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lono code convert

Usage

lono code convert SOURCE

Description

Converts snippet of JSON or YAML CloudFormation templates to Ruby code.

Examples

lono code convert path/to/file
lono code convert http://example.com/url/to/template.yml
lono code convert http://example.com/url/to/template.json

Example with Output

$ lono code convert https://s3-us-east-2.amazonaws.com/cloudformation-templates-us-east-2/AutoScalingMultiAZWithNotifications.template
INFO: The ruby syntax is valid
INFO: Translated ruby code below:

aws_template_format_version "2010-09-09"
parameter("VpcId",
  type: "AWS::EC2::VPC::Id",
  description: "VpcId of your existing Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)",
  constraint_description: "must be the VPC Id of an existing Virtual Private Cloud."
)
...
...
...
resource("InstanceSecurityGroup", "AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup",
  group_description: "Enable SSH access and HTTP from the load balancer only",
  security_group_ingress: [
    {
      ip_protocol: "tcp",
      from_port: "22",
      to_port: "22",
      cidr_ip: ref("SSHLocation")
    },
    {
      ip_protocol: "tcp",
      from_port: "80",
      to_port: "80",
      source_security_group_id: select(0,get_att("ApplicationLoadBalancer","SecurityGroups"))
    }
  ],
  vpc_id: ref("VpcId")
)
output("URL",
  description: "The URL of the website",
  value: join("",[
      "http://",
      get_att("ApplicationLoadBalancer","DNSName")
    ])
)

The INFO messages are written to stderr so you can grab the translated template Ruby code by directing it to a file. Example:

lono code convert https://s3-us-east-2.amazonaws.com/cloudformation-templates-us-east-2/AutoScalingMultiAZWithNotifications.template > autoscaling.rb
cat autoscaling.rb

Options

[--casing=CASING]  # Controls casing of logical ids. IE: as-is, camelcase or underscore
                   # Default: as-is

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