cfn.ps1

StackCreatePS.ps1

#
# AWS Deploy CloudFormation template and return stack ID
# powershell.exe deploy.ps1 -template templateName.json
#
param(
	[String]$template="template.json"
)

Import-Module AWSPowerShell

Function CreateStack
{
	# Calculate the stack name
	# Must match [A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9]*
	$stackName = 'TC{0}' -f [guid]::NewGuid().ToString().Replace("-", "").ToUpper()

	Write-Host "Creating stack with name $stackName from template $template"

	# Get the template full directory on the file system
	$templateFilePath = Join-Path -path $PSScriptRoot -ChildPath $template

	# Call AWS with the template and stack name
	# This returns a JSON string which looks like:
	# { "StackId" : "..." }
	$response = (aws cloudformation create-stack --stack-name $stackName --template-body "file://$templateFilePath")
	$responseJson = [String]::Join(" ", $response)

	# Parse the response
	$result = ConvertFrom-Json $responseJson

	# Get the properties
	$stack_id = $result.StackId

	return $stack_id
}

Function DeleteStack($stack_id)
{
	Write-Host "Deleting stack with id $stack_id"
	aws cloudformation delete-stack --stack-name $stack_id
}

$stack_id = CreateStack
DeleteStack $stack_id