AWS CloudFormation now supports targeted resource scans in the IaC generator
Today, AWS CloudFormation introduced a new resource scanning workflow for the CloudFormation IaC generator, further simplifying the process of generating Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) templates for existing resources in your AWS account. IaC generator allows you to onboard existing resources to CloudFormation in three easy steps. First, you initiate a scan of resources in your AWS account. Second, you select resources for template generation and review suggestions for related resources. Third, a CloudFormation template is generated for selected resources. You can then import resources into a CloudFormation stack, download the template for deployment, or convert the template into a CDK app in your preferred programming language, such as TypeScript or Python.
With this launch, you can specify the resource types that IaC generator will cover in the resource scanning step. Instead of scanning all resources by default, you can now focus only on the resources relevant to your workload, reducing scan time and effort. This improves the efficiency of the template generation process and streamlines iterative workflows, such as migration of a prototype workload to CloudFormation.
To get started, open the AWS CloudFormation Console and select IaC generator in the navigation panel. You can also use IaC generator from the AWS CLI and AWS SDK. Learn more:
The IaC generator is available in AWS Regions where CloudFormation is available.