Jenkinsfile example for: https://medium.com/devopslinks/a-hacky-hackers-guide-to-hacking-together-jenkins-scripted-pipelines-and-getting-them-to-do-things-a1e943cb8d11

hacky-hackers-guide-1.5

stage('deploy') {
  node('aws') {
    // this is going to be a multi-line 'sh'
    sh """
    new_stack = "my-aws-cloudformation-stack-name"
    aws cloudformation create-stack \
        --region us-east-3 \
        --capabilities CAPABILITY_IAM \
        --stack-name $new_stack
        --template-body file://path-to-file-for-stack-template
    // the wait is optional, but recommended, so the pipeline doesn't progress until your stack is actually created
      aws cloudformation wait stack-create-complete --region us-east-3 --stack-name $new_stack
    """
  }
}