Can I make template for Resource in Cloudformation - amazon-web-services

I tried using the following as template for my resource, in this example, the autoscaling group.
"Outputs": {
"TemplateGroupSettings": {
"Properties": {
"AvailabilityZones" : { "Fn::GetAZs" : "" },
"LaunchConfigurationName": { "Ref": "LaunchConfig" },
"MaxSize": "3",
"MinSize": "1",
"Tags": [
{ "Key": "swarm:master", "Value": {"Ref": "JenkinsURL"}, "PropagateAtLaunch": "true" },
{ "Key": "swarm:username", "Value": {"Ref": "JenkinsUsername"}, "PropagateAtLaunch": "true" },
{ "Key": "swarm:executors", "Value": {"Ref": "JenkinsExecutors"}, "PropagateAtLaunch": "true" },
{ "Key": "ci:username", "Value": {"Ref": "CIUsername"}, "PropagateAtLaunch": "true" }]
},
"Type": "AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup",
"UpdatePolicy": {
"AutoScalingRollingUpdate": {
"MaxBatchSize": "1",
"MinInstancesInService": "1",
"WaitOnResourceSignals": "true",
"PauseTime": "PT1M5S"
}
}
}
},
But this option doesn't work
"Resources": {
....
"TemplateGroup": { "Ref": "TemplateGroupSettings" },
Is there any other way around ? Because this one doesn't work
$ euform-create-stack --region eucalyptus -p InstanceType=t1.micro -p EnvironmentType=production --template-file ~cftemplate.json --capabilities CAPABILITY_IAM teststack
euform-create-stack: error (ValidationError): Type is a required property of Resource

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Why am I getting an error that there are unresolved VPC dependencies?

I'm trying to implement configuration management that meets the following criteria for an assighment:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/seis615/AnsiblePress.json
Take a quick look at the template in a text editor. Notice how the UserData property for the mgmt1 instance is configured. When CloudFormation launches this stack, it will automatically install and configure Ansible software on the management server. It’s very common to use a small amount of scripting code to bootstrap configuration management software onto a new system. Once Ansible is installed it can be used to install and configure other servers in the environment.
The CloudFormation template is missing a couple resources that you will need to add:
An application load balancer with a logical name of webserverlb which distributes HTTP (port 80) requests to the web1 and web2 instances. The health check endpoint for the load balancer should be the root (/) directory.
A db.t2.micro RDS database instance (not a cluster) running a MariaDB 10.2.21 database called wordpress located in a private VPC subnet. Use the logical name wordpressdb for the CloudFormation RDS resource. RDS and EC2 instances actually pre-date the arrival of VPCs in AWS so confusingly there are two different ways to configure these resources. You need to make sure this database instance is designed to run inside a VPC with the proper database subnet group and security group resources defined.
A security group called WebserverLbSecurityGroup which allows incoming http access from the Internet.
A security group called WordpressDbSecurityGroup which allows incoming access on the standard MySQL port from the WebServerSecurityGroup
An input parameter called DBName which will define the database name to create (default to wordpress)
An input parameter called DBUser which will be used for the database server username.
An input parameter called DBPassword which will be used for the database server password.
A stack output called wordpressDbEndpoint which shows the MariaDB instance endpoint address.
A stack output called wordpressLbEndpoint which shows the application load balancer URL.
The JSON I've configured (below) gives me the following template format error and I don't know why:
Template format error: Unresolved resource dependencies [wordpressVPC] in the Resources block of the template
{"AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
"Resources": {
"SSMAccessRole": {
"Type": "AWS::IAM::Role",
"Properties": {
"AssumeRolePolicyDocument": {
"Version" : "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [ {
"Effect": "Allow",
"Principal": {
"Service": [ "ec2.amazonaws.com" ]
},
"Action": [ "sts:AssumeRole" ]
} ]
},
"Path": "/"
}
},
"SSMRolePolicies": {
"Type": "AWS::IAM::Policy",
"Properties": {
"PolicyName": "ssmProperties",
"PolicyDocument": {
"Version" : "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"ssm:DescribeParameters",
"ssm:PutParameter",
"ssm:GetParameters",
"ssm:DeleteParameter"
],
"Resource": {
"Fn::Join" : [
"",
[
"arn:aws:ssm:",
{ "Ref" : "AWS::Region" },
":",
{ "Ref" : "AWS::AccountId"},
{
"Fn::Join" : [
"",
[ ":parameter/", { "Ref": "AWS::StackName" }, ".*" ]
]
}
]
]
}
}
]
},
"Roles": [ { "Ref": "SSMAccessRole" } ]
}
},
"SSMInstanceProfile": {
"Type": "AWS::IAM::InstanceProfile",
"Properties": {
"Path": "/",
"Roles": [ { "Ref": "SSMAccessRole" } ]
}
},
"web1pem" : {
"Type" : "AWS::SSM::Parameter",
"Properties" : {
"Name" : {
"Fn::Join" : [
"",
[ { "Ref": "AWS::StackName" }, ".web1pem" ]
]
},
"Type" : "String",
"Value" : "0",
"Description": "web1 instance private key."
}
},
"web2pem" : {
"Type" : "AWS::SSM::Parameter",
"Properties" : {
"Name" : {
"Fn::Join" : [
"",
[ { "Ref": "AWS::StackName" }, ".web2pem" ]
]
},
"Type" : "String",
"Value" : "0",
"Description": "web2 instance private key."
}
},
"wordpressVpc": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::VPC",
"Properties": {
"EnableDnsSupport": "true",
"EnableDnsHostnames": "true",
"CidrBlock": "10.0.0.0/16",
"Tags": [
{
"Key": "Environment",
"Value": "Test"
}
]
}
},
"publicSubnet1": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::Subnet",
"Properties": {
"VpcId": {
"Ref": "wordpressVpc"
},
"CidrBlock": "10.0.0.0/24",
"AvailabilityZone" : {
"Fn::Select" : [ "0", { "Fn::GetAZs" : { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" }}]
}
}
},
"publicSubnet2": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::Subnet",
"Properties": {
"VpcId": {
"Ref": "wordpressVpc"
},
"CidrBlock": "10.0.1.0/24",
"AvailabilityZone" : {
"Fn::Select" : [ "1", { "Fn::GetAZs" : { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" }}]
}
}
},
"privateSubnet1": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::Subnet",
"Properties": {
"VpcId": {
"Ref": "wordpressVpc"
},
"CidrBlock": "10.0.2.0/24",
"AvailabilityZone" : {
"Fn::Select" : [ "0", { "Fn::GetAZs" : { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" }}]
}
}
},
"privateSubnet2": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::Subnet",
"Properties": {
"VpcId": {
"Ref": "wordpressVpc"
},
"CidrBlock": "10.0.3.0/24",
"AvailabilityZone" : {
"Fn::Select" : [ "1", { "Fn::GetAZs" : { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" }}]
}
}
},
"web1": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::Instance",
"DependsOn": [
"web1pem"
],
"Properties": {
"InstanceType": "t2.micro",
"ImageId": {"Ref": "AMI"},
"IamInstanceProfile": {
"Ref": "SSMInstanceProfile"
},
"KeyName": {
"Ref": "KeyName"
},
"NetworkInterfaces": [
{
"GroupSet": [
{
"Ref": "WebServerSecurityGroup"
}
],
"AssociatePublicIpAddress": "true",
"DeviceIndex": "0",
"DeleteOnTermination": "true",
"SubnetId": {
"Ref": "publicSubnet1"
}
}
],
"Tags": [
{
"Key": "Name",
"Value": "web1"
}
],
"UserData" : {
"Fn::Base64" : {
"Fn::Join" : [
"", [
"#!/bin/bash -xe\n",
"ssh-keygen -f /home/ec2-user/.ssh/web1-key.pem -q -N \"\"\n",
"chown ec2-user:ec2-user /home/ec2-user/.ssh/web1-key.pem\n",
"chown ec2-user:ec2-user /home/ec2-user/.ssh/web1-key.pem.pub\n",
"PEMFILE=`cat /home/ec2-user/.ssh/web1-key.pem`\n",
"aws ssm put-parameter --name ", { "Ref" : "web1pem" }, " --type String --value \"${PEMFILE}\" --overwrite --region ", { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" },"\n",
"cat /home/ec2-user/.ssh/web1-key.pem.pub >> /home/ec2-user/.ssh/authorized_keys\n",
"# Signal the status from cfn-init\n",
"/opt/aws/bin/cfn-signal -e $? ",
" --stack ",
{
"Ref": "AWS::StackName"
},
" --resource web1 ",
" --region ",
{
"Ref": "AWS::Region"
},
"\n"
]
]
}
}
},
"CreationPolicy": {
"ResourceSignal": {
"Timeout": "PT5M"
}
}
},
"web2": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::Instance",
"DependsOn": [
"web1pem"
],
"Properties": {
"InstanceType": "t2.micro",
"ImageId": {"Ref": "AMI"},
"IamInstanceProfile": {
"Ref": "SSMInstanceProfile"
},
"KeyName": {
"Ref": "KeyName"
},
"NetworkInterfaces": [
{
"GroupSet": [
{
"Ref": "WebServerSecurityGroup"
}
],
"AssociatePublicIpAddress": "true",
"DeviceIndex": "0",
"DeleteOnTermination": "true",
"SubnetId": {
"Ref": "publicSubnet2"
}
}
],
"Tags": [
{
"Key": "Name",
"Value": "web2"
}
],
"UserData" : {
"Fn::Base64" : {
"Fn::Join" : [
"", [
"#!/bin/bash -xe\n",
"ssh-keygen -f /home/ec2-user/.ssh/web2-key.pem -q -N \"\"\n",
"chown ec2-user:ec2-user /home/ec2-user/.ssh/web2-key.pem\n",
"chown ec2-user:ec2-user /home/ec2-user/.ssh/web2-key.pem.pub\n",
"PEMFILE=`cat /home/ec2-user/.ssh/web2-key.pem`\n",
"aws ssm put-parameter --name ", { "Ref" : "web2pem" }, " --type String --value \"${PEMFILE}\" --overwrite --region ", { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" },"\n",
"cat /home/ec2-user/.ssh/web2-key.pem.pub >> /home/ec2-user/.ssh/authorized_keys\n",
"# Signal the status from cfn-init\n",
"/opt/aws/bin/cfn-signal -e $? ",
" --stack ",
{
"Ref": "AWS::StackName"
},
" --resource web2 ",
" --region ",
{
"Ref": "AWS::Region"
},
"\n"
]
]
}
}
},
"CreationPolicy": {
"ResourceSignal": {
"Timeout": "PT5M"
}
}
},
"WebServerSecurityGroup": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup",
"Properties": {
"VpcId": {
"Ref": "wordpressVpc"
},
"GroupDescription": "Allow access from HTTP and SSH traffic",
"SecurityGroupIngress": [
{
"IpProtocol": "tcp",
"FromPort": "80",
"ToPort": "80",
"CidrIp": "0.0.0.0/0"
},
{
"IpProtocol": "tcp",
"FromPort": "22",
"ToPort": "22",
"CidrIp": {"Ref": "YourIp"}
}
]
}
},
"WebServerSGIngressTCP22": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::SecurityGroupIngress",
"Metadata": {
"Comment": "SSH ingress security rule"
},
"Properties" : {
"IpProtocol": "tcp",
"FromPort": "22",
"ToPort": "22",
"SourceSecurityGroupId": { "Ref": "WebServerSecurityGroup" },
"GroupId": { "Fn::GetAtt": ["WebServerSecurityGroup", "GroupId"]}
}
},
"InternetGateway": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::InternetGateway",
"Properties": {}
},
"AttachGateway": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::VPCGatewayAttachment",
"Properties": {
"InternetGatewayId": {
"Ref": "InternetGateway"
},
"VpcId": {
"Ref": "wordpressVpc"
}
}
},
"PublicRouteTable": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::RouteTable",
"Properties": {
"VpcId": {
"Ref": "wordpressVpc"
}
}
},
"PublicRoute": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::Route",
"Properties": {
"DestinationCidrBlock": "0.0.0.0/0",
"RouteTableId": {
"Ref": "PublicRouteTable"
},
"GatewayId": {
"Ref": "InternetGateway"
}
},
"DependsOn": [
"InternetGateway", "AttachGateway"
]
},
"Public1RouteTableAssociation": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::SubnetRouteTableAssociation",
"Properties": {
"RouteTableId": {
"Ref": "PublicRouteTable"
},
"SubnetId": {
"Ref": "publicSubnet1"
}
}
},
"Public2RouteTableAssociation": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::SubnetRouteTableAssociation",
"Properties": {
"RouteTableId": {
"Ref": "PublicRouteTable"
},
"SubnetId": {
"Ref": "publicSubnet2"
}
}
},
"webserverlb": {
"Type": "AWS::ElasticLoadBalancingV2::LoadBalancer",
"Properties": {
"IpAddressType": "ipv4",
"SecurityGroups": [
{
"Ref": "webserverlbSecurityGroup"
}
],
"Subnets": [
{
"Ref": "publicSubnet1"
},
{
"Ref": "publicSubnet2"
}
],
"Tags": [
{
"Key": "Name",
"Value": "webserverlb"
}
]
},
"DependsOn": [
"webserversSecurityGroup"
]
},
"webserverlbSecurityGroup": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup",
"Properties": {
"VpcId": {
"Ref": "wordpressVPC"
},
"GroupDescription": "Allows incoming requests from port 80 via HTTP.",
"SecurityGroupIngress": [
{
"IpProtocol": "TCP",
"FromPort": "80",
"ToPort": "80",
"CidrIp": "0.0.0.0/0",
"Description": "Allows 80 from Internet"
}
]
}
},
"wordpressdb": {
"Type": "AWS::RDS::DBInstance",
"Properties": {
"VpcId": {
"Ref": "wordpressVPC"
},
"AvailabilityZone": "us-east-1a",
"DBInstanceClass": "db.t2.micro",
"DBName": "wordpress",
"Engine": "mariadb",
"EngineVersion": "10.2.21",
"MultiAZ": 1,
"Tags": [
{
"Key": "Name",
"Value": "wordpressdb"
}
]
},
"DependsOn": [
"wordpressdbSecurityGroup"
]
},
"wordpressdbSecurityGroup": {
"Type": "AWS::RDS::DBSecurityGroup",
"Properties": {
"VpcId": {
"Ref": "wordpressVPC"
},
"GroupDescription": "Enable access to the db via port 3306.",
"Tags": [
{
"Key": "Name",
"Value": "wordpressdbSecurityGroup"
}
],
"SecurityGroupIngress": [
{
"IpProtocol": "TCP",
"FromPort": "3306",
"ToPort": "3306",
"Description": "Enable HTTP access."
}
]
}
}
},
"Parameters": {
"KeyName": {
"Description": "Name of your EC2 KeyPair to enable SSH access to the instances.",
"Type": "AWS::EC2::KeyPair::KeyName",
"ConstraintDescription": "must be the name of an existing EC2 KeyPair."
},
"YourIp": {
"Description": "The current CIDR IP address of your workstation (x.x.x.x/32). http://checkip.amazonaws.com/",
"Type": "String",
"AllowedPattern": "^(([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\\.){3}([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\\/(1[6-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-2]))$",
"ConstraintDescription": "Must be a valid IP CIDR range of the form x.x.x.x/x."
},
"AMI": {
"Description": "The EC2 instance AMI",
"Type": "String",
"Default": "ami-00dc79254d0461090"
},
"DBName": {
"Description": "Name of the database",
"Type" : "String",
"Default": "wordpress"
},
"DBUser": {
"Default": "admin",
"NoEcho": "false",
"Description" : "The WordPress database admin account user name",
"Type": "String",
"MinLength": "1",
"MaxLength": "16",
"AllowedPattern" : "[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*"
},
"DBPassword": {
"NoEcho": "true",
"Description" : "The password of the database.",
"Type": "String",
"MinLength": "1",
"MaxLength": "16",
"AllowedPattern" : "[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*"
}
},
"Outputs": {
"web1PublicIp": {
"Value": {"Fn::GetAtt": ["web1","PublicIp"]},
"Description": "web1 public IP"
},
"we2PublicIp": {
"Value": {"Fn::GetAtt": ["web2","PublicIp"]},
"Description": "web2 public IP"
},
"mgmt1PublicIp": {
"Value": {"Fn::GetAtt": ["mgmt1","PublicIp"]},
"Description": "mgmt1 public IP"
}
}
}
Because CloudFormation is case sensitive. Your vpc resource is called wordpressVpc, but in some places you are using wordpressVPC.
Recommend trying the CloudFormation Linter in VSCode to see some of these errors inline while authoring templates along with autocompletion and documentation links:
E3005 DependsOn should reference other resources at Resources/webserverlb/DependsOn/0
E1012 Ref wordpressVPC not found as a resource or parameter
E1012 Ref wordpressVPC not found as a resource or parameter
E3002 Invalid Property Resources/wordpressdb/Properties/VpcId
E3003 Property DBSecurityGroupIngress missing at Resources/wordpressdbSecurityGroup/Properties
E1012 Ref wordpressVPC not found as a resource or parameter
E3002 Invalid Property Resources/wordpressdbSecurityGroup/Properties/VpcId
E3002 Invalid Property Resources/wordpressdbSecurityGroup/Properties/SecurityGroupIngress
E1010 Invalid GetAtt mgmt1.PublicIp for resource mgmt1PublicIp

AWS Cloudformation Random Build Fail

I'm using Cloudformation to automate instance creation. I'm using an auto scaling group to build a variable number dependent on what i need. However there is a reoccurring issue where at least 1 instance fails to run when i build 2+ instances from this script.
For Example: I state 7 instances for cloudformation to build, 6 will work perfectly but there is always 1 that will not work. There is no error, it just seems to ignore commands. In the userdata section of this script i launch dockers to run in the instance.
I get this error: rpc error code = 13 desc = transport is closing
Can someone take a look to see if doing something wrong or I'm missing a step?
{
"AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
"Description": "Test",
"Parameters": {
"InstanceType": {
"Type": "String",
"Default": "t2.large"
},
"NoOfInstances": {
"Type": "String",
"ConstraintDescription": ""
},
"RoleName": {
"Type": "String",
"Default": "**",
"ConstraintDescription": ""
},
"VPCParameter": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::VPC::Id",
"Default": "**"
},
"SubnetsParameter": {
"Type": "List<AWS::EC2::Subnet::Id>",
"Default": "**"
},
"KeyName": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::KeyPair::KeyName",
"Default": "**",
"ConstraintDescription": ""
}
},
"Mappings": {
"AWSInstanceType2Arch": {
"t2.large": {
"Arch": "HVM64"
}
},
"AWSRegionArch2AMI": {
"**": {
"HVM64": "**"
}
}
},
"Resources": {
"LaunchConfig": {
"Type": "AWS::AutoScaling::LaunchConfiguration",
"Properties": {
"KeyName": {
"Ref": "KeyName"
},
"IamInstanceProfile": {
"Ref": "RoleName"
},
"SecurityGroups": [{
"Ref": "WebServerSecurityGroup"
}],
"ImageId": {
"Fn::FindInMap": ["AWSRegionArch2AMI",
{
"Ref": "AWS::Region"
}, {
"Fn::FindInMap": ["AWSInstanceType2Arch", {
"Ref": "InstanceType"
}, "Arch"]
}
]
},
"InstanceType": {
"Ref": "InstanceType"
},
"UserData": {
"Fn::Base64": {
"Fn::Join": ["", [ ** ]]
}
}
}
},
"AutoScalingServerGroup": {
"Type": "AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup",
"Properties": {
"LaunchConfigurationName": {
"Ref": "LaunchConfig"
},
"MinSize": "1",
"MaxSize": "30",
"Cooldown": "300",
"VPCZoneIdentifier": {
"Ref": "SubnetsParameter"
},
"DesiredCapacity": {
"Ref": "NoOfInstances"
},
"Tags": [ ** ]
}
},
"WebServerSecurityGroup": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup",
"Properties": {
"GroupDescription": "**",
"VpcId": {
"Ref": "VPCParameter"
},
"SecurityGroupIngress": [{
"IpProtocol": "tcp",
"CidrIp": "**",
"FromPort": "**",
"ToPort": "**"
}, ]
}
},
"WebServerScaleUpPolicy": {
"Type": "AWS::AutoScaling::ScalingPolicy",
"Properties": {
"AdjustmentType": "ChangeInCapacity",
"AutoScalingGroupName": {
"Ref": "AutoScalingServerGroup"
},
"Cooldown": "60",
"ScalingAdjustment": "1"
}
},
"WebServerScaleDownPolicy": {
"Type": "AWS::AutoScaling::ScalingPolicy",
"Properties": {
"AdjustmentType": "ChangeInCapacity",
"AutoScalingGroupName": {
"Ref": "AutoScalingServerGroup"
},
"Cooldown": "60",
"ScalingAdjustment": "-1"
}
}
}
}
You could be hitting EC2 instance limits - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-resource-limits.html
You could also look at the Activity History tab for the Auto Scaling Group. See if it has any useful information.

AWS CloudFormation template "Launch configuration name not found"

I came across this issue with AWS CloudFormation template I'm creating. I am creating an AutoScaling group and assign LaunchConfiguration to it, but when I run the template I get the error "Launch configuration name not found - A launch configuration with the name: WebServerASLaunchConfig does not exists". Here is the exact code snippet
"WebServerASLaunchConfig": {
"Type" : "AWS::AutoScaling::LaunchConfiguration",
"Properties": {
"ImageId": {
"Ref": "BaseImageId"
},
"KeyName": {
"Ref": "KeyPairName"
},
"AssociatePublicIpAddress" : "True",
"InstanceType": "t2.small",
"SecurityGroups": [
{
"Ref": "EC2InstanceSecurityGroup"
}
]
}
},
"WebServerAutoScalingGroup": {
"Type": "AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup",
"Properties": {
"LaunchConfigurationName": "WebServerASLaunchConfig",
"AvailabilityZones": [
{
"Ref": "AvailabilityZone1"
},
{
"Ref": "AvailabilityZone2"
}
],
"VPCZoneIdentifier": [
{
"Ref" : "PublicSubnet1"
},
{
"Ref" : "PublicSubnet2"
}
],
"MinSize" : "2",
"MaxSize" : "2",
"LoadBalancerNames": [
{
"Ref" : "ApplicationLoadBalancer"
}
],
"Tags": [
{
"Key": "Name",
"Value": {
"Fn::Join": [
"-",
[
{
"Ref": "AWS::StackName"
},
"VPC"
]
]
},
"PropagateAtLaunch": "True"
}
]
}
}
Thanks for the help
To reference any parameters or resources make use of Ref.
Replace "LaunchConfigurationName": "WebServerASLaunchConfig",
with:
"LaunchConfigurationName": { "Ref": "WebServerASLaunchConfig" }

Trying to setup lambda to access my RDS server on AWS but getting timeouts

I know AWS allows this now and has instructions for a manual setup. I'm trying to set this up in a cloudformation though and am running into difficulties. Currently when I try to access my RDS server I am getting connect ETIMEDOUT errors.
I have my VPC, Subnets and security groups setup with the following:
"VPC": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::VPC",
"Properties": {
"CidrBlock": "10.0.0.0/16",
"EnableDnsSupport": "false",
"EnableDnsHostnames": "false",
"InstanceTenancy": "default",
"Tags" : [{ "Key": "Name", "Value": { "Ref": "DomainName" } }]
}
},
"SubnetA": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::Subnet",
"Properties": {
"VpcId": { "Ref": "VPC" },
"CidrBlock": "10.0.0.0/24",
"AvailabilityZone": { "Fn::Select": [ "0", { "Fn::GetAZs": { "Ref": "AWS::Region" } }]},
"Tags" : [{ "Key": "Name", "Value": { "Ref": "DomainName" } }]
}
},
"SubnetB": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::Subnet",
"Properties": {
"VpcId": { "Ref": "VPC" },
"CidrBlock": "10.0.1.0/24",
"AvailabilityZone": { "Fn::Select": [ "1", { "Fn::GetAZs": { "Ref": "AWS::Region" } }]},
"Tags" : [{ "Key": "Name", "Value": { "Ref": "DomainName" } }]
}
},
"SubnetGroup": {
"Type": "AWS::RDS::DBSubnetGroup",
"Properties": {
"DBSubnetGroupDescription": "Database Access",
"SubnetIds" : [{ "Ref": "SubnetA" }, { "Ref": "SubnetB" }],
"Tags" : [{ "Key": "Name", "Value": { "Ref": "DomainName" } }]
}
},
"SecurityGroup": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup",
"Properties": {
"GroupDescription": "Database Access",
"VpcId": {"Ref": "VPC"},
"SecurityGroupIngress" : [{
"IpProtocol": "tcp",
"FromPort": "3306",
"ToPort": "3306",
"CidrIp": "10.0.0.0/16"
}],
"Tags" : [{ "Key": "Name", "Value": { "Ref": "DomainName" } }]
}
},
I don't actually use SubnetB but to make AWS::RDS::DBSubnetGroup you need subnets in at least two availability zones.
My RDS database is setup with the VPC and Security group.
"Database": {
"Type": "AWS::RDS::DBInstance",
"Properties": {
"DBName": { "Fn::Join": ["", { "Fn::Split": [".", { "Ref": "DomainName" }]}]},
"AllocatedStorage": "5",
"DBInstanceClass": "db.t2.micro",
"Engine": "MySQL",
"EngineVersion": "5.5",
"MasterUsername": { "Ref": "DBUsername" },
"MasterUserPassword": { "Ref": "DBPassword" },
"DBSubnetGroupName": { "Ref": "SubnetGroup" },
"VPCSecurityGroups" : [{ "Fn::GetAtt": [ "SecurityGroup", "GroupId" ] }],
"Tags" : [{ "Key": "Name", "Value": { "Ref": "DomainName" } }]
},
"DeletionPolicy": "Snapshot"
},
So I think the database side is correctly in the VPC and able to talk both subnets.
My lambda is setup in the security group and in SubnetA.
"LambdaFunctionUpdate": {
"Type": "AWS::Lambda::Function",
"Properties": {
"Code": {
"ZipFile": "exports.handler = function (event, context) { context.succeed(\"Hello, World!\"); };"
},
"Description": "Used to create and or sync database tables to the application models",
"Handler": "index.handler",
"MemorySize": 128,
"Role": { "Fn::GetAtt": ["LambdaExecutionRole", "Arn" ] },
"Runtime": "nodejs4.3",
"Timeout": 30,
"VpcConfig": {
"SecurityGroupIds": [{ "Fn::GetAtt": ["SecurityGroup", "GroupId"] }],
"SubnetIds": [{"Ref": "SubnetA"}]
}
}
},
At the end of everything I'm outputting the database endpoint information.
"Outputs": {
"DatabaseEndpoint": {
"Value": { "Fn::Join" : [":", [{ "Fn::GetAtt": ["Database", "Endpoint.Address" ] }, { "Fn::GetAtt": ["Database", "Endpoint.Port" ] }]]},
"Description": "Database endpoint"
}
}
When I run my lambda and try to connect to the RDS server with the endpoint given I get timeout errors.
{
"errorMessage": "connect ETIMEDOUT",
"errorType": "SequelizeConnectionError",
"stackTrace": [
"Handshake._callback (/var/task/node_modules/sequelize/lib/dialects/mysql/connection-manager.js:95:20)",
"Handshake.Sequence.end (/var/task/node_modules/mysql/lib/protocol/sequences/Sequence.js:86:24)",
"Protocol.handleNetworkError (/var/task/node_modules/mysql/lib/protocol/Protocol.js:364:14)",
"Connection._handleNetworkError (/var/task/node_modules/mysql/lib/Connection.js:428:18)",
"Connection._handleConnectTimeout (/var/task/node_modules/mysql/lib/Connection.js:424:8)",
"Socket.g (events.js:260:16)",
"emitNone (events.js:67:13)",
"Socket.emit (events.js:166:7)",
"Socket._onTimeout (net.js:318:8)",
"_runOnTimeout (timers.js:524:11)",
"_makeTimerTimeout (timers.js:515:3)",
"Timer.unrefTimeout (timers.js:584:5)"
]
}
The VPC configuration was incorrect. DNS services can't be turned off.
"VPC": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::VPC",
"Properties": {
"CidrBlock": "10.0.0.0/16",
"EnableDnsSupport": "true",
"EnableDnsHostnames": "true",
"InstanceTenancy": "default",
"Tags" : [{ "Key": "Name", "Value": { "Ref": "DomainName" } }]
}
},

AWS::AutoScaling::LaunchConfiguration You are not authorized to perform this operation

While cloudformation is building the stack, I get the following error:
AWS::AutoScaling::LaunchConfiguration N1ClusterServerLaunchConfig You are not authorized to perform this operation
I have admin full access user privileges. But, still this fails. Is the authorization due to the IAMs defined inside the template?
"N1ClusterServerAutoScale": {
"Type": "AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup",
"Properties": {
"AvailabilityZones": {
"Fn::GetAZs": ""
},
"LaunchConfigurationName": {
"Ref": "N1ClusterServerLaunchConfig"
},
"MinSize": "2",
"MaxSize": "64",
"DesiredCapacity": {
"Ref": "ClusterSize"
},
"Tags": [
{
"Key": "Name",
"Value": {
"Ref": "AWS::StackName"
},
"PropagateAtLaunch": true
}
]
},
"Metadata": {
"AWS::CloudFormation::Designer": {
"id": "a715af00-ebba-4fab-a817-d5ee1986dfe7"
}
}
},
"N1ClusterServerLaunchConfig": {
"Type": "AWS::AutoScaling::LaunchConfiguration",
"Properties": {
"ImageId": {
"Fn::FindInMap": [
"RegionMap",
{
"Ref": "AWS::Region"
},
"hvm"
]
},
"InstanceType": {
"Ref": "InstanceType"
},
"KeyName": {
"Ref": "KeyPair"
},
"SecurityGroups": [
{
"Ref": "N1ClusterSecurityGroup"
},
{
"Ref": "N1NodeSecurityGroup"
}
],
"IamInstanceProfile": {
"Ref": "IamInstanceProfile"
},
IAM
"AllowComputeFrom": {
"Description": "The net block (CIDR) that N1-COMPUTE is available to.",
"Default": "0.0.0.0/0",
"Type": "String"
},
"IamInstanceProfile": {
"Description": "The name of an IAM Profile which can access required S3 buckets and instances.",
"Default": "arn:aws:iam::247256189695:instance-profile/n1-compute-instance",
"Type": "String"
},
"IamInstanceProfileShort": {
"Description": "The last part of the name of an IAM Profile which can create instances.",
"Default": "n1-compute-instance",
"Type": "String"
},
ec2:RunInstances is required to use a Launch template