Create an (Free tier Linux) EC2 using the CloudFormation Template -1

3 min readMar 24, 2024

AWS CloudFormation is a service that allows developers to create AWS resources in a predictable way using text files. (YAML /JSON)

These files, also known as templates, are the single source of truth for infrastructure and are an important “infrastructure as code” artifact.

Deploying CloudFormation template

CloudFormation Templates can be deployed as: 1.Manual way 2.Automated way

Using Cloud Formation Console to deploy EC2 instance

1. Log in to AWS Console > Search for CloudFormation

2. In Cloud Formation console > Click Create Stack

3.Choose the below options

4.Click choose file ..

· Copy file from below link and save it as YAML and choose that file.
·https://github.com/SRIDEVI24/Projects/blob/fae953d44bd9b4431b2c223e9800ac882ab0bbd1/AWS%20Projects/CLOUD%20FORMATION/ec2-simple_1.yaml
OR
· Copy the below code and save it as .yaml file.Change the ImageID and instance type as required by referring to the AWS EC2 AMI image console.

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: 2010-09-09
Description: 
  Sample template to create EC2 in free-tier account.
  Linux al2023-ami-2023.4.20240319.1-kernel-6.1-x86_64 in Availablity zone us-east-1a
  You will be billed for the AWS resources used ,
  if you create a stack from this template.
  After deleting stack, remember to delete the associated S3 bucket.
    
Resources:
  
  #  EC2 instance of type t2.micro  
  CloudFormedEC21A:
    Type: 'AWS::EC2::Instance'
    Properties:
      InstanceType: t2.micro
      ImageId: ami-0c101f26f147fa7fd
      AvailabilityZone: us-east-1a
      Tags: 
       - Key: Name
         Value: CloudFormed-ec2-1A
       - Key: Application
         Value:
          Ref: "AWS::StackName"

# output important values for easy viewing in cloudformation dashboard
Outputs:
  InstanceId1A:
    Description: InstanceId of the first EC2 instance
    Value: !Ref CloudFormedEC21A