What is an AWS CloudFormation Template? [Examples]
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Summary: CloudFormation is still the native IaC path on AWS, and templates are its whole interface. A few sections do the work (parameters, resources, outputs), with intrinsic functions keeping templates portable across accounts and regions. Change sets are the plan step; never update a production stack without reading one.
Who should read it: AWS engineers starting with CloudFormation, and Terraform users who need to read the native format when they meet it.