Install Self-Hosted
Get Started on Cloud
BasicsPipelinesActions & ServicesEnvironmentsIntegrationsTargetsTestsDomainsSandboxesAgents & TunnelsYAML

YAML for AWS CloudFormation

View as Markdown

Execute AWS CloudFormation commands with integration-based authentication.

YAML parameters for AWS CloudFormation

PARAMETERS
integrationrequiredstring
Amazon integration (AMAZON).
execute_commandsrequiredstring[]
The commands that will be executed.
typerequiredstring

Value: AWS_CLOUD_FORMATION

actionrequiredstring
Unique identifier for the action within the pipeline.
shellstring enum
The name of the shell that will be used to execute commands.
Allowed enum:
SH,
BASH,
POWERSHELL
setup_commandsstring[]
The command that will be executed only on the first run.
execute_every_commandboolean
If set to true all commands will be executed regardless of the result of the previous command.
regionstring
The Amazon region.
trigger_timestring enum
Specifies when the action should be executed.
Allowed enum:
ON_EVERY_EXECUTION,
ON_SUCCESS,
ON_FAILURE,
ON_BACK_TO_SUCCESS,
ON_WARNING,
ON_WAIT_FOR_APPROVE,
ON_TERMINATE
loopstring[]
The list of variables for dynamic action execution. The action runs once for each value.
run_only_on_first_failureboolean
Defines whether the action should be executed on each failure. Restricted to and required if the trigger_time is ON_FAILURE.
disabledboolean
When set to true the action is disabled. By default it is set to false.
timeoutinteger
The timeout in seconds.
ignore_errorsboolean
If set to true the execution will proceed, mark action as a warning and jump to the next action. Doesn't apply to deployment actions.
retry_intervalinteger
Delay time between auto retries in seconds.
retry_countinteger
Number of retries if the action fails.
run_nextstring enum
Defines whether the action should run in parallel with the next one.
Allowed enum:
WAIT_ON_SUCCESS,
IN_SOFT_PARALLEL,
IN_HARD_PARALLEL
trigger_conditionsTriggerConditionYaml[]
The list of trigger conditions to meet so that the action can be triggered.
variablesVariableYaml[]
The list of variables you can use in the action.

Last modified on Jul 31, 2025

Previous pageAWS CLI 2Next pageAWS CodePipeline

YAML examples for AWS CloudFormation

Deploy CloudFormation Stack

yaml
  - action: "Deploy CloudFormation Stack"
    type: "AWS_CLOUD_FORMATION"
    shell: "BASH"
    region: "us-east-1"
    integration: "aws_integration"
    setup_commands:
      - "aws --version"
    execute_commands:
      - "aws cloudformation deploy --template-file template.yaml --stack-name my-stack"
    execute_every_command: true