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Add-CfnOutput

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NAME Add-CfnOutput



SYNOPSIS

The optional Outputs section declares output values that you want to view from the AWS CloudFormation console or

that you want to return in response to describe stack calls.





SYNTAX

Add-CfnOutput [-OutputName] <String> [-Value] <Object> [[-Description] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

For example, you can output the Amazon S3 bucket name for a stack so that you can easily find it.



Important

During a stack update, you cannot update outputs by themselves. You can update outputs only when you include

changes that add, modify, or delete resources.



You can declare a maximum of 60 outputs in an AWS CloudFormation template.



Note that you can conditionally create an output by associating a condition with it. You must define the condition

in the Conditions section of the template.





PARAMETERS

-OutputName <String>

An identifier for this output. The logical ID must be alphanumeric (A-Za-z0-9) and unique within the template.



Required? true

Position? 1

Default value

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Value <Object>

The value of the property that is returned by the aws cloudformation describe-stacks command. The value of an

output can be literals, parameter references, pseudo parameters, a mapping value, and intrinsic functions.



Required? true

Position? 2

Default value

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Description <String>

A String type up to 4K in length describing the output value.



Required? false

Position? 3

Default value

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS



OUTPUTS





RELATED LINKS

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudForm ... cture.html

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudForm ... cture.html