AWS CloudFormation Sample

This is a sample that demonstrates how to make basic requests to AWS CloudFormation using the AWS SDK for Java.

Prerequisites

Running the Sample

The basic steps for running the AWS CloudFormation are:

  1. Open the AwsCredentials.properties in the sample folder.
  2. Locate the following section and fill in your Access Key ID and Secret Access Key:

    # Fill in your AWS Access Key ID and Secret Access Key
    # http://aws.amazon.com/security-credentials
    accessKey =
    secretKey =

  3. Save the file.
  4. Run the CloudFormationSample.java file, located in the same directory as the properties file. The sample prints information to the standard output.

NOTE: The sample also includes an Ant build.xml file to run the sample.