CloudFormation Drift and ChangeSets
Explore how to detect drift in AWS CloudFormation when manual changes cause infrastructure to diverge from templates. Learn to use ChangeSets to preview stack updates, analyze resource changes, and apply updates safely. Gain practical skills to maintain consistent, automated AWS environments.
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Drift in CloudFormation
CloudFormation can be used to create all kinds of AWS infrastructure. But what happens if we change the infrastructure created by CloudFormation manually (via the AWS Management Console or CLI)?
The new infrastructure won’t be in line with the CloudFormation template. This change is called drift. The term drift in IaC means the actual infrastructure configuration doesn’t ...