This documentation is a draft for private preview for regions in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. Documentation content will continue to evolve. Published: December 31, 2025.CloudFormation offers several resource types that you can use in your stack template to extend
its capabilities beyond those of a simple stack template.
These resource types include:
| Resource type |
Description |
Documentation |
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Custom resources
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The AWS::CloudFormation::CustomResource resource type
allows you to create custom resources that can perform specific
provisioning tasks or include resources that aren't available as
CloudFormation resource types.
|
Custom resources |
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Macros
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The AWS::CloudFormation::Macro resource type defines a
reusable piece of code that can perform custom processing on CloudFormation
templates. Macros can modify your templates, generate additional
resources, or perform other custom operations during stack creation or
updates.
|
Template macros |
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Nested stacks
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The AWS::CloudFormation::Stack resource type allows you
to create nested stacks within your CloudFormation templates for a more
modular and reusable stack architectures.
|
Nested stacks |
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StackSet
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The AWS::CloudFormation::StackSet resource type creates
or updates a CloudFormation StackSet, which is a container for stacks that
can be deployed across multiple AWS accounts and Regions.
|
Managing stacks with
StackSets |
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Wait condition
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The AWS::CloudFormation::WaitCondition resource type
pauses stack creation or update until a specific condition is met, such
as the successful completion of a long-running process or the
availability of external resources.
|
Wait conditions |
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Wait condition handle
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The AWS::CloudFormation::WaitConditionHandle resource
type works together with the
AWS::CloudFormation::WaitCondition resource type. It
provides a presigned URL that's used to send signals indicating that a
specific condition has been met. These signals allow the stack creation
or update process to proceed.
|
Wait conditions |