What is Amazon CloudFormation Designer? - Amazon CloudFormation
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What is Amazon CloudFormation Designer?

Amazon Application Composer Application Composer in CloudFormation console mode is an improvement from Amazon CloudFormation Designer. For more information, see Amazon Application Composer in Amazon CloudFormation console mode.

Amazon CloudFormation Designer (Designer) is a graphic tool for creating, viewing, and modifying Amazon CloudFormation templates. With Designer, you can diagram your template resources using a drag-and-drop interface, and then edit their details using the integrated JSON and YAML editor. Whether you are a new or an experienced Amazon CloudFormation user, Amazon CloudFormation Designer can help you quickly see the interrelationship between a template's resources and easily modify templates.

Designer is part of the Amazon CloudFormation console. To use it, open Designer at https://console.amazonaws.cn/cloudformation/designer and sign in with your Amazon credentials.

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For information about validating your templates, see Validating a template.