Import entire applications into AWS CloudFormation

The article discusses a new feature called the "IaC (Infrastructure as Code) generator" in AWS CloudFormation, which enables importing entire existing applications into CloudFormation stacks. It allows managing previously non-IaC resources through IaC, providing benefits like repeatability, reliability, and auditability.

Specifically, the article covers:

• The challenges of manually importing resources and creating CloudFormation templates for existing applications
• How the IaC generator scans an AWS account, identifies relationships between resources, and generates a CloudFormation template based on existing resources
• A step-by-step walkthrough of using the IaC generator to import an existing VPC and related resources into a new CloudFormation stack
• The availability of the IaC generator in all regions where CloudFormation is supported, accessible through the console, CLI, and SDK
• Conclusion highlighting the benefits of managing existing resources with IaC and the anticipated use cases for the new feature