Base64
The intrinsic function Fn::Base64 returns the Base64 representation of the input string. This function is typically used to pass encoded data to Amazon EC2 instances by way of the UserData property.
The base64 method is the CloudFormation Fn::Base64 equivalent.
Example Snippet
resource("Instance", "AWS::EC2::Instance",
InstanceType: "t3.micro",
ImageId: "ami-0de53d8956e8dcf80",
UserData: base64("#!/bin/bash\necho hi")
)
Example Output
Resources:
Instance:
Type: AWS::EC2::Instance
Properties:
InstanceType: t3.micro
ImageId: ami-0de53d8956e8dcf80
UserData:
Fn::Base64: |-
#!/bin/bash
echo hi
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