cdk bootstrap

Why cdk bootstrap?

The first time you deploy an AWS CDK app into an environment (account/region), you need to deploy a “bootstrap stack”.

This stack includes resources that are used in the toolkit’s operation:

  1. An S3 bucket that is used to store templates and assets during the deployment process.
  2. IAM roles, policies for CDK to deploy the CDK app on your be half.

Bootstrap CDK Toolkit stack

  • Run cdk bootstrap to bootstrap CDK Toolkit stack

    cdk bootstrap

    # Output
⏳  Bootstrapping environment aws://924932512913/ap-southeast-1...
Trusted accounts for deployment: (none)
Trusted accounts for lookup: (none)
Using default execution policy of 'arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AdministratorAccess'. Pass '--cloudformation-execution-policies' to customize.
CDKToolkit: creating CloudFormation changeset...
 ✅  Environment aws://924932512913/ap-southeast-1 bootstrapped.

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  • A CloudFormation stack (CDKToolkit) has been created in your AWS account.

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