cloudformation-graph
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Generate dot files for GraphViz from an AWS CloudFormation template.
sometimes in CFN the dependencies are not explicit via a Ref, so you need a "DependsOn" defined. This should be traced in the graph. http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-attribute-dependson.html
Node 8 and earlier work fine, but on node v10 and v12 the CLI hangs permanently, never returning a graph.
Using the cfn-graph tool after installing it with something like `npm install --save cloudformation-graph --global` has the referenced images in the generated graphviz output available at a path like this:...
There is no version information available by running the executable with `-v` or `--version`. This makes it difficult for a user to know if their version of cfn-graph is up-to-date...
Most command line tools that I've used allow you to pass in data from standard in and signal the end of input with the eof character (ctrl-d) or they allow...
'AWS::IAM::Group': 'securityidentitycompliance_iam_permissions', 'AWS::IAM::InstanceProfile': 'securityidentitycompliance_iam_permissions', 'AWS::IAM::ManagedPolicy': 'securityidentitycompliance_iam_permissions', 'AWS::IAM::Policy': 'securityidentitycompliance_iam_permissions',
https://github.com/knsv/mermaid - web native - js only dependency
Different types of resources could have better edge labeling that makes the dependency more clear. Let's make this modular (per type / relationship perhaps?)
The icons currently default to the event based icon, but if it is a schedule based there is a different icon. We would need to look deeper in the object...