How do create an Amplify app via CloudFormation without using AWS Console?

Question

At my employer, we use CloudFormation for managing our stacks. In the case of Amplify, I want to add an Amplify resource to my template.yml and have AWS provision it.

The docs say that I _need_ an access token (I'm using GitHub) in order to do this. The docs also say that the _only_ way to get that access token is to create an Amplify app via the AWS console. I don't want to do this and even if I did, I am not an admin for our GitHub repositories so I can't.

How can this be done without touching the AWS console?

Answer

Hello 
Once you have the PAT, you should store it securely in AWS Secrets Manager.

**Use AWS CLI to create a secret:**

```
aws secretsmanager create-secret --name GitHubToken --description "GitHub Personal Access Token" --secret-string "YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN"
```
Remember the ARN of the secret you just created, as it will be needed in the CloudFormation template.

**Create CloudFormation Template**
Now you can create a CloudFormation template that provisions the Amplify app:

```
Resources:
  MyAmplifyApp:
    Type: "AWS::Amplify::App"
    Properties:
      Name: MyAppName
      Repository: https://github.com/yourusername/yourrepository.git
      AccessToken: !Sub
        - '{{resolve:secretsmanager:${SecretARN}:SecretString:token}}'
        - SecretARN: arn:aws:secretsmanager:region:account-id:secret:GitHubToken-abcdef
      OauthToken: !Sub
        - '{{resolve:secretsmanager:${SecretARN}:SecretString:token}}'
        - SecretARN: arn:aws:secretsmanager:region:account-id:secret:GitHubToken-abcdef
```

**Deploy the CloudFormation Template**
Now you can deploy the CloudFormation template using the AWS CLI or any CI/CD pipeline you have in place:

```
aws cloudformation deploy --template-file template.yml --stack-name MyAmplifyStack
```

After the stack is successfully created, AWS will provision an Amplify app connected to your GitHub repository using the Personal Access Token stored in AWS Secrets Manager.

Regards, Andrii

How do create an Amplify app via CloudFormation without using AWS Console?

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