The AWS CloudFormation Registry provides a common framework for managing and provisioning all the infrastructure components in a cloud environment, including third party services and resources.

CLI usage: When creating a stack via the AWS command line interface (CLI), input parameters still have purpose. We can supply a value for this parameter if we like, or simply take the default value.

Benefits of AWS CloudFormation As you can imagine, using AWS CloudFormation means there is one primary method of controlling the infrastructure rather than a disparate set of parameters and controls.

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