stackwhy is a CLI tool and Python package for visualising the most recent events on an Amazon Web Services CloudFormation stack.
For example:
Logical ID Physical ID Resource Type Status Reason
StormyNightDeployer AWS::CloudFormation::Stack UPDATE_IN_PROGRESS User Initiated
Deployer StormyNightDeployer AWS::IAM::User UPDATE_IN_PROGRESS
HostedZone AWS::Route53::HostedZone CREATE_IN_PROGRESS
Deployer StormyNightDeployer AWS::IAM::User UPDATE_FAILED API: iam:PutUserPolicy User:
arn:aws:iam::807041577214:user/StormyNightDeployer is not
authorized to perform: iam:PutUserPolicy on resource: user
StormyNightDeployer
HostedZone AWS::Route53::HostedZone CREATE_FAILED Resource handler returned message: "User:
arn:aws:iam::807041577214:user/StormyNightDeployer is not
authorized to perform: route53:CreateHostedZone (Service:
Route53, Status Code: 403, Request ID:
a21eaab2-9938-4e08-ad65-b3902509252e, Extended Request ID:
null)" (RequestToken: 03e18708-8649-fcec-3f7b-329aae06a1c5,
HandlerErrorCode: GeneralServiceException)
StormyNightDeployer AWS::CloudFormation::Stack UPDATE_ROLLBACK_IN_PROGRESS The following resource(s) failed to create: [HostedZone].
The following resource(s) failed to update: [Deployer].
Deployer StormyNightDeployer AWS::IAM::User UPDATE_COMPLETE
StormyNightDeployer AWS::CloudFormation::Stack UPDATE_ROLLBACK_COMPLETE_CLEANUP_IN_PROGRESS
HostedZone AWS::Route53::HostedZone DELETE_COMPLETE
StormyNightDeployer AWS::CloudFormation::Stack UPDATE_ROLLBACK_COMPLETE
The full documentation is online at cariad.github.io/stackwhy.
stackwhy requires Python 3.8 or later.
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