Stack from CloudFormation Template | Approve Changeset and Update - AMS Advanced Change Type Reference
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Stack from CloudFormation Template | Approve Changeset and Update

Approve and execute an existing ChangeSet to update a CloudFormation stack. This ChangeType is used primarily to approve and apply changes requested using the "Update CloudFormation stack" CT that would cause removal or replacement of resources, but can also be used to execute any existing ChangeSet to update CloudFormation stacks.

Full classification: Management | Custom Stack | Stack from CloudFormation Template | Approve Changeset and Update

Change Type Details

Change type ID

ct-1404e21baa2ox

Current version

1.0

Expected execution duration

360 minutes

AWS approval

Required

Customer approval

Not required

Execution mode

Automated

Additional Information

Approve a CloudFormation ingest stack changeset

Details of a CloudFormation ChangeSet for approving and updating a stack, including ID and execution mode.

To approve and update a CloudFormation ingest stack using the console

  1. Navigate to the Create RFC page: In the left navigation pane of the AMS console click RFCs to open the RFCs list page, and then click Create RFC.

  2. Choose a popular change type (CT) in the default Browse change types view, or select a CT in the Choose by category view.

    • Browse by change type: You can click on a popular CT in the Quick create area to immediately open the Run RFC page. Note that you cannot choose an older CT version with quick create.

      To sort CTs, use the All change types area in either the Card or Table view. In either view, select a CT and then click Create RFC to open the Run RFC page. If applicable, a Create with older version option appears next to the Create RFC button.

    • Choose by category: Select a category, subcategory, item, and operation and the CT details box opens with an option to Create with older version if applicable. Click Create RFC to open the Run RFC page.

  3. On the Run RFC page, open the CT name area to see the CT details box. A Subject is required (this is filled in for you if you choose your CT in the Browse change types view). Open the Additional configuration area to add information about the RFC.

    In the Execution configuration area, use available drop-down lists or enter values for the required parameters. To configure optional execution parameters, open the Additional configuration area.

  4. When finished, click Run. If there are no errors, the RFC successfully created page displays with the submitted RFC details, and the initial Run output.

  5. Open the Run parameters area to see the configurations you submitted. Refresh the page to update the RFC execution status. Optionally, cancel the RFC or create a copy of it with the options at the top of the page.

To approve and update a CloudFormation ingest stack using the CLI

  1. Use either the Inline Create (you issue a create-rfc command with all RFC and execution parameters included), or Template Create (you create two JSON files, one for the RFC parameters and one for the execution parameters) and issue the create-rfc command with the two files as input. Both methods are described here.

  2. Submit the RFC: aws amscm submit-rfc --rfc-id ID command with the returned RFC ID.

    Monitor the RFC: aws amscm get-rfc --rfc-id ID command.

To check the change type version, use this command:

aws amscm list-change-type-version-summaries --filter Attribute=ChangeTypeId,Value=CT_ID
Note

You can use any CreateRfc parameters with any RFC whether or not they are part of the schema for the change type. For example, to get notifications when the RFC status changes, add this line, --notification "{\"Email\": {\"EmailRecipients\" : [\"email@example.com\"]}}" to the RFC parameters part of the request (not the execution parameters). For a list of all CreateRfc parameters, see the AMS Change Management API Reference.

  1. Output the execution parameters JSON schema for this change type to a file in your current folder. This example names it CreateAsgParams.json:

    aws amscm create-rfc --change-type-id "ct-1404e21baa2ox" --change-type-version "1.0" --title "Approve Update" --execution-parameters file://PATH_TO_EXECUTION_PARAMETERS --profile saml

  2. Modify and save the schema as follows:

    {
  "StackId": "STACK_ID",
  "VpcId": "VPC_ID",
  "ChangeSetName": "UPDATE-ef81e2bc-03f6-4b17-a3c7-feb700e78faa",
  "TimeoutInMinutes": 1080
}
Note

If there are multiple resources in a stack, and you want to delete only a subset of the stack resources, use the CloudFormation Update CT; see CloudFormation Ingest Stack: Updating. You can also submit a Management | Other | Other | Update change type and AMS engineers can help you craft the changeset, if needed.

To learn more about AWS CloudFormation, see AWS Cloud​Formation.

Execution Input Parameters

For detailed information about the execution input parameters, see Schema for Change Type ct-1404e21baa2ox.

Example: Required Parameters

Example not available.

Example: All Parameters

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