AWS CloudFormation
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AWS-native IaC service using JSON/YAML templates to define AWS resources. Organizes resources into stacks that can be created, updated, and deleted as a unit. Supports drift detection (identifying manual changes), change sets (previewing updates), and nested stacks for modularity.
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Related
- Terraform (provider-agnostic alternative)
- Google Cloud Deployment Manager (GCP equivalent)