AWS Param store put with urls via CLI

seems the CLI will follow urls given to it. which for param store is not very useful when you want to store the website address instead.


the work around.

aws configure set cli_follow_urlparam false

per
https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/issues/1475


then this works

aws ssm put-parameter --name "/myappconfig/" --type "String" --value "http://enhanceindustries.com.au/" --region ap-southeast-2

Australian API Standards

This just came accross my desk.

Looks like an awesome set of specs to build to.

https://api.gov.au/standards/national_api_standards/index.html

AWS Cloudformation how to swap between Ip's and AliasTarget via conditions

Below Allows you to swap between cloudfront and a static ip address.

Note the new line after the - for the If statement, this tells yaml that this is an object array, you need to replicate everything in the object array as cloudformation does not merge objects arrays together.

WebDNSRecordSet:
  Type: AWS::Route53::RecordSet
  DependsOn:
    - DistributionConfig
  Properties:
    Fn::If:
      - IsIPRestricted
      -
        HostedZoneName: !Sub "${Domain}."        ResourceRecords:
          - 123.123.123.123
        TTL:  '900'        Name: !Sub "www.${Domain}."        Type: A
      -
        HostedZoneName: !Sub "${Domain}."        AliasTarget:
          DNSName:
            Fn::GetAtt: [DistributionConfig, DomainName]
          HostedZoneId: "Z2FDTNDATAQYW2"        Name: !Sub "www.${Domain}."        Type: A

https://www.json2yaml.com/

When run through https://www.json2yaml.com/

you get 

{
  "WebDNSRecordSet": {
    "Type": "AWS::Route53::RecordSet",
    "DependsOn": [
      "DistributionConfig"
    ],
    "Properties": {
      "Fn::If": [
        "IsIPRestricted",
        {
          "HostedZoneName": "${Domain}.",
          "ResourceRecords": [
            "123.123.123.123"
          ],
          "TTL": "900",
          "Name": "www.${Domain}.",
          "Type": "A"
        },
        {
          "HostedZoneName": "${Domain}.",
          "AliasTarget": {
            "DNSName": {
              "Fn::GetAtt": [
                "DistributionConfig",
                "DomainName"
              ]
            },
            "HostedZoneId": "Z2FDTNDATAQYW2"
          },
          "Name": "www.${Domain}.",
          "Type": "A"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}