AWS Cloudformation template to create Cloudwatch Event rule to trigger ECS Task

                             

Cloudformation Template that will created below resources.

• IAM role for ECS Task and Cloudwatch rule.
• CloudWatch schedule rule ( cron ) to trigger task defination.

Template

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: 2010-09-09
Description: | 
              1. IAM Role to be used by ECS task and cloudwatch event rule.
              2. CloudWatch Rule to trigger ecs tasks.
             
Parameters:
  ProductName:
    Description: Parent Product name.
    Type: String
    Default: cyberkeeda
  ProjectName:
    Description: Project Name
    Type: String
    Default: cyberkeeda-report
  Environment:
    Description: The equivalent CN name of the environment being worked on
    Type: String
    AllowedValues:
      - dev
      - uat
      - qa
  Region:
    Description: Ck Region specific parameter
    Type: String
    AllowedValues:
      - mum
      - hyd
  ECSClusterARN:
    Description: ECS Cluster ARN to schedule Task 
    Type: String
    Default: None
  CWEventRuleCron:
    Description: Cron Expression to schedule ECS task. 
    Type: String
    Default: "cron(0 9 * * ? *)"
  ECSTaskDefARN:
    Description: ARN for ECS Task defination
    Type: String

Metadata:
  AWS::CloudFormation::Interface:
    ParameterGroups:
      - 
        Label:
          default: Project based details
        Parameters:
          - ProductName
          - ProjectName
          - Environment
          - Region
      - 
        Label:
          default: ECS details.
        Parameters:
          - ECSClusterARN
          - ECSTaskDefARN
          - CWEventRuleCron
      
Resources:
  ExecutionRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      RoleName: !Sub "${ProductName}-${Region}-${Environment}-${ProjectName}-role"
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument:
        Statement:
          - Effect: Allow
            Principal:
              Service: [ 'ecs-tasks.amazonaws.com', 'events.amazonaws.com' ]
            Action: sts:AssumeRole
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonECSTaskExecutionRolePolicy
      Policies:
      - PolicyName: !Sub "${ProductName}-${Region}-${Environment}-${ProjectName}-role-inlinePolicy"
        PolicyDocument: 
            Version: 2012-10-17
            Statement:
              - Effect: Allow
                Action:
                - ecs:RunTask
                Resource:
                - !Sub "${ECSTaskDefARN}:*"
              - Effect: Allow
                Action: iam:PassRole
                Resource:
                - "*"
                Condition:
                  StringLike:
                    iam:PassedToService: ecs-tasks.amazonaws.com
  TaskSchedule:
    Type: AWS::Events::Rule
    Properties:
      Description: Trigger Cyberkeeda Daily ECS task
      Name: !Sub  "${ProductName}-${Region}-${Environment}-${ProjectName}-daily-event-rule"
      ScheduleExpression: !Ref CWEventRuleCron
      State: ENABLED
      Targets:
        - Id: !Sub "${ProductName}-${Region}-${Environment}-${ProjectName}-daily-event-rule-targetId"
          EcsParameters:
            LaunchType: EC2
            TaskDefinitionArn: !Ref TaskDefinition
            TaskCount: 1
          RoleArn:
            Fn::GetAtt:
            - ExecutionRole
            - Arn
          Arn: !Ref ECSClusterARN

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