https://codeblog.io/ Recent content on CodeBlog Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Copyright {year} Daryl Robbins & Associates Consulting Ltd. All rights reserved. Sat, 21 May 2016 16:38:15 -0500 https://codeblog.io/2016/05/aws-automation-cloudformation-ansible-and-beyond.html Sat, 21 May 2016 16:38:15 -0500 https://codeblog.io/2016/05/aws-automation-cloudformation-ansible-and-beyond.html In my first post, we explore how to automate the provisioning of an AWS environment by using Ansible in conjunction with CloudFormation. Using Ansible on top of CloudFormation gives us a much more powerful automation platform. It acts as the glue to bind together our various CloudFormation templates. Hopefully, it will make you see CloudFormation in a new light. I have use the techniques described in this post to develop sophisticated automation scripts for multiple different projects – involving multiple environments and regions.