awscli shell script to create a cloudformation stack

create_example_stack.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

STACK_NAME=$1

if [ -z "$1" ]
  then
    echo "No STACK_NAME argument supplied"
    exit 1
fi

DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"

echo "Creating stack..."
STACK_ID=$( \
  aws cloudformation create-stack \
  --stack-name ${STACK_NAME} \
  --template-body file://${DIR}/cron-batch-stack.yml \
  --capabilities CAPABILITY_IAM \
  --parameters file://${DIR}/parameters.json \
  --tags file://${DIR}/tags.json \
  | jq -r .StackId \
)

echo "Waiting on ${STACK_ID} create completion..."
aws cloudformation wait stack-create-complete --stack-name ${STACK_ID}
aws cloudformation describe-stacks --stack-name ${STACK_ID} | jq .Stacks[0].Outputs

parameters.json

[
  {
    "ParameterKey": "MyFooParam",
    "ParameterValue": "bar"
  }
]

tags.json

[
  {
    "Key": "app",
    "Value": "myapp"
  },
  {
    "Key": "team",
    "Value": "myteam"
  },
  {
    "Key": "env",
    "Value": "dev"
  },
  {
    "Key": "created_by",
    "Value": "nackjicholson"
  }
]