get-template-summary¶

Description¶

Returns information about a new or existing template. The GetTemplateSummary action is useful for viewing parameter information, such as default parameter values and parameter types, before you create or update a stack or stack set.

You can use the GetTemplateSummary action when you submit a template, or you can get template information for a stack set, or a running or deleted stack.

For deleted stacks, GetTemplateSummary returns the template information for up to 90 days after the stack has been deleted. If the template does not exist, a ValidationError is returned.

Synopsis¶

  get-template-summary
[--template-body <value>]
[--template-url <value>]
[--stack-name <value>]
[--stack-set-name <value>]
[--call-as <value>]
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]

Options¶

--template-body (string)

Structure containing the template body with a minimum length of 1 byte and a maximum length of 51,200 bytes. For more information about templates, see Template Anatomy in the CloudFormation User Guide.

Conditional: You must specify only one of the following parameters: StackName , StackSetName , TemplateBody , or TemplateURL .

--template-url (string)

Location of file containing the template body. The URL must point to a template (max size: 460,800 bytes) that is located in an Amazon S3 bucket or a Systems Manager document. For more information about templates, see Template Anatomy in the CloudFormation User Guide.

Conditional: You must specify only one of the following parameters: StackName , StackSetName , TemplateBody , or TemplateURL .

--stack-name (string)

The name or the stack ID that is associated with the stack, which are not always interchangeable. For running stacks, you can specify either the stack’s name or its unique stack ID. For deleted stack, you must specify the unique stack ID.

Conditional: You must specify only one of the following parameters: StackName , StackSetName , TemplateBody , or TemplateURL .

--stack-set-name (string)

The name or unique ID of the stack set from which the stack was created.

Conditional: You must specify only one of the following parameters: StackName , StackSetName , TemplateBody , or TemplateURL .

--call-as (string)

[Service-managed permissions] Specifies whether you are acting as an account administrator in the organization’s management account or as a delegated administrator in a member account.

By default, SELF is specified. Use SELF for stack sets with self-managed permissions.

If you are signed in to the management account, specify SELF .

If you are signed in to a delegated administrator account, specify DELEGATED_ADMIN . Your Amazon Web Services account must be registered as a delegated administrator in the management account. For more information, see Register a delegated administrator in the CloudFormation User Guide .

Possible values:

SELF

DELEGATED_ADMIN

--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml.

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. Similarly, if provided yaml-input it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.

See ‘aws help’ for descriptions of global parameters.

Examples¶

To display a template summary

The following command displays summary information about the resources and metadata for the specified template file.

aws cloudformation get-template-summary \
   --template-body file://template.yaml

Output:

{
    "Parameters": [],
    "Description": "A VPC and subnets.",
    "ResourceTypes": [
        "AWS::EC2::VPC",
        "AWS::EC2::Subnet",
        "AWS::EC2::Subnet",
        "AWS::EC2::RouteTable",
        "AWS::EC2::VPCEndpoint",
        "AWS::EC2::SubnetRouteTableAssociation",
        "AWS::EC2::SubnetRouteTableAssociation",
        "AWS::EC2::VPCEndpoint"
    ],
    "Version": "2010-09-09"
}

Output¶

Parameters -> (list)

A list of parameter declarations that describe various properties for each parameter.

(structure)

The ParameterDeclaration data type.

ParameterKey -> (string)

The name that is associated with the parameter.

DefaultValue -> (string)

The default value of the parameter.

ParameterType -> (string)

The type of parameter.

NoEcho -> (boolean)

Flag that indicates whether the parameter value is shown as plain text in logs and in the Amazon Web Services Management Console.

Description -> (string)

The description that is associate with the parameter.

ParameterConstraints -> (structure)

The criteria that CloudFormation uses to validate parameter values.

AllowedValues -> (list)

A list of values that are permitted for a parameter.

(string)

Description -> (string)

The value that is defined in the Description property of the template.

Capabilities -> (list)

The capabilities found within the template. If your template contains IAM resources, you must specify the CAPABILITY_IAM or CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM value for this parameter when you use the CreateStack or UpdateStack actions with your template; otherwise, those actions return an InsufficientCapabilities error.

For more information, see Acknowledging IAM Resources in CloudFormation Templates .

(string)

CapabilitiesReason -> (string)

The list of resources that generated the values in the Capabilities response element.

ResourceTypes -> (list)

A list of all the template resource types that are defined in the template, such as AWS::EC2::Instance , AWS::Dynamo::Table , and Custom::MyCustomInstance .

(string)

Version -> (string)

The Amazon Web Services template format version, which identifies the capabilities of the template.

Metadata -> (string)

The value that is defined for the Metadata property of the template.

DeclaredTransforms -> (list)

A list of the transforms that are declared in the template.

(string)

ResourceIdentifierSummaries -> (list)

A list of resource identifier summaries that describe the target resources of an import operation and the properties you can provide during the import to identify the target resources. For example, BucketName is a possible identifier property for an AWS::S3::Bucket resource.

(structure)

Describes the target resources of a specific type in your import template (for example, all AWS::S3::Bucket resources) and the properties you can provide during the import to identify resources of that type.

ResourceType -> (string)

The template resource type of the target resources, such as AWS::S3::Bucket .

LogicalResourceIds -> (list)

The logical IDs of the target resources of the specified ResourceType , as defined in the import template.

(string)

ResourceIdentifiers -> (list)

The resource properties you can provide during the import to identify your target resources. For example, BucketName is a possible identifier property for AWS::S3::Bucket resources.

(string)

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