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cdk — AWS Cloud Development Kit. More information: <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/latest/guide/cli.html>

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How to use the cdk command: AWS Cloud Development Kit. More information: <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/latest/guide/cli.html>.

cdk — AWS Cloud Development Kit. More information: <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/latest/guide/cli.html>.

List the stacks in the app:

cdk ls

Synthesize and print the CloudFormation template for the specified stack(s):

cdk synth {{stack_name}}

Deploy one or more stacks:

cdk deploy {{stack_name1 stack_name2 ...}}

Destroy one or more stacks:

cdk destroy {{stack_name1 stack_name2 ...}}

Compare the specified stack with the deployed stack or a local CloudFormation template:

cdk diff {{stack_name}}

Create a new CDK project in the current directory for a specified language:

cdk init {{[-l|--language]}} {{language}}

Open the CDK API reference in your browser:

cdk docs

List the stacks in the app

cdk ls

Synthesize and print the CloudFormation template for the specified stack(s)

cdk synth {{stack_name}}

Deploy one or more stacks

cdk deploy {{stack_name1 stack_name2 ...}}

Destroy one or more stacks

cdk destroy {{stack_name1 stack_name2 ...}}

Compare the specified stack with the deployed stack or a local CloudFormation template

cdk diff {{stack_name}}

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