Amazon CloudFormation events - Amazon EventBridge
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Amazon CloudFormation events

Amazon CloudFormation sends service events directly to EventBridge, as well as via Amazon CloudTrail.

Amazon CloudFormation service events

Amazon CloudFormation sends the following events directly to EventBridge:

  • CloudFormation Drift Detection Status Change

  • CloudFormation Resource Status Change

  • CloudFormation Stack Status Change

  • CloudFormation Stack State Change

  • CloudFormation StackSet Status Change

  • CloudFormation StackSet StackInstance Status Change

  • CloudFormation StackSet Operation Status Change

  • CloudFormation Hook Invocation Progress

Delivery type: Durable

To match against all events from this service, create an event pattern that matches against the following event attribute:

  • source: aws.cloudformation

{
  "source": ["aws.cloudformation"]
}

To match against specific events, include a detail-type attribute specifying an array of event names to match. For example:

{
  "source": ["aws.cloudformation"],
  "detail-type": ["CloudFormation Drift Detection Status Change"]
}

For more information, see Creating event patterns in the Amazon EventBridge User Guide.

Amazon CloudFormation events delivered via Amazon CloudTrail

Amazon CloudTrail sends events originating from Amazon CloudFormation to EventBridge. Amazon services deliver events to CloudTrail on a best effort basis. For more information, see Amazon service events delivered via Amazon CloudTrail in the Amazon EventBridge User Guide.

To match events from this service delivered by Amazon CloudTrail, create an event pattern that matches against the following event attributes:

  • source: aws.cloudformation

  • eventSource: cloudformation.amazonaws.com

{
  "source": ["aws.cloudformation"],
  "detail-type": ["Amazon API Call via CloudTrail"],
  "detail": {
    "eventSource": ["cloudformation.amazonaws.com"]
  }
}

To match against a specific API calls from this service, include an eventName attribute specifying an array of API calls to match:

{
  "source": ["aws.cloudformation"],
  "detail-type": ["Amazon API Call via CloudTrail"],
  "detail": {
    "eventSource": ["cloudformation.amazonaws.com"],
    "eventName": ["api-action-name"]
  }
}