Can FindInMap return a list?
I'm using CloudFormation to deploy an ELB to a pre-existing VPC which has pre-existing Subnets. I've listed the subnets in a Mappings section of the template and select the mapping based on the Environment parameter. This works fine if the Mapping is for a single value, but I want the Mapping to return a list as I want the ELB to be multi-AZ.
I've tried various combinations of the example below, but I always get the same error Value of property Subnets must be of type List of String
.
Is there a way that FindInMap can return a list of values?
Example ELB Config
"ElasticLoadBalancerAPI": {
"Properties": {
"ConnectionDrainingPolicy": {
"Enabled": true,
"Timeout": 30
},
"ConnectionSettings": {
"IdleTimeout": 60
},
"CrossZone": "false",
"Subnets" : [
{
"Fn::FindInMap": [
"AWSEnv2PublicSubnets",
{
"Ref": "Env"
},
"subList"
]
}
],
"SecurityGroups" : [ { "Ref" : "LoadBalancerSecurityGroup" }],
etc...
Example Parameters
"Parameters": {
"Env": {
"Description": "Environment",
"Type": "String",
"Default": "DEV",
"AllowedValues": [
"DEV",
"TEST"
]
}
}
Example Mappings
"Mappings": {
"AWSEnv2PublicSubnets": {
"DEV": {
"subList": ["subnet-1111","subnet-2222","subnet-3333"]
},
"TEST": {
"subList": ["subnet-4444"]
}
}
}
Using the Split function works:
JSON
"Mappings": {
"AWSEnv2PublicSubnets": {
"DEV": {
"subList": "subnet-1111,subnet-2222,subnet-3333"
}
}
}
then:
"Subnets" : {
"Fn::Split" : [
",",
{ "Fn::FindInMap": [
"AWSEnv2PublicSubnets",
{ "Ref": "Env" },
"subList"
] }
]
}
YAML
Mappings:
AWSEnv2PublicSubnets:
DEV:
subList: subnet-1111,subnet-2222,subnet-3333
then:
Subnets: !Split [",", !FindInMap [ AWSEnv2PublicSubnets, !Ref Env, subList] ]
I used a comma (,
) as my separator character, but you can use anything you want so long as it's not also used as a part of the value.
I think Mappings value supports List
type (at least as of now).
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/mappings-section-structure.html
The Mappings section consists of the key name Mappings. The keys in mappings must be literal strings. The values can be
String
orList
types.
Here is the example written in YAML.
Parameters:
Env:
Type: String
AllowedValues: [dev, qa, prod]
Mappings:
Environment:
dev:
Groups:
- Developer
- QA
qa:
Groups:
- Developer
- QA
prod:
Groups:
- Operations
Resources:
Policy:
Type: AWS::IAM::ManagedPolicy
Properties:
ManagedPolicyName: iam-manage-role
PolicyDocument:
Version: 2012-10-17
Statement:
- Effect: Allow
Action:
- iam:*Role*
Resource: "*"
Groups: !FindInMap [Environment, !Ref Env, Groups]