CreateGeneratedTemplate - Amazon CloudFormation
Request ParametersResponse ElementsErrorsSee Also
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CreateGeneratedTemplate

Creates a template from existing resources that are not already managed with Amazon CloudFormation. You can check the status of the template generation using the DescribeGeneratedTemplate API action.

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

GeneratedTemplateName

The name assigned to the generated template.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Required: Yes

Resources.member.N

An optional list of resources to be included in the generated template.

If no resources are specified,the template will be created without any resources. Resources can be added to the template using the UpdateGeneratedTemplate API action.

Type: Array of ResourceDefinition objects

Array Members: Minimum number of 1 item. Maximum number of 500 items.

Required: No

StackName

An optional name or ARN of a stack to use as the base stack for the generated template.

Type: String

Required: No

TemplateConfiguration

The configuration details of the generated template, including the DeletionPolicy and UpdateReplacePolicy.

Type: TemplateConfiguration object

Required: No

Response Elements

The following element is returned by the service.

GeneratedTemplateId

The ID of the generated template.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

AlreadyExists

The resource with the name requested already exists.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ConcurrentResourcesLimitExceeded

No more than 5 generated templates can be in an InProgress or Pending status at one time. This error is also returned if a generated template that is in an InProgress or Pending status is attempted to be updated or deleted.

HTTP Status Code: 429

LimitExceeded

The quota for the resource has already been reached.

For information about resource and stack limitations, see Amazon CloudFormation quotas in the Amazon CloudFormation User Guide.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following: