stack-deploy

stack-deploy - CloudFormation Stack Manager

Status: Pre-1.0 - exists to serve mbj/mrs monorepo, expect breaking changes without notice.

A CLI tool for managing AWS CloudFormation stacks with enhanced workflow support.

Features

• Stack Management: Create, update, sync, and delete CloudFormation stacks
• Change Sets: Interactive change set review before applying updates
• Event Watching: Real-time monitoring of stack events during deployments
• Template Upload: Automatic S3 upload for large templates
• Lambda Deployment: Built-in Lambda function deployment utilities
• Parameter Management: Type-safe parameter handling
• Secrets Integration: AWS Secrets Manager integration

Commands

Instance Management

# List all registered stack instances
stack-deploy instance list

# Sync stack (create if absent, update if exists)
stack-deploy instance sync --stack-name <name> --parameter Key=Value

# Update existing stack
stack-deploy instance update --stack-name <name> --parameter Key=Value

# Delete stack
stack-deploy instance delete --stack-name <name>

# Watch stack events in real-time
stack-deploy instance watch --stack-name <name>

Change Set Operations

# Create a change set
stack-deploy instance change-set --stack-name <name> create --change-set-name <cs-name> --parameter Key=Value

# List change sets
stack-deploy instance change-set --stack-name <name> list

# Describe a change set
stack-deploy instance change-set --stack-name <name> describe --change-set-name <cs-name>

# Delete a change set
stack-deploy instance change-set --stack-name <name> delete --change-set-name <cs-name>

Review Modes

When updating or syncing stacks, you can control the change set review behavior:

• --review-change-set interactive (default): Review changes before applying
• --review-change-set no-review: Apply changes without review

Integration

Works seamlessly with the stratosphere library for type-safe CloudFormation template generation.