Do AWS support SES in CloudFormation

Question

I'm trying to figure out how to automate the creation of several cloud resources in AWS, using CloudFormation.

Now I need to include the creation of SES (Simple Email Service) domain, but couldn't find the documentation, but I've already checked:

• Simple Email Service Documentation

• CloudFormation Resource Types Documentation

Do AWS support SES in CloudFormation?

Answer 1

Though AWS Cloudformation is not currently supported use the AWS SDKs ( e.g Node SDK) to provision the SES resources required.

Its a common practice to use custom code with AWS SDKs and AWS CLI commands in combination with CloudFormation to provision resources AWS since each approach can be advantages, based on the parameters, number of resources, repetitions and etc.

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Answer 2

There is no straightforward approach to create a domain using cloudformation.

You have to use the custom resource. Eg. Cloudformation should create a lambda function, which in turn creates SES domain based on the events or schedule.

Comments

Can this be done in any other way?