Existing CloudFormation Architecture Visualization
Stackery can be used to quickly visualize existing AWS CloudFormation YAML infrastructure-as-code architectures.
Visualizing CloudFormation Architecture Templates in Stackery
1. Create a Stackery account
If you haven't already, sign up for a Stackery account.
Complete or skip through the getting started process (you'll only need to link your Git provider to visualize a template), and click "Get Started" to finish the setup.
2. Add a new stack
The next step is to create a blank stack:
- Navigate to Stacks
- Click the Add a Stack button in the top right corner
3. Paste in your serverless configuration
When you clicked Add Stack in the previous step, you were redirected to an empty canvas in the Visual Editor. Here we'll be using the Template Editor to paste in our existing configuration.
To get you started, you can use the following template.yaml configuration file from our serverless nodeJS CRUD demo:
AWSTemplateFormatVersion: 2010-09-09
Transform: AWS::Serverless-2016-10-31
Description: Stackery Serverless CRUD API Demo
Resources:
function48A53742:
Type: AWS::Serverless::Function
Properties:
FunctionName: !Sub ${AWS::StackName}-function48A53742
Description: !Sub
- Stackery Stack ${StackeryStackTagName} Environment ${StackeryEnvironmentTagName} Function ${ResourceName}
- ResourceName: listUsers
CodeUri: src/function48A53742
Handler: index.handler
Runtime: nodejs12.x
MemorySize: 3008
Timeout: 30
Tracing: Active
Policies:
- AWSXrayWriteOnlyAccess
- DynamoDBCrudPolicy:
TableName: !Ref table6E08C5D
Environment:
Variables:
TABLE_NAME: !Ref table6E08C5D
TABLE_ARN: !GetAtt table6E08C5D.Arn
Events:
api3FEE112A:
Type: Api
Properties:
Path: /users
Method: GET
RestApiId: !Ref api3FEE112A
Metadata:
StackeryName: listUsers
api3FEE112A:
Type: AWS::Serverless::Api
Properties:
Name: !Sub
- ${ResourceName} From Stackery Stack ${StackeryStackTagName} Environment ${StackeryEnvironmentTagName}
- ResourceName: /users
StageName: !Ref StackeryEnvironmentAPIGatewayStageName
DefinitionBody:
swagger: '2.0'
info: {}
paths:
/users:
get:
x-amazon-apigateway-integration:
httpMethod: POST
type: aws_proxy
uri: !Sub arn:aws:apigateway:${AWS::Region}:lambda:path/2015-03-31/functions/${function48A53742.Arn}/invocations
responses: {}
post:
x-amazon-apigateway-integration:
httpMethod: POST
type: aws_proxy
uri: !Sub arn:aws:apigateway:${AWS::Region}:lambda:path/2015-03-31/functions/${function1D0BF340.Arn}/invocations
responses: {}
/users/{id}:
get:
x-amazon-apigateway-integration:
httpMethod: POST
type: aws_proxy
uri: !Sub arn:aws:apigateway:${AWS::Region}:lambda:path/2015-03-31/functions/${function6871BEC5.Arn}/invocations
responses: {}
put:
x-amazon-apigateway-integration:
httpMethod: POST
type: aws_proxy
uri: !Sub arn:aws:apigateway:${AWS::Region}:lambda:path/2015-03-31/functions/${functionC2148022.Arn}/invocations
responses: {}
delete:
x-amazon-apigateway-integration:
httpMethod: POST
type: aws_proxy
uri: !Sub arn:aws:apigateway:${AWS::Region}:lambda:path/2015-03-31/functions/${function5A53E646.Arn}/invocations
responses: {}
EndpointConfiguration: REGIONAL
Metadata:
StackeryName: /users
function5A53E646:
Type: AWS::Serverless::Function
Properties:
FunctionName: !Sub ${AWS::StackName}-function5A53E646
Description: !Sub
- Stackery Stack ${StackeryStackTagName} Environment ${StackeryEnvironmentTagName} Function ${ResourceName}
- ResourceName: deleteUser
CodeUri: src/function5A53E646
Handler: index.handler
Runtime: nodejs12.x
MemorySize: 3008
Timeout: 30
Tracing: Active
Policies:
- AWSXrayWriteOnlyAccess
- DynamoDBCrudPolicy:
TableName: !Ref table6E08C5D
Environment:
Variables:
TABLE_NAME: !Ref table6E08C5D
TABLE_ARN: !GetAtt table6E08C5D.Arn
Events:
api3FEE112A:
Type: Api
Properties:
Path: /users/{id}
Method: DELETE
RestApiId: !Ref api3FEE112A
Metadata:
StackeryName: deleteUser
function1D0BF340:
Type: AWS::Serverless::Function
Properties:
FunctionName: !Sub ${AWS::StackName}-function1D0BF340
Description: !Sub
- Stackery Stack ${StackeryStackTagName} Environment ${StackeryEnvironmentTagName} Function ${ResourceName}
- ResourceName: createUser
CodeUri: src/function1D0BF340
Handler: index.handler
Runtime: nodejs12.x
MemorySize: 3008
Timeout: 30
Tracing: Active
Policies:
- AWSXrayWriteOnlyAccess
- DynamoDBCrudPolicy:
TableName: !Ref table6E08C5D
Environment:
Variables:
TABLE_NAME: !Ref table6E08C5D
TABLE_ARN: !GetAtt table6E08C5D.Arn
Events:
api3FEE112A:
Type: Api
Properties:
Path: /users
Method: POST
RestApiId: !Ref api3FEE112A
Metadata:
StackeryName: createUser
functionC2148022:
Type: AWS::Serverless::Function
Properties:
FunctionName: !Sub ${AWS::StackName}-functionC2148022
Description: !Sub
- Stackery Stack ${StackeryStackTagName} Environment ${StackeryEnvironmentTagName} Function ${ResourceName}
- ResourceName: updateUser
CodeUri: src/functionC2148022
Handler: index.handler
Runtime: nodejs12.x
MemorySize: 3008
Timeout: 30
Tracing: Active
Policies:
- AWSXrayWriteOnlyAccess
- DynamoDBCrudPolicy:
TableName: !Ref table6E08C5D
Environment:
Variables:
TABLE_NAME: !Ref table6E08C5D
TABLE_ARN: !GetAtt table6E08C5D.Arn
Events:
api3FEE112A:
Type: Api
Properties:
Path: /users/{id}
Method: PUT
RestApiId: !Ref api3FEE112A
Metadata:
StackeryName: updateUser
function6871BEC5:
Type: AWS::Serverless::Function
Properties:
FunctionName: !Sub ${AWS::StackName}-function6871BEC5
Description: !Sub
- Stackery Stack ${StackeryStackTagName} Environment ${StackeryEnvironmentTagName} Function ${ResourceName}
- ResourceName: getUser
CodeUri: src/function6871BEC5
Handler: index.handler
Runtime: nodejs12.x
MemorySize: 3008
Timeout: 30
Tracing: Active
Policies:
- AWSXrayWriteOnlyAccess
- DynamoDBCrudPolicy:
TableName: !Ref table6E08C5D
Environment:
Variables:
TABLE_NAME: !Ref table6E08C5D
TABLE_ARN: !GetAtt table6E08C5D.Arn
Events:
api3FEE112A:
Type: Api
Properties:
Path: /users/{id}
Method: GET
RestApiId: !Ref api3FEE112A
Metadata:
StackeryName: getUser
table6E08C5D:
Type: AWS::DynamoDB::Table
Properties:
AttributeDefinitions:
- AttributeName: id
AttributeType: S
KeySchema:
- AttributeName: id
KeyType: HASH
ProvisionedThroughput:
ReadCapacityUnits: 5
WriteCapacityUnits: 5
StreamSpecification:
StreamViewType: NEW_AND_OLD_IMAGES
TableName: !Sub ${AWS::StackName}-table6E08C5D
Metadata:
StackeryName: Users
Parameters:
StackeryStackTagName:
Type: String
Description: Stack Name (injected by Stackery at deployment time)
StackeryEnvironmentTagName:
Type: String
Description: Environment Name (injected by Stackery at deployment time)
StackeryEnvironmentAPIGatewayStageName:
Type: String
Description: Environment name used for API Gateway Stage names (injected by Stackery at deployment time)
Click to copy the above code, and replace the starter configuration code in the Template Editor with it. When you click back to the Visual Editor, you will see a visual representation of each of the cloud resources included in the configuration file.
Examples to get Started
Stackery lets you visualize any valid AWS SAM or CloudFormation template file.
If you're not sure where to get started, or just want to try out Stackery with an existing serverless app, there are several places where you can find examples:
- Stackery's own GitHub repo, which includes the repositories of all of our stack blueprints as well as our tutorials
- The AWS Serverless Application Model example app repository