AWS CDK

Basic actions

Install or update the CDK cli:

sudo npm install -g aws-cdk@latest

Initialise the code:

cdk init app --language typescript

Bootstrap the AWS account

cdk bootstrap aws://$AWS_ACCOUNT_ID/$AWS_REGION

List the different stacks:

cdk ls

See what the Cloudformation template will look like:

cdk synth $STACK_NAME

Check the diff between what is currently deployed and what is currently declared in the code:

cdk diff $STACK_NAME

Deploy the stack

cdk deploy $STACK_NAME

Destroy the stack

cdk destroy $STACK_NAME

CDK_DEFAULT_ACCOUNT

Specifies an AWS account id to deploy to.

CDK_DEFAULT_REGION

Specifies an AWS region to deploy to.