CloudFormation Template Overview
- Last Updated: April 14, 2026
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- MarkLogic Server
- Version 10.0
- Documentation
CloudFormation Templates consist of JSON code that is used to create a collection of AWS resources known as a stack. CloudFormation Templates are described in detail in Working with CloudFormation templates. This section describes the CloudFormation Template used to create a stack that consists of a three-plus node MarkLogic cluster and creates a new VPN.
Note:
Amazon Linux 2 is the recommended base image for a customed MarkLogic image.
The Sample Templates available from Deploying in the Cloud are designed to demonstrate the architecture and IT requirements for the managed cluster feature and be useable out of the box as an example only. A production template will likely need to be customized to accommodate your specific IT requirements and may hard code many of the values exposed as parameters and mappings in these examples. For example, if you will only run in one region, there is no need for a mapping table of Region to AMI ID.
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Before attempting to modify this template, it is a best practice to run the unmodified template, as described in Creating a CloudFormation Stack Using the AWS Console, to become familiar with the procedures for building a cloud stack.
The Sample Templates call sub-templates and wait for their completion. The four sub-templates are described in this section.
Each of the sub-templates can be used separately. For example, you can use the VPC stack template to create a VPC and use the master template for an existing VPC to launch a MarkLogic cluster.