AWS CloudFormation EC2 Infrastructure

Overview

Create production-ready EC2 infrastructure using AWS CloudFormation templates. This skill covers EC2 instances (On-Demand and SPOT), Security Groups, IAM roles and instance profiles, Application Load Balancers (ALB), Target Groups, template structure best practices, parameter patterns, and cross-stack references for modular, reusable infrastructure as code.

When to Use

Use this skill when:

• Creating new EC2 instances (On-Demand or SPOT)
• Configuring Security Groups for network access control
• Creating IAM roles and instance profiles for EC2
• Setting up Application Load Balancers (ALB) with target groups
• Implementing template Parameters with AWS-specific types
• Creating Outputs for cross-stack references
• Organizing templates with Mappings and Conditions
• Designing reusable, modular CloudFormation templates

Quick Start