Direct Change Mode use cases
The following are uses cases for Direct Change Mode:
Resource provision and management through AWS CloudFormation
Integrate existing CloudFormation-based tooling and processes.
Ongoing resource management and updates
Small atomic changes with low risk.
Changes that would otherwise run through a manual or automated RFC.
Tooling that requires native AWS API access.
The DCM role can be utilized if you're in the migration stage. Migration teams leverage the permissions on the DCM to create or modify stacks.
DCM roles can be used in the CI/CD pipeline to build new AMIs, create Amazon ECS tasks, and so on.
