github.com/cloudposse/terraform-aws-cloudformation-stack-set

Terraform module to provision Cloudformation Stack Set and Administrator IAM role.

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This example creates a role with the name cp-prod-app with permission to assume `` Chamber with S3 bucket as parameter store, and gives permission to the entities specified in assume_role_arns to assume the role.

module "default" {
  source = "git::https://github.com/cloudposse/terraform-aws-cloudformation-stack-set.git?ref=init"

  enabled            = "true"
  namespace          = "cp"
  stage              = "prod"
  name               = "app"
  template_url       = "https://aws-quickstart.s3.amazonaws.com/quickstart-compliance-cis-benchmark/templates/main.template"
  executor_role_name = "cis-executor"

  parameters         = {
    NotificationEmailAddressForCloudWatchAlarms = "[e-mail]"
    ConfigureCloudtrail = "Yes"
    ConfigureConfig = "Yes"
    ProfileLevel = "Level 2"
    QSS3BucketName = "aws-quickstart"
    QSS3KeyPrefix = "quickstart-compliance-cis-benchmark/"
  }

  capabilities = ["CAPABILITY_IAM"]
}

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Requirements

No requirements.

Providers

Name	Version
aws	n/a

Modules

Name	Source	Version
admin_role	git::https://github.com/cloudposse/terraform-aws-iam-role.git	tags/0.4.0
label	git::https://github.com/cloudposse/terraform-null-label.git	tags/0.5.3

Resources

Name	Type
aws_cloudformation_stack_set.default	resource
aws_iam_policy_document.admin	data source

Inputs

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
attributes	Additional attributes (_e.g._ "1")	list(string)	[]	no
capabilities	A list of capabilities. Valid values: CAPABILITY_IAM, CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM, CAPABILITY_AUTO_EXPAND	list(string)	[]	no
delimiter	Delimiter between name, namespace, stage and attributes	string	"-"	no
enabled	Set to false to prevent the module from creating any resources	string	"true"	no
executor_role_name	Name of the IAM Role in all target accounts for Stack Set operations	string	"AWSCloudFormationStackSetExecutionRole"	no
name	Name	string	"cis"	no
namespace	Namespace (e.g. cp or cloudposse)	string	n/a	yes
parameters	Key-value map of input parameters for the Stack Set template. (_e.g._ map("BusinessUnit","ABC")	map(string)	{}	no
stage	Stage (e.g. prod, dev, staging)	string	n/a	yes
tags	Additional tags (_e.g._ map("BusinessUnit","ABC")	map(string)	{}	no
template_url	Amazon S3 bucket URL location of a file containing the CloudFormation template body. Maximum file size: 460,800 bytes	any	n/a	yes

Outputs

Name	Description
administrator_role_arn	Amazon Resource Number (ARN) of the IAM Role in the administrator account
executor_role_name	Name of the IAM Role in all target accounts for Stack Set operations
name	Name of the Stack Set

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