Extend your template's capabilities with CloudFormation-supplied resource types

Custom resources

The AWS::CloudFormation::CustomResource resource type allows you to create custom resources that can perform specific provisioning tasks or include resources that aren't available as CloudFormation resource types.

Custom resources

Macros

The AWS::CloudFormation::Macro resource type defines a reusable piece of code that can perform custom processing on CloudFormation templates. Macros can modify your templates, generate additional resources, or perform other custom operations during stack creation or updates.

Template macros

Nested stacks

The AWS::CloudFormation::Stack resource type allows you to create nested stacks within your CloudFormation templates for a more modular and reusable stack architectures.

Nested stacks

StackSet

The AWS::CloudFormation::StackSet resource type creates or updates a CloudFormation StackSet, which is a container for stacks that can be deployed across multiple AWS accounts and Regions.

Managing stacks with StackSets

Wait condition

The AWS::CloudFormation::WaitCondition resource type pauses stack creation or update until a specific condition is met, such as the successful completion of a long-running process or the availability of external resources.

Wait conditions

Wait condition handle

The AWS::CloudFormation::WaitConditionHandle resource type works together with the AWS::CloudFormation::WaitCondition resource type. It provides a presigned URL that's used to send signals indicating that a specific condition has been met. These signals allow the stack creation or update process to proceed.

Wait conditions