Preview stack changes before execution.

Section: Change Sets and Events

Create a change set

bash
bash
aws cloudformation create-change-set --stack-name app-prod --change-set-name preview-001 --template-body file://template.yaml --capabilities CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM
Explanation

Useful in controlled production deploy pipelines.

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