Creating a CloudFormation Stack using the AWS Command-Line Interface

In addition to using the AWS CloudFormation console, you can use the AWS CloudFormation command line interface (CLI) to create a CloudFormation stack. The AWS CloudFormation CLI is described in AWS Command Line Interface.

The list of CLI commands are documented in Create, update, and delete CloudFormation stacks with the AWS CLI and PowerShell.

The following is a summary on how to create a stack using the AWS CloudFormation CLI:

1. Install and configure AWS CloudFormation CLI environment for your system, as described in Install or update to the latest version of the AWS CLI.

2. Call the cfn-create-stack function() with similar parameters as shown in Creating a CloudFormation Stack Using the AWS Console. In addition, you must include the parameter: --capabilities "CAPABILITY_IAM", as described in AWS CloudFormation Sample Templates - AWS GovCloud (US) region.

3. The cfn-create-stack function runs asynchronously, so it will return an id for the stack before the stack is created. You can use the cfn-describe-stack-events command with the stack id to check the status of your stack.

4. Once the stack is created, you can use the fn-describe-stacks function to obtain the URL to the MarkLogic Admin Interface.