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{
  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion" : "2010-09-09",
  
  "Description" : "AWS CloudFormation Sample Template LAMP_Single_Instance: Create a LAMP stack using a single EC2 instance and a local MySQL database for storage. This template demonstrates using the AWS CloudFormation bootstrap scripts to install the packages and files necessary to deploy the Apache web server, PHP and MySQL at instance launch time. **WARNING** This template creates an Amazon EC2 instance. You will be billed for the AWS resources used if you create a stack from this template.",
  
  "Parameters" : {
      
    "KeyName": {
      "Description" : "Name of an existing EC2 KeyPair to enable SSH access to the instance",
      "Type": "AWS::EC2::KeyPair::KeyName",
      "ConstraintDescription" : "must be the name of an existing EC2 KeyPair."
    },    

    "DBName": {
      "Default": "MyDatabase",
      "Description" : "MySQL database name",
      "Type": "String",
      "MinLength": "1",
      "MaxLength": "64",
      "AllowedPattern" : "[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*",
      "ConstraintDescription" : "must begin with a letter and contain only alphanumeric characters."
    },

    "DBUser": {
      "NoEcho": "true",
      "Description" : "Username for MySQL database access",
      "Type": "String",
      "MinLength": "1",
      "MaxLength": "16",
      "AllowedPattern" : "[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*",
      "ConstraintDescription" : "must begin with a letter and contain only alphanumeric characters."
    },

    "DBPassword": {
      "NoEcho": "true",
      "Description" : "Password for MySQL database access",
      "Type": "String",
      "MinLength": "1",
      "MaxLength": "41",
      "AllowedPattern" : "[a-zA-Z0-9]*",
      "ConstraintDescription" : "must contain only alphanumeric characters."
    },

    "DBRootPassword": {
      "NoEcho": "true",
      "Description" : "Root password for MySQL",
      "Type": "String",
      "MinLength": "1",
      "MaxLength": "41",
      "AllowedPattern" : "[a-zA-Z0-9]*",
      "ConstraintDescription" : "must contain only alphanumeric characters."
    },

    "InstanceType" : {
      "Description" : "WebServer EC2 instance type",
      "Type" : "String",
      "Default" : "t2.small",
      "AllowedValues" : [ "t1.micro", "t2.nano", "t2.micro", "t2.small", "t2.medium", "t2.large", "m1.small", "m1.medium", "m1.large", "m1.xlarge", "m2.xlarge", "m2.2xlarge", "m2.4xlarge", "m3.medium", "m3.large", "m3.xlarge", "m3.2xlarge", "m4.large", "m4.xlarge", "m4.2xlarge", "m4.4xlarge", "m4.10xlarge", "c1.medium", "c1.xlarge", "c3.large", "c3.xlarge", "c3.2xlarge", "c3.4xlarge", "c3.8xlarge", "c4.large", "c4.xlarge", "c4.2xlarge", "c4.4xlarge", "c4.8xlarge", "g2.2xlarge", "g2.8xlarge", "r3.large", "r3.xlarge", "r3.2xlarge", "r3.4xlarge", "r3.8xlarge", "i2.xlarge", "i2.2xlarge", "i2.4xlarge", "i2.8xlarge", "d2.xlarge", "d2.2xlarge", "d2.4xlarge", "d2.8xlarge", "hi1.4xlarge", "hs1.8xlarge", "cr1.8xlarge", "cc2.8xlarge", "cg1.4xlarge"]
,
      "ConstraintDescription" : "must be a valid EC2 instance type."
    },

    "SSHLocation" : {
      "Description" : " The IP address range that can be used to SSH to the EC2 instances",
      "Type": "String",
      "MinLength": "9",
      "MaxLength": "18",
      "Default": "0.0.0.0/0",
      "AllowedPattern": "(\\d{1,3})\\.(\\d{1,3})\\.(\\d{1,3})\\.(\\d{1,3})/(\\d{1,2})",
      "ConstraintDescription": "must be a valid IP CIDR range of the form x.x.x.x/x."
    } 
  },
  
  "Mappings" : {
    "AWSInstanceType2Arch" : {
      "t1.micro"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "t2.nano"     : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "t2.micro"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "t2.small"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "t2.medium"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "t2.large"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m1.small"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m1.medium"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m1.large"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m1.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m2.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m2.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m3.medium"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m3.large"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m4.large"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m4.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m4.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m4.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m4.10xlarge" : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c1.medium"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c1.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c3.large"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c3.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c3.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c4.large"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c4.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c4.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c4.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c4.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "g2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVMG2"  },
      "g2.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVMG2"  },
      "r3.large"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "r3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "r3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "r3.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "r3.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "i2.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "i2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "i2.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "i2.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "d2.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "d2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "d2.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "d2.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "hi1.4xlarge" : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "hs1.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "cr1.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "cc2.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  }
    },

    "AWSInstanceType2NATArch" : {
      "t1.micro"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "t2.nano"     : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "t2.micro"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "t2.small"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "t2.medium"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "t2.large"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m1.small"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m1.medium"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m1.large"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m1.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m2.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m2.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m3.medium"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m3.large"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m4.large"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m4.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m4.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m4.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m4.10xlarge" : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c1.medium"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c1.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c3.large"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c3.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c3.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c4.large"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c4.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c4.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c4.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c4.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "g2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVMG2"  },
      "g2.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVMG2"  },
      "r3.large"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "r3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "r3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "r3.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "r3.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "i2.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "i2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "i2.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "i2.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "d2.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "d2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "d2.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "d2.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "hi1.4xlarge" : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "hs1.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "cr1.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "cc2.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  }
    }
,
    "AWSRegionArch2AMI" : {
      "af-south-1"       : {"HVM64" : "ami-064cc455f8a1ef504", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "ap-east-1"        : {"HVM64" : "ami-f85b1989", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "ap-northeast-1"   : {"HVM64" : "ami-0b2c2a754d5b4da22", "HVMG2" : "ami-09d0e0e099ecabba2"},
      "ap-northeast-2"   : {"HVM64" : "ami-0493ab99920f410fc", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "ap-northeast-3"   : {"HVM64" : "ami-01344f6f63a4decc1", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "ap-south-1"       : {"HVM64" : "ami-03cfb5e1fb4fac428", "HVMG2" : "ami-0244c1d42815af84a"},
      "ap-southeast-1"   : {"HVM64" : "ami-0ba35dc9caf73d1c7", "HVMG2" : "ami-0e46ce0d6a87dc979"},
      "ap-southeast-2"   : {"HVM64" : "ami-0ae99b503e8694028", "HVMG2" : "ami-0c0ab057a101d8ff2"},
      "ca-central-1"     : {"HVM64" : "ami-0803e21a2ec22f953", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "cn-north-1"       : {"HVM64" : "ami-07a3f215cc90c889c", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "cn-northwest-1"   : {"HVM64" : "ami-0a3b3b10f714a0ff4", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "eu-central-1"     : {"HVM64" : "ami-0474863011a7d1541", "HVMG2" : "ami-0aa1822e3eb913a11"},
      "eu-north-1"       : {"HVM64" : "ami-0de4b8910494dba0f", "HVMG2" : "ami-32d55b4c"},
      "eu-south-1"       : {"HVM64" : "ami-08427144fe9ebdef6", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "eu-west-1"        : {"HVM64" : "ami-015232c01a82b847b", "HVMG2" : "ami-0d5299b1c6112c3c7"},
      "eu-west-2"        : {"HVM64" : "ami-0765d48d7e15beb93", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "eu-west-3"        : {"HVM64" : "ami-0caf07637eda19d9c", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "me-south-1"       : {"HVM64" : "ami-0744743d80915b497", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "sa-east-1"        : {"HVM64" : "ami-0a52e8a6018e92bb0", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "us-east-1"        : {"HVM64" : "ami-032930428bf1abbff", "HVMG2" : "ami-0aeb704d503081ea6"},
      "us-east-2"        : {"HVM64" : "ami-027cab9a7bf0155df", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "us-west-1"        : {"HVM64" : "ami-088c153f74339f34c", "HVMG2" : "ami-0a7fc72dc0e51aa77"},
      "us-west-2"        : {"HVM64" : "ami-01fee56b22f308154", "HVMG2" : "ami-0fe84a5b4563d8f27"}
    }

  },
    
  "Resources" : {     
      
    "WebServerInstance": {  
      "Type": "AWS::EC2::Instance",
      "Metadata" : {
        "AWS::CloudFormation::Init" : {
          "configSets" : {
            "InstallAndRun" : [ "Install", "Configure" ]
          },

          "Install" : {
            "packages" : {
              "yum" : {
                "mysql"        : [],
                "mysql-server" : [],
                "mysql-libs"   : [],
                "httpd"        : [],
                "php"          : [],
                "php-mysql"    : []
              }
            },

            "files" : {
              "/var/www/html/index.php" : {
                "content" : { "Fn::Join" : [ "", [
                  "<html>\n",
                  "  <head>\n",
                  "    <title>AWS CloudFormation PHP Sample</title>\n",
                  "    <meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1\">\n",
                  "  </head>\n",
                  "  <body>\n",
                  "    <h1>Welcome to the AWS CloudFormation PHP Sample</h1>\n",
                  "    <p/>\n",
                  "    <?php\n",
                  "      // Print out the current data and time\n",
                  "      print \"The Current Date and Time is: <br/>\";\n",
                  "      print date(\"g:i A l, F j Y.\");\n",
                  "    ?>\n",
                  "    <p/>\n",
                  "    <?php\n",
                  "      // Setup a handle for CURL\n",
                  "      $curl_handle=curl_init();\n",
                  "      curl_setopt($curl_handle,CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT,2);\n",
                  "      curl_setopt($curl_handle,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1);\n",
                  "      // Get the hostname of the intance from the instance metadata\n",
                  "      curl_setopt($curl_handle,CURLOPT_URL,'http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/public-hostname');\n",
                  "      $hostname = curl_exec($curl_handle);\n",
                  "      if (empty($hostname))\n",
                  "      {\n",
                  "        print \"Sorry, for some reason, we got no hostname back <br />\";\n",
                  "      }\n",
                  "      else\n",
                  "      {\n",
                  "        print \"Server = \" . $hostname . \"<br />\";\n",
                  "      }\n",
                  "      // Get the instance-id of the intance from the instance metadata\n",
                  "      curl_setopt($curl_handle,CURLOPT_URL,'http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id');\n",
                  "      $instanceid = curl_exec($curl_handle);\n",
                  "      if (empty($instanceid))\n",
                  "      {\n",
                  "        print \"Sorry, for some reason, we got no instance id back <br />\";\n",
                  "      }\n",
                  "      else\n",
                  "      {\n",
                  "        print \"EC2 instance-id = \" . $instanceid . \"<br />\";\n",
                  "      }\n",
                  "      $Database   = \"localhost\";\n",
                  "      $DBUser     = \"", {"Ref" : "DBUser"}, "\";\n",
                  "      $DBPassword = \"", {"Ref" : "DBPassword"}, "\";\n",
                  "      print \"Database = \" . $Database . \"<br />\";\n",
                  "      $dbconnection = mysql_connect($Database, $DBUser, $DBPassword)\n",
                  "                      or die(\"Could not connect: \" . mysql_error());\n",
                  "      print (\"Connected to $Database successfully\");\n",
                  "      mysql_close($dbconnection);\n",
                  "    ?>\n",
                  "    <h2>PHP Information</h2>\n",
                  "    <p/>\n",
                  "    <?php\n",
                  "      phpinfo();\n",
                  "    ?>\n",
                  "  </body>\n",
                  "</html>\n"
                ]]},
                "mode"  : "000600",
                "owner" : "apache",
                "group" : "apache"
              },

              "/tmp/setup.mysql" : {
                "content" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", [
                  "CREATE DATABASE ", { "Ref" : "DBName" }, ";\n",
                  "GRANT ALL ON ", { "Ref" : "DBName" }, ".* TO '", { "Ref" : "DBUser" }, "'@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '", { "Ref" : "DBPassword" }, "';\n"
                  ]]},
                "mode"  : "000400",
                "owner" : "root",
                "group" : "root"
              },
              "/etc/cfn/cfn-hup.conf" : {
                "content" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", [
                  "[main]\n",
                  "stack=", { "Ref" : "AWS::StackId" }, "\n",
                  "region=", { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" }, "\n"
                ]]},
                "mode"    : "000400",
                "owner"   : "root",
                "group"   : "root"
              },

              "/etc/cfn/hooks.d/cfn-auto-reloader.conf" : {
                "content": { "Fn::Join" : ["", [
                  "[cfn-auto-reloader-hook]\n",
                  "triggers=post.update\n",
                  "path=Resources.WebServerInstance.Metadata.AWS::CloudFormation::Init\n",
                  "action=/opt/aws/bin/cfn-init -v ",
                  "         --stack ", { "Ref" : "AWS::StackName" },
                  "         --resource WebServerInstance ",
                  "         --configsets InstallAndRun ",
                  "         --region ", { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" }, "\n",
                  "runas=root\n"
                ]]},
                "mode"    : "000400",
                "owner"   : "root",
                "group"   : "root"
              }
            },

            "services" : {
              "sysvinit" : {  
                "mysqld"  : { "enabled" : "true", "ensureRunning" : "true" },
                "httpd"   : { "enabled" : "true", "ensureRunning" : "true" },
                "cfn-hup" : { "enabled" : "true", "ensureRunning" : "true",
                              "files" : ["/etc/cfn/cfn-hup.conf", "/etc/cfn/hooks.d/cfn-auto-reloader.conf"]}
              }
            }
          },

          "Configure" : {
            "commands" : {
              "01_set_mysql_root_password" : {
                "command" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", ["mysqladmin -u root password '", { "Ref" : "DBRootPassword" }, "'"]]},
                "test" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", ["$(mysql ", { "Ref" : "DBName" }, " -u root --password='", { "Ref" : "DBRootPassword" }, "' >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null); (( $? != 0 ))"]]}
              },
              "02_create_database" : {
                "command" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", ["mysql -u root --password='", { "Ref" : "DBRootPassword" }, "' < /tmp/setup.mysql"]]},
                "test" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", ["$(mysql ", { "Ref" : "DBName" }, " -u root --password='", { "Ref" : "DBRootPassword" }, "' >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null); (( $? != 0 ))"]]}
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Properties": {
        "ImageId" : { "Fn::FindInMap" : [ "AWSRegionArch2AMI", { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" },
                          { "Fn::FindInMap" : [ "AWSInstanceType2Arch", { "Ref" : "InstanceType" }, "Arch" ] } ] },
        "InstanceType"   : { "Ref" : "InstanceType" },
        "SecurityGroups" : [ {"Ref" : "WebServerSecurityGroup"} ],
        "KeyName"        : { "Ref" : "KeyName" },
        "UserData"       : { "Fn::Base64" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", [
             "#!/bin/bash -xe\n",
             "yum update -y aws-cfn-bootstrap\n",

             "# Install the files and packages from the metadata\n",
             "/opt/aws/bin/cfn-init -v ",
             "         --stack ", { "Ref" : "AWS::StackName" },
             "         --resource WebServerInstance ",
             "         --configsets InstallAndRun ",
             "         --region ", { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" }, "\n",

             "# Signal the status from cfn-init\n",
             "/opt/aws/bin/cfn-signal -e $? ",
             "         --stack ", { "Ref" : "AWS::StackName" },
             "         --resource WebServerInstance ",
             "         --region ", { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" }, "\n"
        ]]}}        
      },
      "CreationPolicy" : {
        "ResourceSignal" : {
          "Timeout" : "PT5M"
        }
      }
    },
    
    "WebServerSecurityGroup" : {
      "Type" : "AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup",
      "Properties" : {
        "GroupDescription" : "Enable HTTP access via port 80",
        "SecurityGroupIngress" : [
          {"IpProtocol" : "tcp", "FromPort" : "80", "ToPort" : "80", "CidrIp" : "0.0.0.0/0"},
          {"IpProtocol" : "tcp", "FromPort" : "22", "ToPort" : "22", "CidrIp" : { "Ref" : "SSHLocation"}}
        ]
      }      
    }          
  },
  
  "Outputs" : {
    "WebsiteURL" : {
      "Description" : "URL for newly created LAMP stack",
      "Value" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", ["http://", { "Fn::GetAtt" : [ "WebServerInstance", "PublicDnsName" ]}]] }
    }
  }
}
{
  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion" : "2010-09-09",
  
  "Description" : "AWS CloudFormation Sample Template LAMP_Single_Instance: Create a LAMP stack using a single EC2 instance and a local MySQL database for storage. This template demonstrates using the AWS CloudFormation bootstrap scripts to install the packages and files necessary to deploy the Apache web server, PHP and MySQL at instance launch time. **WARNING** This template creates an Amazon EC2 instance. You will be billed for the AWS resources used if you create a stack from this template.",
  
  "Parameters" : {
      
    "KeyName": {
      "Description" : "Name of an existing EC2 KeyPair to enable SSH access to the instance",
      "Type": "AWS::EC2::KeyPair::KeyName",
      "ConstraintDescription" : "must be the name of an existing EC2 KeyPair."
    },    

    "DBName": {
      "Default": "MyDatabase",
      "Description" : "MySQL database name",
      "Type": "String",
      "MinLength": "1",
      "MaxLength": "64",
      "AllowedPattern" : "[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*",
      "ConstraintDescription" : "must begin with a letter and contain only alphanumeric characters."
    },

    "DBUser": {
      "NoEcho": "true",
      "Description" : "Username for MySQL database access",
      "Type": "String",
      "MinLength": "1",
      "MaxLength": "16",
      "AllowedPattern" : "[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*",
      "ConstraintDescription" : "must begin with a letter and contain only alphanumeric characters."
    },

    "DBPassword": {
      "NoEcho": "true",
      "Description" : "Password for MySQL database access",
      "Type": "String",
      "MinLength": "1",
      "MaxLength": "41",
      "AllowedPattern" : "[a-zA-Z0-9]*",
      "ConstraintDescription" : "must contain only alphanumeric characters."
    },

    "DBRootPassword": {
      "NoEcho": "true",
      "Description" : "Root password for MySQL",
      "Type": "String",
      "MinLength": "1",
      "MaxLength": "41",
      "AllowedPattern" : "[a-zA-Z0-9]*",
      "ConstraintDescription" : "must contain only alphanumeric characters."
    },

    "InstanceType" : {
      "Description" : "WebServer EC2 instance type",
      "Type" : "String",
      "Default" : "t2.small",
      "AllowedValues" : [ "t1.micro", "t2.nano", "t2.micro", "t2.small", "t2.medium", "t2.large"]
,
      "ConstraintDescription" : "must be a valid EC2 instance type."
    },

    "SSHLocation" : {
      "Description" : " The IP address range that can be used to SSH to the EC2 instances",
      "Type": "String",
      "MinLength": "9",
      "MaxLength": "18",
      "Default": "0.0.0.0/0",
      "AllowedPattern": "(\\d{1,3})\\.(\\d{1,3})\\.(\\d{1,3})\\.(\\d{1,3})/(\\d{1,2})",
      "ConstraintDescription": "must be a valid IP CIDR range of the form x.x.x.x/x."
    } 
  },
  
  "Mappings" : {
    "AWSInstanceType2Arch" : {
      "t1.micro"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "t2.nano"     : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "t2.micro"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "t2.small"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "t2.medium"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "t2.large"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m1.small"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m1.medium"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m1.large"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m1.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m2.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m2.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m3.medium"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m3.large"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m4.large"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m4.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m4.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m4.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "m4.10xlarge" : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c1.medium"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c1.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c3.large"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c3.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c3.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c4.large"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c4.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c4.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c4.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "c4.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "g2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVMG2"  },
      "g2.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVMG2"  },
      "r3.large"    : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "r3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "r3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "r3.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "r3.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "i2.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "i2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "i2.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "i2.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "d2.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "d2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "d2.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "d2.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "hi1.4xlarge" : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "hs1.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "cr1.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  },
      "cc2.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "HVM64"  }
    },

    "AWSInstanceType2NATArch" : {
      "t1.micro"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "t2.nano"     : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "t2.micro"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "t2.small"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "t2.medium"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "t2.large"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m1.small"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m1.medium"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m1.large"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m1.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m2.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m2.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m3.medium"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m3.large"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m4.large"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m4.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m4.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m4.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "m4.10xlarge" : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c1.medium"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c1.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c3.large"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c3.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c3.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c4.large"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c4.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c4.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c4.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "c4.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "g2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVMG2"  },
      "g2.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVMG2"  },
      "r3.large"    : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "r3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "r3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "r3.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "r3.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "i2.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "i2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "i2.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "i2.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "d2.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "d2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "d2.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "d2.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "hi1.4xlarge" : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "hs1.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "cr1.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  },
      "cc2.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "NATHVM64"  }
    }
,
    "AWSRegionArch2AMI" : {
      "af-south-1"       : {"HVM64" : "ami-064cc455f8a1ef504", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "ap-east-1"        : {"HVM64" : "ami-f85b1989", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "ap-northeast-1"   : {"HVM64" : "ami-0b2c2a754d5b4da22", "HVMG2" : "ami-09d0e0e099ecabba2"},
      "ap-northeast-2"   : {"HVM64" : "ami-0493ab99920f410fc", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "ap-northeast-3"   : {"HVM64" : "ami-01344f6f63a4decc1", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "ap-south-1"       : {"HVM64" : "ami-03cfb5e1fb4fac428", "HVMG2" : "ami-0244c1d42815af84a"},
      "ap-southeast-1"   : {"HVM64" : "ami-0ba35dc9caf73d1c7", "HVMG2" : "ami-0e46ce0d6a87dc979"},
      "ap-southeast-2"   : {"HVM64" : "ami-0ae99b503e8694028", "HVMG2" : "ami-0c0ab057a101d8ff2"},
      "ca-central-1"     : {"HVM64" : "ami-0803e21a2ec22f953", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "cn-north-1"       : {"HVM64" : "ami-07a3f215cc90c889c", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "cn-northwest-1"   : {"HVM64" : "ami-0a3b3b10f714a0ff4", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "eu-central-1"     : {"HVM64" : "ami-0474863011a7d1541", "HVMG2" : "ami-0aa1822e3eb913a11"},
      "eu-north-1"       : {"HVM64" : "ami-0de4b8910494dba0f", "HVMG2" : "ami-32d55b4c"},
      "eu-south-1"       : {"HVM64" : "ami-08427144fe9ebdef6", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "eu-west-1"        : {"HVM64" : "ami-015232c01a82b847b", "HVMG2" : "ami-0d5299b1c6112c3c7"},
      "eu-west-2"        : {"HVM64" : "ami-0765d48d7e15beb93", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "eu-west-3"        : {"HVM64" : "ami-0caf07637eda19d9c", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "me-south-1"       : {"HVM64" : "ami-0744743d80915b497", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "sa-east-1"        : {"HVM64" : "ami-0a52e8a6018e92bb0", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "us-east-1"        : {"HVM64" : "ami-032930428bf1abbff", "HVMG2" : "ami-0aeb704d503081ea6"},
      "us-east-2"        : {"HVM64" : "ami-027cab9a7bf0155df", "HVMG2" : "NOT_SUPPORTED"},
      "us-west-1"        : {"HVM64" : "ami-088c153f74339f34c", "HVMG2" : "ami-0a7fc72dc0e51aa77"},
      "us-west-2"        : {"HVM64" : "ami-01fee56b22f308154", "HVMG2" : "ami-0fe84a5b4563d8f27"}
    }

  },
    
  "Resources" : {     
      
    "WebServerInstance": {  
      "Type": "AWS::EC2::Instance",
      "Metadata" : {
        "AWS::CloudFormation::Init" : {
          "configSets" : {
            "InstallAndRun" : [ "Install", "Configure" ]
          },

          "Install" : {
            "packages" : {
              "yum" : {
                "mysql"        : [],
                "mysql-server" : [],
                "mysql-libs"   : [],
                "httpd"        : [],
                "php"          : [],
                "php-mysql"    : []
              }
            },

            "files" : {
              "/var/www/html/index.php" : {
                "content" : { "Fn::Join" : [ "", [
                  "<html>\n",
                  "  <head>\n",
                  "    <title>AWS CloudFormation PHP Sample</title>\n",
                  "    <meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1\">\n",
                  "  </head>\n",
                  "  <body>\n",
                  "    <h1>Welcome to the AWS CloudFormation PHP Sample</h1>\n",
                  "    <p/>\n",
                  "    <?php\n",
                  "      // Print out the current data and time\n",
                  "      print \"The Current Date and Time is: <br/>\";\n",
                  "      print date(\"g:i A l, F j Y.\");\n",
                  "    ?>\n",
                  "    <p/>\n",
                  "    <?php\n",
                  "      // Setup a handle for CURL\n",
                  "      $curl_handle=curl_init();\n",
                  "      curl_setopt($curl_handle,CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT,2);\n",
                  "      curl_setopt($curl_handle,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1);\n",
                  "      // Get the hostname of the intance from the instance metadata\n",
                  "      curl_setopt($curl_handle,CURLOPT_URL,'http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/public-hostname');\n",
                  "      $hostname = curl_exec($curl_handle);\n",
                  "      if (empty($hostname))\n",
                  "      {\n",
                  "        print \"Sorry, for some reason, we got no hostname back <br />\";\n",
                  "      }\n",
                  "      else\n",
                  "      {\n",
                  "        print \"Server = \" . $hostname . \"<br />\";\n",
                  "      }\n",
                  "      // Get the instance-id of the intance from the instance metadata\n",
                  "      curl_setopt($curl_handle,CURLOPT_URL,'http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id');\n",
                  "      $instanceid = curl_exec($curl_handle);\n",
                  "      if (empty($instanceid))\n",
                  "      {\n",
                  "        print \"Sorry, for some reason, we got no instance id back <br />\";\n",
                  "      }\n",
                  "      else\n",
                  "      {\n",
                  "        print \"EC2 instance-id = \" . $instanceid . \"<br />\";\n",
                  "      }\n",
                  "      $Database   = \"localhost\";\n",
                  "      $DBUser     = \"", {"Ref" : "DBUser"}, "\";\n",
                  "      $DBPassword = \"", {"Ref" : "DBPassword"}, "\";\n",
                  "      print \"Database = \" . $Database . \"<br />\";\n",
                  "      $dbconnection = mysql_connect($Database, $DBUser, $DBPassword)\n",
                  "                      or die(\"Could not connect: \" . mysql_error());\n",
                  "      print (\"Connected to $Database successfully\");\n",
                  "      mysql_close($dbconnection);\n",
                  "    ?>\n",
                  "    <h2>PHP Information</h2>\n",
                  "    <p/>\n",
                  "    <?php\n",
                  "      phpinfo();\n",
                  "    ?>\n",
                  "  </body>\n",
                  "</html>\n"
                ]]},
                "mode"  : "000600",
                "owner" : "apache",
                "group" : "apache"
              },

              "/tmp/setup.mysql" : {
                "content" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", [
                  "CREATE DATABASE ", { "Ref" : "DBName" }, ";\n",
                  "GRANT ALL ON ", { "Ref" : "DBName" }, ".* TO '", { "Ref" : "DBUser" }, "'@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '", { "Ref" : "DBPassword" }, "';\n"
                  ]]},
                "mode"  : "000400",
                "owner" : "root",
                "group" : "root"
              },
              "/etc/cfn/cfn-hup.conf" : {
                "content" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", [
                  "[main]\n",
                  "stack=", { "Ref" : "AWS::StackId" }, "\n",
                  "region=", { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" }, "\n"
                ]]},
                "mode"    : "000400",
                "owner"   : "root",
                "group"   : "root"
              },

              "/etc/cfn/hooks.d/cfn-auto-reloader.conf" : {
                "content": { "Fn::Join" : ["", [
                  "[cfn-auto-reloader-hook]\n",
                  "triggers=post.update\n",
                  "path=Resources.WebServerInstance.Metadata.AWS::CloudFormation::Init\n",
                  "action=/opt/aws/bin/cfn-init -v ",
                  "         --stack ", { "Ref" : "AWS::StackName" },
                  "         --resource WebServerInstance ",
                  "         --configsets InstallAndRun ",
                  "         --region ", { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" }, "\n",
                  "runas=root\n"
                ]]},
                "mode"    : "000400",
                "owner"   : "root",
                "group"   : "root"
              }
            },

            "services" : {
              "sysvinit" : {  
                "mysqld"  : { "enabled" : "true", "ensureRunning" : "true" },
                "httpd"   : { "enabled" : "true", "ensureRunning" : "true" },
                "cfn-hup" : { "enabled" : "true", "ensureRunning" : "true",
                              "files" : ["/etc/cfn/cfn-hup.conf", "/etc/cfn/hooks.d/cfn-auto-reloader.conf"]}
              }
            }
          },

          "Configure" : {
            "commands" : {
              "01_set_mysql_root_password" : {
                "command" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", ["mysqladmin -u root password '", { "Ref" : "DBRootPassword" }, "'"]]},
                "test" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", ["$(mysql ", { "Ref" : "DBName" }, " -u root --password='", { "Ref" : "DBRootPassword" }, "' >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null); (( $? != 0 ))"]]}
              },
              "02_create_database" : {
                "command" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", ["mysql -u root --password='", { "Ref" : "DBRootPassword" }, "' < /tmp/setup.mysql"]]},
                "test" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", ["$(mysql ", { "Ref" : "DBName" }, " -u root --password='", { "Ref" : "DBRootPassword" }, "' >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null); (( $? != 0 ))"]]}
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Properties": {
        "ImageId" : { "Fn::FindInMap" : [ "AWSRegionArch2AMI", { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" },
                          { "Fn::FindInMap" : [ "AWSInstanceType2Arch", { "Ref" : "InstanceType" }, "Arch" ] } ] },
        "InstanceType"   : { "Ref" : "InstanceType" },
        "SecurityGroups" : [ {"Ref" : "WebServerSecurityGroup"} ],
        "KeyName"        : { "Ref" : "KeyName" },
        "UserData"       : { "Fn::Base64" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", [
             "#!/bin/bash -xe\n",
             "yum update -y aws-cfn-bootstrap\n",

             "# Install the files and packages from the metadata\n",
             "/opt/aws/bin/cfn-init -v ",
             "         --stack ", { "Ref" : "AWS::StackName" },
             "         --resource WebServerInstance ",
             "         --configsets InstallAndRun ",
             "         --region ", { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" }, "\n",

             "# Signal the status from cfn-init\n",
             "/opt/aws/bin/cfn-signal -e $? ",
             "         --stack ", { "Ref" : "AWS::StackName" },
             "         --resource WebServerInstance ",
             "         --region ", { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" }, "\n"
        ]]}}        
      },
      "CreationPolicy" : {
        "ResourceSignal" : {
          "Timeout" : "PT5M"
        }
      }
    },
    
    "WebServerSecurityGroup" : {
      "Type" : "AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup",
      "Properties" : {
        "GroupDescription" : "Enable HTTP access via port 80",
        "SecurityGroupIngress" : [
          {"IpProtocol" : "tcp", "FromPort" : "80", "ToPort" : "80", "CidrIp" : "0.0.0.0/0"},
          {"IpProtocol" : "tcp", "FromPort" : "22", "ToPort" : "22", "CidrIp" : { "Ref" : "SSHLocation"}}
        ]
      }      
    }          
  },
  
  "Outputs" : {
    "WebsiteURL" : {
      "Description" : "URL for newly created LAMP stack",
      "Value" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", ["http://", { "Fn::GetAtt" : [ "WebServerInstance", "PublicDnsName" ]}]] }
    }
  }
}

Result:

Clean up:

All resources in the stack are deleted.