Nested Stacks

  • CloudFormation nested stacks are part of other stacks
  • Used for repeated patterns. For example
    • Load Balance to be reused
    • Security group to be reused
  • Cross Stacks (share Outputs) vs Nested Stacks
    • Use Nested Stack when you want to re-use a component
    • Use Cross Stacks if you just simply want to share the Outputs, export some values