Requirements for importing a stack into a stack set
The AWS CloudFormation stack import operation can import existing stacks into new or existing stack sets, so that you can migrate existing stacks to a stack set in one operation. StackSets extends the functionality of stacks, so you can create, update, or delete stacks across multiple accounts and Regions with a single operation.
Use the stack import operations for self-managed or service-managed StackSets. For self-managed StackSets, the import operation can import stacks in the administrator account or in different target accounts and AWS Regions. For service-managed StackSets, the import operation can import any stack in the same AWS Organizations as the management account. The import operation can import up to 10 stacks using inline stack IDs or up to 200 stacks using an Amazon S3 object.
Stack import is available wherever StackSets are supported. For information about StackSets Region support, see StackSets regional support.
Requirements for stack import
Because stack sets perform stack operations across multiple accounts, before you can create your first stack set you need the necessary permissions defined in your AWS account.
-
To set up the required permissions for creating a stack set with self-managed permissions, see Performing stack set operations involving Regions that are disabled by default and Grant self-managed permissions.
-
To set up the required permissions for creating a stack set with service-managed permissions, see Performing stack set operations involving Regions that are disabled by default and Activate trusted access for stack sets with Organizations.
Important
The NoEcho property is not supported by StackSet import. Stacks that contain
NoEcho won't be imported into new stack sets through StackSet import.
For more information on StackSets requirements, see Region and permission requirements for stack set operations.
Before you import a stack into a stack set, make sure you understand the following requirements:
-
Stacks can only belong to one stack set.
-
You can implement stack tags to the stack set by specifying tags explicitly as parameters in the stack import operation.
-
A stack's custom parameter overrides aren't affected during the import operation.
-
The StackSets quotas and stack instances apply when importing stacks. For more information about quotas, see Understand CloudFormation quotas.
See the following sections for more details about importing an existing stack into a stack set.
