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CloudFormation Stacks

CloudFormation Stacks lets you provision and manage AWS infrastructure as code directly from QuickInfra. Use QuickInfra's pre-built templates, bring your own CloudFormation script, or let the AI generate one from a description — then deploy, update, or tear down stacks in your AWS account with a single action.

What is CloudFormation Stacks?

AWS CloudFormation is an infrastructure-as-code service that lets you define and provision cloud resources using declarative YAML or JSON templates. A stack is a single deployment unit — a collection of AWS resources that are created, updated, and deleted together as defined in the template.

QuickInfra's CloudFormation Stacks section gives you a full stack management interface without needing direct AWS console access. You can list existing stacks, create new infrastructure from a template, modify running stacks, and delete stacks when they are no longer needed — all from within QuickInfra. The template content is fully visible and editable before execution, giving you complete control over what gets deployed.

Note:CloudFormation Stacks integrates directly with the Custom Scripts section. Any CloudFormation template saved as a Custom Script is available here as a selectable stack template, ready to deploy without copying or pasting content manually.

CloudFormation Stacks screen in QuickInfra showing template content and action dropdown — The CloudFormation Stacks screen — select a pre-built or custom template, review the full YAML content, then choose Create New, Modify, or Delete.

Three Ways to Use a Template

QuickInfra gives you three approaches to getting a CloudFormation template ready for deployment — use whichever fits your workflow.

Pre-built Templates — QuickInfra ships with a library of ready-to-use CloudFormation templates for common infrastructure patterns — VPCs, subnets, EC2 instances, security groups, and more. Select one from the Stack Template Script dropdown and the full YAML content loads automatically. Review it, adjust any parameter defaults if needed, and execute.
Bring Your Own Script — If you have written your own CloudFormation template, save it as a Custom Script of type CloudFormation in the Custom Scripts section. It will then appear in the Stack Template Script dropdown here, ready to deploy as a stack.
AI Generator — Need a template but do not have one written yet? Use the built-in AI Generator to describe the infrastructure you want in plain English. The AI will produce a CloudFormation YAML template which loads into the editor for you to review and adjust before deploying.

How to Deploy a Stack

Navigate to Manage → CloudFormation Stacks

From the left sidebar select Manage then CloudFormation Stacks. Select your Cloud Account and Region — this is where the stack will be deployed.

Select or provide a template

Choose a template from the Stack Template Script dropdown, paste in your own CloudFormation YAML via an S3 URL or the template editor, or use the AI Generator to produce one. The full template content is displayed in the Stack Template Contenteditor for review.

Review the template

Read through the template carefully. Pay attention to the Parameters section — values like environment name, CIDR blocks, and subnet ranges often need to be adjusted to match your specific environment before deploying.

Select an action and execute

From the Select Action dropdown choose Create New to deploy a fresh stack, Modify to update an existing stack with a revised template, or Delete to tear down all resources in an existing stack. Click Action to submit.

Tip:Before deploying to production, test your CloudFormation template by creating the stack in a development account first. QuickInfra makes this easy — switch the Cloud Account filter, deploy, verify, then repeat in production.

Warning:The Delete action removes all AWS resources defined in the stack — including VPCs, subnets, EC2 instances, and any other resources the template created. This action is irreversible. Ensure you have confirmed which resources will be affected before proceeding.

Key Things to Know

CloudFormation stack operations are asynchronous — large stacks with many resources can take several minutes to reach a complete state.
If a stack creation fails partway through, CloudFormation automatically rolls back and removes any resources it created during that attempt.
The Modify action performs a stack update — CloudFormation calculates the difference between the current and new template and applies only the necessary changes.
Pre-built templates are maintained by QuickInfra and follow AWS best practices — they are a reliable starting point for standard infrastructure patterns.
AI-generated templates should always be reviewed before deployment — verify resource names, CIDR ranges, and any sensitive configuration values.