CODEWITHSUNDEEP
amazon-web-servicesaws-cloudformation
tset
tset

Reputation: 443

CloudFormation cfn-init.exe command

I saw the following code in the begining of the userdata script. What is it for?

if (${PROXY}) {
    &"cfn-init.exe" -v -s ${STACK_ID} -r ${RESOURCE} --region ${REGION} --http-proxy=${PROXY} --https-proxy=${PROXY}
} else {
    write-host "Unable to determine Proxy setting"
    &"cfn-init.exe" -v -s ${STACK_ID} -r ${RESOURCE} --region ${REGION}
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1631

Answers (1)

Shibashis
Shibashis

Reputation: 8401

"cfn-init.exe" is a utility from cloudformation to execute instance initialization provisioning defined in cloudformation template .

This ensures the server initialization configurations defined under "AWS::CloudFormation::Init" section inside the cloud formation template is executed.

Please check the following documentation for reference http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/cfn-init.html

Upvotes: 1

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