John Heller jheller

## Ansible CloudFormation Macros.md

      
        
          
            
              
              5 files
            
          
          
            
              
              12 forks
            
          
          
            
              
              1 comment
            
          
          
            
              
              17 stars
            
          
        
        
          
              
          
          
            
                jheller
                / Ansible CloudFormation Macros.md
            
            
              Last active
              January 4, 2023 19:37
            
              
                Using Ansible/Jinja macros to generate CloudFormation templates
              
          
        
      
        
  
      
    Generating CloudFormation Templates from YAML Dictionaries

The security group and Network ACLs parts of CloudFormation templates can be difficult to read. This template containing Jinja macros
converts easier-to-read YAML dictionaries of security group and NACL rules into JSON.
Here ais a generic macro template and some example files showing how to use it.

cloudformation.macros.j2 - the macros
cf_vars.yml - YAML dictionaly of security groups and NACLs, including some complex rules for both
test.template.j2 - a simple CloudFormation template that uses the macro file
cf_test.yml - a simple Ansible playbook that generates CloudFormation JSON from thr previous file.