This is the AWS CDK v2 Developer Guide. The older CDK v1 entered maintenance on June 1, 2022 and ended support on June 1, 2023.
Manage your infrastructure on AWS by developing applications using the AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK).
Prerequisites
Before you can start developing applications, complete all set up steps in Getting started with the AWS CDK.
Developing AWS CDK applications overview
At a high-level, developing CDK applications involves the following steps:
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Create a CDK project – A CDK project consists of the files and folders that store and organize your CDK code.
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Create a CDK app – Within a CDK project, you use the
Appconstruct to define a CDK application. -
Create a CDK stack – Within the scope of your CDK app, you define one or more CDK stacks.
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Define your infrastructure – Within the scope of a CDK stack, you use constructs from the AWS Construct Library to define the AWS resources and properties that will become your infrastructure. Using a general-purpose programming language of your choice, you can use logic, such as conditional statements and loops, to define your infrastructure based on certain conditions.
Get started with developing CDK applications
To get started, you can use the AWS CDK Command Line Interface (AWS CDK CLI) cdk init command. Provide the
--language option to specify the programming language to use. This command creates a starting CDK
project and imports the main AWS Construct Library and core modules.
Import and use the AWS CDK Library
After you create a CDK project, import and use constructs from the AWS CDK Library to begin defining your infrastructure. For instructions, see Work with the AWS CDK library.
Next steps
When ready to deploy your application, use the CDK CLI cdk deploy command. For instructions,
see Deploy AWS CDK applications.
