Reference "Self" in aws cloudformation template?

Question

I've got an EC2 resource defined in Cloudformation like so:

Resources:
  FooInstance:
    Type: 'AWS::EC2::Instance'
    Properties:
      blah: blah
      blah: blah
      UserData:
        Fn::Base64: !Sub |
            #!/bin/bash
            /opt/aws/bin/cfn-init --stack ${AWS::StackId} --resource FooInstance --region ${AWS::Region}

Is there a special variable/replacement string to reference "self" in that UserData cfn-init block instead of explicitly declaring FooInstance? It would help make definitions much more copypastable for my team.

Thanks!

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 17 '18 at 17:56

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Unfortunately, no. This would be a very nice add-on for both UserData and AWS::CloudFormation::Init parts, but AWS still doesn't support it.

answered Oct 17 '18 at 17:56

tyron

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Thanks you! I will submit a feature request, we'll see what comes of it. – Eric Oct 18 '18 at 14:15
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@Eric Can you add the link to the feature request so we can follow it? – Martin P. Jun 10 '21 at 12:21

Reference "Self" in aws cloudformation template?

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