : {
        "AvailabilityZones" : { "Fn::GetAZs" : "" },
        "LaunchConfigurationName" : { "Ref" : "LaunchConfig" },
        "MinSize" : "1",
        "MaxSize" : "5",
        "DesiredCapacity" : { "Ref" : "WebServerCapacity" },
        "LoadBalancerNames" : [ { "Ref" : "ElasticLoadBalancer" } ]
      },
      "CreationPolicy" : {
        "ResourceSignal" : {
          "Timeout" : "PT30M"
        }
      },
      "UpdatePolicy": {
        "AutoScalingRollingUpdate": {
          "MinInstancesInService": "1",
          "MaxBatchSize": "1",
          "PauseTime" : "PT30M",
          "WaitOnResourceSignals": "true"
        }
      }
    },

    "LaunchConfig": {
      "Type" : "AWS::AutoScaling::LaunchConfiguration",
      "Metadata" : {
        "AWS::CloudFormation::Init" : {
          "configSets" : {
            "full_install" : [ "install_cfn", "configure_mysql", "install_ruby", "install_application" ]
          },

          "install_cfn" : {
            "files" : {
              "/etc/cfn/cfn-hup.conf" : {
                "content" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", [
                  "[main]\n",
                  "stack=", { "Ref" : "AWS::StackId" }, "\n",
                  "region=", { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" }, "\n"
                ]]},
                "mode"    : "000400",
                "owner"   : "root",
                "group"   : "root"
              },

              "/etc/cfn/hooks.d/cfn-auto-reloader.conf" : {
                "content": { "Fn::Join" : ["", [
                  "[cfn-auto-reloader-hook]\n",
                  "triggers=post.update\n",
                  "path=Resources.LaunchConfig.Metadata.AWS::CloudFormation::Init\n",
                  "action=/opt/aws/bin/cfn-init -v ",
                  "         --stack ", { "Ref" : "AWS::StackName" },
                  "         --resource LaunchConfig ",
                  "         --configsets full_install ",
                  "         --region ", { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" }, "\n",
                  "runas=root\n"
                ]]}
              }
            },

            "services" : {
              "sysvinit" : {  
                "cfn-hup" : { "enabled" : "true", "ensureRunning" : "true",
                              "files" : ["/etc/cfn/cfn-hup.conf", "/etc/cfn/hooks.d/cfn-auto-reloader.conf"]}
              }
            }
          },

          "configure_mysql" : {
            "packages" : {
              "yum" : {
                "mysql"        : [],
                "mysql-devel"  : [],
                "mysql-libs"   : []
              }
            }
          },

          "install_ruby" : {
            "packages" : {
              "yum" : {
                "gcc-c++"             : [],
                "make"                : [],
                "ruby-devel"          : [],
                "rubygems"            : [],
                "rubygem-io-console"  : [],
                "patch"               : []
              }
            },
            "commands" : {
              "01_update_gems" : {
                "command" : "gem update --system"
              },
              "02_reload_nokogiri" : {
                "command" : "gem install --no-ri --no-rdoc nokogiri"
              }
            }
          },

          "install_application" : {
            "packages" : {
              "rubygems" : {
                "rails"        : []
              }
            },
            "files" : {
              "/tmp/database.yml" : {
               "content" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", [
                  "development:\n",
                  "  adapter: mysql2\n",
                  "  encoding: utf8\n",
                  "  reconnect: false\n",
                  "  pool: 5\n",
                  "  database: ", { "Ref" : "DBName" }, "\n",
                  "  username: ", { "Ref" : "DBUser" }, "\n",
                  "  password: ", { "Ref" : "DBPassword" }, "\n",
                  "  host: ", { "Fn::GetAtt": [ "MySQLDatabase", "Endpoint.Address" ] }, "\n",
                  "  port: ", { "Fn::GetAtt": [ "MySQLDatabase", "Endpoint.Port" ] }, "\n"
                ]]},
                "mode"  : "000400",
                "owner" : "root",
                "group" : "root"
              },
              "/tmp/conditional_migration.rb" : {
                "content" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", [
                  "class CreateNotes < ActiveRecord::Migration\n",
                  "  def change\n",
                  "    if ! table_exists?(:notes)\n",
                  "      create_table :notes do |t|\n",
                  "        t.string :title\n",
                  "        t.text :body\n",
                  "        t.timestamps\n",
                  "      end\n",
                  "    end\n",
                  "  end\n",
                  "end\n"
                ]]},
                "mode"  : "000500",
                "owner" : "root",
                "group" : "root"
              },
              "/tmp/install_application" : {
                "content" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", [
                  "#!/bin/bash -e\n",
                  "export HOME=/home/ec2-user\n",
                  "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin\n",
                  "cd /home/ec2-user\n",

                  "# Kill the rails server if it is running to allow update\n",
                  "if pgrep ruby &> /dev/null ; then pkill -TERM ruby ; fi\n",

                  "# This sample template creates a new application inline\n",
                  "# Typically you would use files and/or sources to download\n",
                  "# your application package and perform any configuration here.\n",

                  "# Create a new application, with therubyracer javascript library\n",
                  "rails new sample -d mysql --skip-spring --skip-bundle --force\n",
                  "cd /home/ec2-user/sample\n",
                  "sed -i 's/^# \\(.*therubyracer.*$\\)/\\1/' Gemfile\n",
                  "bundle install\n",

                  "# Create a sample scoffold\n",
                  "rails generate scaffold Note title:string body:text --force\n",

                  "# Configure the database connection\n",
                  "mv /tmp/database.yml config\n",

                  "# Since there are multiple instances running, conditionalize the migration\n",
                  "# so that only 1 host creates the tables. In the real world, you may check to\n",
                  "# see if the table matches the schema and do a migrate so that updates work\n",
                  "file=$(find db/migrate/*create_notes* -type f -printf '%f')\n",
                  "mv /tmp/conditional_migration.rb db/migrate/$file\n",
                  "rake db:migrate\n"
                ]]},
                "mode"  : "000500",
                "owner" : "root",
                "group" : "root"
              },
              "/home/ec2-user/start-application" : {
                "content" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", [
                  "#!/bin/bash -e\n",
                  "export HOME=/home/ec2-user\n",
                  "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin\n",
                  "cd /home/ec2-user/sample\n",

                  "# Startup the application\n",
                  "rails server --binding 0.0.0.0 -p 80 -d\n"
                ]]},
                "mode"  : "000500",
                "owner" : "root",
                "group" : "root"
              }
            },
            "commands" : {
              "01_install_application" : {
                "command" : "/tmp/install_application > /var/log/install_application.log"
              },
              "02_configure_reboot" : {
                "command" : "echo /home/ec2-user/start-application >> /etc/rc.local"
              },
              "03_start_application" : {
                "command" : "/home/ec2-user/start-application"
              },
              "04_cleanup" : {
                "command" : "rm /tmp/install_application"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Properties": {
        "ImageId" : { "Fn::FindInMap" : [ "AWSRegionArch2AMI", { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" },
                          { "Fn::FindInMap" : [ "AWSInstanceType2Arch", { "Ref" : "InstanceType" }, "Arch" ] } ] },
        "InstanceType"   : { "Ref" : "InstanceType" },
        "SecurityGroups" : [ {"Ref" : "WebServerSecurityGroup"} ],
        "KeyName"        : { "Ref" : "KeyName" },
        "UserData"       : { "Fn::Base64" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", [
          "#!/bin/bash -xe\n",
          "yum update -y aws-cfn-bootstrap\n",

          "/opt/aws/bin/cfn-init -v ",
          "         --stack ", { "Ref" : "AWS::StackId" },
          "         --resource LaunchConfig ",
          "         --configsets full_install ",
          "         --region ", { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" }, "\n",

          "/opt/aws/bin/cfn-signal -e $? ",
          "         --stack ", { "Ref" : "AWS::StackId" },
          "         --resource WebServerGroup ",
          "         --region ", { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" }, "\n"
        ]]}}
      }
    },

    "WebServerSecurityGroup" : {
      "Type" : "AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup",
      "Properties" : {
        "GroupDescription" : "Enable HTTP access locked down to the load balancer + SSH access",
        "SecurityGroupIngress" : [
          {"IpProtocol" : "tcp", "FromPort" : "80", "ToPort" : "80", "SourceSecurityGroupOwnerId" : {"Fn::GetAtt" : ["ElasticLoadBalancer", "SourceSecurityGroup.OwnerAlias"]},"SourceSecurityGroupName" : {"Fn::GetAtt" : ["ElasticLoadBalancer", "SourceSecurityGroup.GroupName"]}},
          {"IpProtocol" : "tcp", "FromPort" : "22", "ToPort" : "22", "CidrIp" : { "Ref" : "SSHLocation"}}
        ]
      }
    },

    "DBEC2SecurityGroup": {
      "Type": "AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup",
      "Condition" : "Is-EC2-VPC",
      "Properties" : {
        "GroupDescription": "Open database for access",
        "SecurityGroupIngress" : [{
          "IpProtocol" : "tcp",
          "FromPort" : "3306",
          "ToPort" : "3306",
          "SourceSecurityGroupName" : { "Ref" : "WebServerSecurityGroup" }
        }]
      }
    },

    "DBSecurityGroup": {
      "Type": "AWS::RDS::DBSecurityGroup",
      "Condition" : "Is-EC2-Classic",
      "Properties": {
        "DBSecurityGroupIngress": {
          "EC2SecurityGroupName": { "Ref": "WebServerSecurityGroup" }
        },
        "GroupDescription": "database access"
      }
    },

    "MySQLDatabase": {
      "Type": "AWS::RDS::DBInstance",
      "Properties": {
        "Engine" : "MySQL",
        "DBName" : { "Ref": "DBName" },
        "MultiAZ" : { "Ref": "MultiAZDatabase" },
        "MasterUsername": { "Ref": "DBUser" },
        "MasterUserPassword": { "Ref" : "DBPassword" },
        "DBInstanceClass": { "Ref" : "DBInstanceClass" },
        "AllocatedStorage": { "Ref" : "DBAllocatedStorage" },
        "VPCSecurityGroups": { "Fn::If" : [ "Is-EC2-VPC", [ { "Fn::GetAtt": [ "DBEC2SecurityGroup", "GroupId" ] } ], { "Ref" : "AWS::NoValue"}]},
        "DBSecurityGroups": { "Fn::If" : [ "Is-EC2-Classic", [ { "Ref": "DBSecurityGroup" } ], { "Ref" : "AWS::NoValue"}]}
      }
    }
  },

  "Outputs" : {
    "WebsiteURL" : {
      "Value" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", ["http://", { "Fn::GetAtt" : [ "ElasticLoadBalancer", "DNSName" ]}, "/notes" ]] },
      "Description" : "URL for newly created Rails application"
    }
  }
}
{
  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion" : "2010-09-09",

  "Description" : "AWS CloudFormation Sample Template SNSToSQS: This Template creates an SNS topic that can send messages to two SQS queues with appropriate permissions for one IAM user to publish to the topic and another to read messages from the queues. MySNSTopic is set up to publish to two subscribed endpoints, which are two SQS queues (MyQueue1 and MyQueue2). MyPublishUser is an IAM user that can publish to MySNSTopic using the Publish API. MyTopicPolicy assigns that permission to MyPublishUser. MyQueueUser is an IAM user that can read messages from the two SQS queues. MyQueuePolicy assigns those permissions to MyQueueUser. It also assigns permission for MySNSTopic to publish its notifications to the two queues. The template creates access keys for the two IAM users with MyPublishUserKey and MyQueueUserKey. ***Warning*** you will be billed for the AWS resources used if you create a stack from this template.",

  "Parameters" : {
    "MyPublishUserPassword": {
      "NoEcho": "true",
      "Type": "String",
      "Description" : "Password for the IAM user MyPublishUser",
      "MinLength": "1",
      "MaxLength": "41",
      "AllowedPattern" : "[a-zA-Z0-9]*",
      "ConstraintDescription" : "must contain only alphanumeric characters."
    },

    "MyQueueUserPassword": {
      "NoEcho": "true",
      "Type": "String",
      "Description" : "Password for the IAM user MyQueueUser",
      "MinLength": "1",
      "MaxLength": "41",
      "ConstraintDescription" : "password must be between 1 and 41 characters."
    }
  },

  "Resources" : {
    "MySNSTopic" : {
      "Type" : "AWS::SNS::Topic",
      "Properties" : {
        "Subscription" : [ {
          "Endpoint" : { "Fn::GetAtt" : ["MyQueue1", "Arn"]},
          "Protocol" : "sqs"
        }, {
          "Endpoint" : { "Fn::GetAtt" : ["MyQueue2", "Arn"]},
          "Protocol" : "sqs"
        } ]
      }
    },

    "MyQueue1" : {
      "Type" : "AWS::SQS::Queue"
    },

    "MyQueue2" : {
      "Type" : "AWS::SQS::Queue"
    },

    "MyPublishUser" : {
      "Type" : "AWS::IAM::User",
      "Properties" : {
        "LoginProfile": {
          "Password": {"Ref" : "MyPublishUserPassword"}
        }
      }
    },

    "MyPublishUserKey" : {
      "Type" : "AWS::IAM::AccessKey",
      "Properties" : {
        "UserName" : {"Ref": "MyPublishUser"}
      }
    },

    "MyPublishTopicGroup" : {
      "Type" : "AWS::IAM::Group",
      "Properties" : {
        "Policies": [ {
          "PolicyName": "MyTopicGroupPolicy",
          "PolicyDocument": {
            "Statement":[ {
              "Effect":"Allow",
 	      "Action":[ "sns:Publish" ],
              "Resource": {"Ref" : "MySNSTopic"}
            } ]
          }
        } ]
      }
    },

    "AddUserToMyPublishTopicGroup" : {
      "Type" : "AWS::IAM::UserToGroupAddition",
      "Properties" : {
        "GroupName": {"Ref" : "MyPublishTopicGroup"},
        "Users" : [{ "Ref" : "MyPublishUser" }]
      }
    },

    "MyQueueUser" : {
     "Type" : "AWS::IAM::User",
     "Properties" : {
       "LoginProfile": {
         "Password": {"Ref" : "MyQueueUserPassword"}
       }
     }
    },

    "MyQueueUserKey" : {
     "Type" : "AWS::IAM::AccessKey",
     "Properties" : {
          "UserName" : {"Ref": "MyQueueUser"}
      }
    },

    "MyRDMessageQueueGroup" : {
      "Type" : "AWS::IAM::Group",
      "Properties" : {
        "Policies": [ {
          "PolicyName": "MyQueueGroupPolicy",
          "PolicyDocument": {
            "Statement":[ {
              "Effect":"Allow",
 	      "Action":[ "sqs:DeleteMessage", "sqs:ReceiveMessage" ],
              "Resource":[ { "Fn::GetAtt" : ["MyQueue1", "Arn"]}, { "Fn::GetAtt" : ["MyQueue2", "Arn"]} ]
            } ]
          }
        } ]
      }
    },

    "AddUserToMyQueueGroup" : {
      "Type" : "AWS::IAM::UserToGroupAddition",
      "Properties" : {
        "GroupName": {"Ref" : "MyRDMessageQueueGroup"},
        "Users" : [{ "Ref" : "MyQueueUser" }]
      }
    },

    "MyQueuePolicy" : {
      "Type" : "AWS::SQS::QueuePolicy",
      "Properties" : {
        "PolicyDocument":  {
          "Id":"MyQueuePolicy",
          "Statement" : [ {
            "Sid":"Allow-SendMessage-To-Both-Queues-From-SNS-Topic",
	    "Effect":"Allow",
	    "Principal" : {"AWS" : "*"},
 	    "Action":["sqs:SendMessage"],
	    "Resource": "*",
            "Condition": {
              "ArnEquals": { "aws:SourceArn": { "Ref" : "MySNSTopic" } }
            }
          } ]
        },
        "Queues" : [{"Ref" : "MyQueue1"}, {"Ref" : "MyQueue2"}]
      }
    }
  },

  "Outputs" : {
    "MySNSTopicTopicARN" : {
      "Value" : { "Ref" : "MySNSTopic" },
      "Description" : "Topic ARN of newly created SNS topic"
    },
    "MyQueue1Info" : {
      "Value" : {"Fn::Join" : [ " ", [ "ARN:", { "Fn::GetAtt" : [ "MyQueue1", "Arn" ] }, "URL:", { "Ref" : "MyQueue1" } ] ]},
      "Description" : "Queue1 details"
    },
    "MyQueue2Info" : {
      "Value" : {"Fn::Join" : [ " ", [ "ARN:", { "Fn::GetAtt" : [ "MyQueue2", "Arn" ] }, "URL:", { "Ref" : "MyQueue2" } ] ]},
      "Description" : "Queue2 details"
    },
    "MyPublishUserInfo" : {
      "Description" : "Information for publisher",
      "Value" : {"Fn::Join" : [
        " ",
        [
          "ARN:",
          { "Fn::GetAtt" : [ "MyPublishUser", "Arn" ] },
          "Access Key:",
          {"Ref" : "MyPublishUserKey"},
          "Secret Key:",
          {"Fn::GetAtt" : ["MyPublishUserKey", "SecretAccessKey"]}
        ]
      ]}
    },

    "MyQueueUserInfo" : {
      "Description" : "Information for consumer",
      "Value" : {"Fn::Join" : [
        " ",
        [
          "ARN:",
          { "Fn::GetAtt" : [ "MyQueueUser", "Arn" ] },
          "Access Key:",
          {"Ref" : "MyQueueUserKey"},
          "Secret Key:",
          {"Fn::GetAtt" : ["MyQueueUserKey", "SecretAccessKey"]}
        ]
      ]}
    }
  }
}

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