cfntool

A tool to Create and Delete Cloudformation stacks easily. Uses credentials from your ~/.aws/credentials file via boto3

Install

$ python3 -m pip install cfntool --user

Usage

cfn [-options]

options:
    -h This help
    -m parameter list string:
          'something=somevalue,somethingelse=someothervalue'
    -P profile to use to install the stack (not required if 'all' is chosen)

required options:
    -a account name
    -n name of stack
    -p product tag
    -t full path to Cloudformation template to use

All actions are mutually exclusive
you must provide one action

Actions:
    -A install/update all accounts
    -D delete named stack
    -I install/update the named stack
    -S status of named stack

if you provide more than one action, the last one on the
command line 'wins'.

Examples

Create a stack from a yaml template:

$ cfn -I -p mytool -P myaccountalias -m myaccount -n myStackName \
    -t ~/src/mystack.yaml -m 'LambdaVersion=0.0.2,Owner=SRE'

06/03/2020 08:40:05 [INFO ]  profile: myaccountalias, account id 1234567890, account name myaccount
06/03/2020 08:40:06 [ERROR]  stack: myStackName does not exist
06/03/2020 08:40:06 [WARNI]  stack myStackName does not exist (anymore)
06/03/2020 08:40:06 [INFO ]  creating stack myStackName
06/03/2020 08:41:47 [INFO ]  Stack myStackName is CREATE_COMPLETE

Status of named stack:

$ cfn -S -P myaccountalias -n myStackName

06/03/2020 08:42:14 [INFO ]  stack myStackName is status: CREATE_COMPLETE

Delete a stack:

$ cfn -D -P myaccountalias -n myStackName

06/03/2020 08:44:39 [INFO ]  Stack myStackName is CREATE_COMPLETE
06/03/2020 08:44:39 [WARNI]  deleting stack: myStackName
06/03/2020 08:46:20 [ERROR]  stack: myStackName does not exist
06/03/2020 08:46:20 [WARNI]  stack myStackName does not exist (anymore)
06/03/2020 08:46:20 [INFO ]  stack myStackName is status: None