CloudBuilder

Generates JSON config for AWS CloudFormation using a Ruby DSL. Manage CloudFormation stacks - create, update, diff.

Based on https://github.com/songkick/cloud_formatter

Installation

Clone the repository, then run:

gem build cloud_builder.gemspec
gem install cloud_builder-version.gem

Usage

CLI tool

$ stack --help
Usage:
    stack [OPTIONS] STACK

Parameters:
    STACK                         stack to build

Options:
    -r, --region REGION           AWS region to use (default: $EC2_REGION, or "us-east-1")
    -v, --validate                validate the stack file before doing anything else
    -b, --bucket BUCKET           upload template to BUCKET (default: $CLOUD_BUILDER_BUCKET, or nil)
    -t, --diff-tool DIFF_TOOL     tool to use for diff (default: $CLOUD_BUILDER_DIFF_TOOL)
    -c, --create                  create the stack
    -u, --update                  update the stack
    -d, --diff                    do a diff between the existing template in BUCKET and the generated template
    -e, --estimate                estimate template cost
    -h, --help                    print help

For most actions you will require an active AWS account, so make sure you export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY to ENV

Example stack

See stacks/example.rb for an example stack.

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request

Changelog

0.0.14

• change aws-sdk require to aws-sdk-v1

0.0.13

• add support for UpdatePolicy resource attribute (see http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-attribute-updatepolicy.html)

0.0.12

• add --dummy flag; will add a dummy WaitConditionHandle to the stack to force updates in cases when only unused parameters or mappings are changed

0.0.11

• cli now uses AWS_DEFAULT_REGION instead of EC2_REGION

0.0.10

• publish gem homepage

0.0.9

• add support for DeletionPolicy resource attribute (see http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-attribute-deletionpolicy.html)
• remove debug puts in mappings.rb

0.0.8

• fix #3 Prevent creation of resources with the same name

0.0.7

• add license to gemspec

0.0.6

• added support for template Outputs (see http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/outputs-section-structure.html)

0.0.5

• cli can use the EC2_REGION, CLOUD_BUILDER_BUCKET and CLOUD_BUILDER_DIFF_TOOL environment variables as defaults for --region, --bucket and --diff-tool
• deprecated the --upload flag/action, if you specify a bucket the stack json is uploaded by default

0.0.4

• support for specifying an AWS region

0.0.3

• add the Changelog
• AWS resources can have a Version property

0.0.2

• fix cloud_builder problem when using --help
• add DontFormatUnderscore class
• estimation should be done after uploading to s3 bucket
• add --diff-tool to specify a different tool to use for diffs

0.0.1

• beta initial release