Mappings - AWS CloudFormation

Mappings

The optional Mappings section matches a key to a corresponding set of named values. For example, if you want to set values based on a region, you can create a mapping that uses the region name as a key and contains the values you want to specify for each specific region. You use the Fn::FindInMap intrinsic function to retrieve values in a map.

You can't include parameters, pseudo parameters, or intrinsic functions in the Mappings section.

Syntax

The Mappings section consists of the key name Mappings. The keys in mappings must be literal strings. The values can be String or List types. The following example shows a Mappings section containing a single mapping named Mapping01 (the logical name).

Within a mapping, each map is a key followed by another mapping. The key must be a map of name-value pairs and unique within the mapping.

JSON

"Mappings" : { "Mapping01" : { "Key01" : { "Name" : "Value01" }, "Key02" : { "Name" : "Value02" }, "Key03" : { "Name" : "Value03" } } }

YAML

Mappings: Mapping01: Key01: Name: Value01 Key02: Name: Value02 Key03: Name: Value03

Examples

Basic mapping

The following example shows a Mappings section with a map RegionMap, which contains five keys that map to name-value pairs containing single string values. The keys are region names. Each name-value pair is the AMI ID for the HVM64 AMI in the region represented by the key.

The name-value pairs have a name (HVM64 in the example) and a value. By naming the values, you can map more than one set of values to a key.

JSON

"Mappings" : { "RegionMap" : { "us-east-1" : { "HVM64" : "ami-0ff8a91507f77f867"}, "us-west-1" : { "HVM64" : "ami-0bdb828fd58c52235"}, "eu-west-1" : { "HVM64" : "ami-047bb4163c506cd98"}, "ap-southeast-1" : { "HVM64" : "ami-08569b978cc4dfa10"}, "ap-northeast-1" : { "HVM64" : "ami-06cd52961ce9f0d85"} } }

YAML

Mappings: RegionMap: us-east-1: "HVM64": "ami-0ff8a91507f77f867" us-west-1: "HVM64": "ami-0bdb828fd58c52235" eu-west-1: "HVM64": "ami-047bb4163c506cd98" ap-southeast-1: "HVM64": "ami-08569b978cc4dfa10" ap-northeast-1: "HVM64": "ami-06cd52961ce9f0d85"

Mapping with multiple values

The following example has region keys that are mapped to two sets of values: one named HVM64 and the other HVMG2.

JSON

"RegionMap" : { "us-east-1" : {"HVM64" : "ami-0ff8a91507f77f867", "HVMG2" : "ami-0a584ac55a7631c0c"}, "us-west-1" : {"HVM64" : "ami-0bdb828fd58c52235", "HVMG2" : "ami-066ee5fd4a9ef77f1"}, "eu-west-1" : {"HVM64" : "ami-047bb4163c506cd98", "HVMG2" : "ami-0a7c483d527806435"}, "ap-northeast-1" : {"HVM64" : "ami-06cd52961ce9f0d85", "HVMG2" : "ami-053cdd503598e4a9d"}, "ap-southeast-1" : {"HVM64" : "ami-08569b978cc4dfa10", "HVMG2" : "ami-0be9df32ae9f92309"} }

YAML

RegionMap: us-east-1: HVM64: ami-0ff8a91507f77f867 HVMG2: ami-0a584ac55a7631c0c us-west-1: HVM64: ami-0bdb828fd58c52235 HVMG2: ami-066ee5fd4a9ef77f1 eu-west-1: HVM64: ami-047bb4163c506cd98 HVMG2: ami-0a7c483d527806435 ap-northeast-1: HVM64: ami-06cd52961ce9f0d85 HVMG2: ami-053cdd503598e4a9d ap-southeast-1: HVM64: ami-08569b978cc4dfa10 HVMG2: ami-0be9df32ae9f92309

Return a value from a mapping

You can use the Fn::FindInMap function to return a named value based on a specified key. The following example template contains an Amazon EC2 resource whose ImageId property is assigned by the FindInMap function. The FindInMap function specifies key as the region where the stack is created (using the AWS::Region pseudo parameter) and HVM64 as the name of the value to map to.

JSON

{ "AWSTemplateFormatVersion" : "2010-09-09", "Mappings" : { "RegionMap" : { "us-east-1" : {"HVM64" : "ami-0ff8a91507f77f867", "HVMG2" : "ami-0a584ac55a7631c0c"}, "us-west-1" : {"HVM64" : "ami-0bdb828fd58c52235", "HVMG2" : "ami-066ee5fd4a9ef77f1"}, "eu-west-1" : {"HVM64" : "ami-047bb4163c506cd98", "HVMG2" : "ami-0a7c483d527806435"}, "ap-northeast-1" : {"HVM64" : "ami-06cd52961ce9f0d85", "HVMG2" : "ami-053cdd503598e4a9d"}, "ap-southeast-1" : {"HVM64" : "ami-08569b978cc4dfa10", "HVMG2" : "ami-0be9df32ae9f92309"} } }, "Resources" : { "myEC2Instance" : { "Type" : "AWS::EC2::Instance", "Properties" : { "ImageId" : { "Fn::FindInMap" : [ "RegionMap", { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" }, "HVM64"]}, "InstanceType" : "m1.small" } } } }

YAML

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09" Mappings: RegionMap: us-east-1: HVM64: ami-0ff8a91507f77f867 HVMG2: ami-0a584ac55a7631c0c us-west-1: HVM64: ami-0bdb828fd58c52235 HVMG2: ami-066ee5fd4a9ef77f1 eu-west-1: HVM64: ami-047bb4163c506cd98 HVMG2: ami-0a7c483d527806435 ap-northeast-1: HVM64: ami-06cd52961ce9f0d85 HVMG2: ami-053cdd503598e4a9d ap-southeast-1: HVM64: ami-08569b978cc4dfa10 HVMG2: ami-0be9df32ae9f92309 Resources: myEC2Instance: Type: "AWS::EC2::Instance" Properties: ImageId: !FindInMap [RegionMap, !Ref "AWS::Region", HVM64] InstanceType: m1.small

Input parameter and Fn::FindInMap

You can use an input parameter with the Fn::FindInMap function to refer to a specific value in a map. For example, suppose you have a list of regions and environment types that map to a specific AMI ID. You can select the AMI ID that your stack uses by using an input parameter (EnvironmentType). To determine the region, use the AWS::Region pseudo parameter, which gets the AWS Region in which you create the stack.

JSON

{ "Parameters" : { "EnvironmentType": { "Description": "The environment type", "Type": "String", "Default": "test", "AllowedValues": ["prod", "test"], "ConstraintDescription": "must be a prod or test" } }, "Mappings" : { "RegionAndInstanceTypeToAMIID" : { "us-east-1": { "test": "ami-8ff710e2", "prod": "ami-f5f41398" }, "us-west-2" : { "test" : "ami-eff1028f", "prod" : "ami-d0f506b0" }, ...other regions and AMI IDs... } }, "Resources" : { ...other resources... }, "Outputs" : { "TestOutput" : { "Description" : "Return the name of the AMI ID that matches the region and environment type keys", "Value" : { "Fn::FindInMap" : [ "RegionAndInstanceTypeToAMIID", { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" }, { "Ref" : "EnvironmentType" } ]} } } }

YAML

Parameters: EnvironmentType: Description: The environment type Type: String Default: test AllowedValues: - prod - test ConstraintDescription: must be a prod or test Mappings: RegionAndInstanceTypeToAMIID: us-east-1: test: "ami-8ff710e2" prod: "ami-f5f41398" us-west-2: test: "ami-eff1028f" prod: "ami-d0f506b0" ...other regions and AMI IDs... Resources: ...other resources... Outputs: TestOutput: Description: Return the name of the AMI ID that matches the region and environment type keys Value: !FindInMap [RegionAndInstanceTypeToAMIID, !Ref "AWS::Region", !Ref EnvironmentType]