https://github.com/rogerwelin/cfnctl

Cfnctl brings the Terraform cli experience to AWS Cloudformation :cloud:
https://github.com/rogerwelin/cfnctl

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Cfnctl brings the Terraform cli experience to AWS Cloudformation :cloud:

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/rogerwelin/cfnctl
• Owner: rogerwelin
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2021-09-07T07:38:36.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-01-19T08:35:05.000Z (10 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-02T00:26:33.540Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: aws, cli, cloud, cloud-management, cloudformation, go, golang, iac, infrastructure-as-code, terraform
• Language: Go
• Homepage:
• Size: 136 KB
• Stars: 130
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 5
• Open Issues: 5
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE
  • Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

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README

        
## ☁️  Cfnctl



  

  

  

  

  



[[ _pronounced_ cfn control _or_ cloudformation control ]]

Are you a fan of Terraform but forced to use Cloudformation due to organizational or technical reasons? Introducing **cfnctl**, a CLI that brings the Terraform cli experience to Cloudformation. You'll never need to use the AWS Console for managing stacks again!

With *cfnctl*, you write Cloudformation templates as usual but use the cli workflow that you are already used to from Terraform, including:

* **apply**

* **plan**

* **destroy**

* **output**

### Demo

[![Cfnctl](./cfnctl.svg)](https://asciinema.org/a/abFfMrlLp3MTDHjrrzWpbyDDI?autoplay=1)

### Installation

Grab a pre-built binary from the [GitHub Releases page](https://github.com/rogerwelin/cfnctl/releases) for your OS of choice

### Usage

If you are a terraform user the *cfnctl* cli works as you would expect. Running the binary without flags will give you the help output:

```bash

✗ ./cfnctl

 NAME:

    cfnctl - ✨ Terraform cli experience for AWS Cloudformation

 COMMANDS:

  apply     Create or update infrastructure

  plan      Show changes required by the current configuration

  destroy   Destroy previously-created infrastructure

  output    Show all exported output values of the selected account and region

  validate  Check whether the configuration is valid

  version   Show the current Cfnctl version

  help, h   Shows a list of commands or help for one command

 GLOBAL OPTIONS:

  --help, -h  show help (default: false)

 Examples

  Apply infrastructure using the "apply" command.

    $ cfnctl apply --template-file mycfntmpl.yaml --auto-approve

```

### Notice

Cfnctl is under early development and is missing several features such as:

* user cancellation does not clean up stacks,  [Issue](https://github.com/rogerwelin/cfnctl/issues/1) 

* does not support uploading large templates to S3 yet, [Issue](https://github.com/rogerwelin/cfnctl/issues/2) 

* does not support drift detection yet, [Issue](https://github.com/rogerwelin/cfnctl/issues/5) 

Feature request and pull requests are welcome. Please see the [Contributing doc](https://github.com/rogerwelin/cfnctl/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)

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