Next steps

This guide discussed the advantages and disadvantages of several infrastructure as code (IaC) tools that you can use to build, deploy, and manage AWS resources and infrastructure. Based on the tool that you choose, we recommend that you visit the following resources to get started.

AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK)

AWS CDK intro workshop

AWS CloudFormation

AWS CloudFormation lab
AWS CloudFormation workshop

HashiCorp Terraform

AWS Terraform workshop
CDK for Terraform repository (GitHub)

Pulumi

Pulumi repository (GitHub)
AWS modernization with Pulumi workshop

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Choosing a tool

Resources