AWS::StepFunctions::StateMachine - AWS CloudFormation
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AWS::StepFunctions::StateMachine

Provisions a state machine. A state machine consists of a collection of states that can do work (Task states), determine to which states to transition next (Choice states), stop an execution with an error (Fail states), and so on. State machines are specified using a JSON-based, structured language.

Syntax

To declare this entity in your AWS CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

JSON

{
  "Type" : "AWS::StepFunctions::StateMachine",
  "Properties" : {
      "Definition" : Json,
      "DefinitionS3Location" : S3Location,
      "DefinitionString" : String,
      "DefinitionSubstitutions" : {Key: Value, ...},
      "EncryptionConfiguration" : EncryptionConfiguration,
      "LoggingConfiguration" : LoggingConfiguration,
      "RoleArn" : String,
      "StateMachineName" : String,
      "StateMachineType" : String,
      "Tags" : [ TagsEntry, ... ],
      "TracingConfiguration" : TracingConfiguration
    }
}

Properties

Definition

The Amazon States Language definition of the state machine. The state machine definition must be in JSON or YAML, and the format of the object must match the format of your CloudFormation template file. See Amazon States Language.

Required: No

Type: Json

Update requires: No interruption

DefinitionS3Location

The name of the S3 bucket where the state machine definition is stored. The state machine definition must be a JSON or YAML file.

Required: No

Type: S3Location

Update requires: No interruption

DefinitionString

The Amazon States Language definition of the state machine. The state machine definition must be in JSON. See Amazon States Language.

Required: No

Type: String

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 1048576

Update requires: No interruption

DefinitionSubstitutions

A map (string to string) that specifies the mappings for placeholder variables in the state machine definition. This enables the customer to inject values obtained at runtime, for example from intrinsic functions, in the state machine definition. Variables can be template parameter names, resource logical IDs, resource attributes, or a variable in a key-value map.

Substitutions must follow the syntax: ${key_name} or ${variable_1,variable_2,...}.

Required: No

Type: Object

Update requires: No interruption

EncryptionConfiguration

Encryption configuration for the state machine.

Required: No

Type: EncryptionConfiguration

Update requires: No interruption

LoggingConfiguration

Defines what execution history events are logged and where they are logged.

Note

By default, the level is set to OFF. For more information see Log Levels in the AWS Step Functions User Guide.

Required: No

Type: LoggingConfiguration

Update requires: No interruption

RoleArn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the IAM role to use for this state machine.

Required: Yes

Type: String

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 256

Update requires: No interruption

StateMachineName

The name of the state machine.

A name must not contain:

  • white space

  • brackets < > { } [ ]

  • wildcard characters ? *

  • special characters " # % \ ^ | ~ ` $ & , ; : /

  • control characters (U+0000-001F, U+007F-009F)

Important

If you specify a name, you cannot perform updates that require replacement of this resource. You can perform updates that require no or some interruption. If you must replace the resource, specify a new name.

Required: No

Type: String

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 80

Update requires: Replacement

StateMachineType

Determines whether a STANDARD or EXPRESS state machine is created. The default is STANDARD. You cannot update the type of a state machine once it has been created. For more information on STANDARD and EXPRESS workflows, see Standard Versus Express Workflows in the AWS Step Functions Developer Guide.

Required: No

Type: String

Allowed values: STANDARD | EXPRESS

Update requires: Replacement

Tags

The list of tags to add to a resource.

Tags may only contain Unicode letters, digits, white space, or these symbols: _ . : / = + - @.

Required: No

Type: Array of TagsEntry

Update requires: No interruption

TracingConfiguration

Selects whether or not the state machine's AWS X-Ray tracing is enabled.

Required: No

Type: TracingConfiguration

Update requires: No interruption

Return values

Ref

When you provide the logical ID of this resource to the Ref intrinsic function, Ref returns the ARN of the created state machine. For example:

{ "Ref": "MyStateMachine" }

Returns a value similar to the following:

arn:aws:states:us-east-1:111122223333:stateMachine:HelloWorld-StateMachine

For more information about using the Ref function, see Ref.

Fn::GetAtt

Fn::GetAtt returns a value for a specified attribute of this type. The following are the available attributes and sample return values.

Arn

Returns the ARN of the resource.

Name

Returns the name of the state machine. For example:

{ "Fn::GetAtt": ["MyStateMachine", "Name"] }

Returns the name of your state machine:

HelloWorld-StateMachine

If you did not specify the name it will be similar to the following:

MyStateMachine-1234abcdefgh

For more information about using Fn::GetAtt, see Fn::GetAtt.

StateMachineRevisionId

Identifier for a state machine revision, which is an immutable, read-only snapshot of a state machine’s definition and configuration.

Examples

The following examples create a Step Functions state machine.

Using a Single-Line Property

JSON

{  
   "AWSTemplateFormatVersion":"2010-09-09",
   "Description":"An example template for a Step Functions state machine.",
   "Resources":{  
      "MyStateMachine":{  
         "Type":"AWS::StepFunctions::StateMachine",
         "Properties":{  
            "StateMachineName":"HelloWorld-StateMachine",
            "StateMachineType":"STANDARD",
            "DefinitionString":"{\"StartAt\": \"HelloWorld\", 
            \"States\": {\"HelloWorld\": {\"Type\": \"Task\", \"Resource\": 
            \"arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:111122223333;:function:HelloFunction\", \"End\": true}}}",
            "RoleArn":"arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/service-role/StatesExecutionRole-us-east-1;"
         }
      }
   }
}

Using the Fn::Join Intrinsic Function

JSON

{
    "AWSTemplateFormatVersion" : "2010-09-09",
    "Description" : "An example template for a Step Functions state machine.",
    "Resources": {
       "MyStateMachine": {
          "Type": "AWS::StepFunctions::StateMachine",
             "Properties": {
                "StateMachineName" : "HelloWorld-StateMachine",
                "StateMachineType":"STANDARD",
                "DefinitionString" : {
                   "Fn::Join": [
                      "\n",
                      [
                         "{",
                         "    \"StartAt\": \"HelloWorld\",",
                         "    \"States\" : {",
                         "        \"HelloWorld\" : {",
                         "            \"Type\" : \"Task\", ",
                         "            \"Resource\" : \"arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:111122223333:function:HelloFunction\",",
                         "            \"End\" : true",
                         "        }",
                         "    }",
                         "}"
                      ]
                   ]
                },
   	      "RoleArn" : "arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/service-role/StatesExecutionRole-us-east-1",
            "Tags": [
                    {
                        "Key": "keyname1",
                        "Value": "value1"
                    },
                    {
                        "Key": "keyname2",
                        "Value": "value2"
                    }
                ] 
            }
        }
    }
}

Including Tags

YAML

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: '2010-09-09'
Description: An example template for a Step Functions state machine.
Resources:
  MyStateMachine:
    Type: AWS::StepFunctions::StateMachine
    Properties:
      StateMachineName: HelloWorld-StateMachine
      DefinitionString: |-
        {
          "StartAt": "HelloWorld",
          "States": {
            "HelloWorld": {
              "Type": "Task",
              "Resource": "arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:111122223333:function:HelloFunction",
              "End": true
            }
          }
        }
      RoleArn: arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/service-role/StatesExecutionRole-us-east-1
      Tags:
        -
          Key: "keyname1"
          Value: "value1"
        -
          Key: "keyname2"
          Value: "value2"

Using DefinitionSubstitutions

In this example template, HelloFunction: is defined for the DefinitionSubstitutions property. In the hello_world.json definition file, that follows${HelloFunction} will be replaced by arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:111122223333:function:HelloFunction.

YAML

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Description: An example template for a Step Functions state machine.
Resources:
  MyStateMachine:
    Type: AWS::StepFunctions::StateMachine
    Properties:
      StateMachineName: HelloWorld-StateMachine
      DefinitionS3Location:
        Bucket: example_bucket
        Key: hello_world.json
      DefinitionSubstitutions:
        HelloFunction: arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:111122223333:function:HelloFunction
      RoleArn: arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/service-role/StatesExecutionRole-us-east-1

hello_world.json

A definition file where ${HelloFunction} will be replaced by arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:111122223333:function:HelloFunction. from the preceding example template.

JSON

{
  "StartAt": "HelloWorld",
  "States": {
    "HelloWorld": {
      "Type": "Task",
      "Resource": "${HelloFunction}",
      "End": true
    }
  }
}