How to do it...

  1. Create a new CloudFormation template file. We'll start by populating it with Parameters that correspond to all the requirements we mentioned before:
      AWSTemplateFormatVersion: '2010-09-09'       Parameters:         FullyQualifiedName:           Description: The fully qualified name for the directory            (e.g. megacorp.com)           Type: String           AllowedPattern: '^([a-zA-Z0-9]+[\\.-])+([a-zA-Z0-9])+$'         Password:           Description: The password for the directory Administrator           Type: String           NoEcho: true         VpcId:           Description: The ID of the VPC to deploy to           Type: AWS::EC2::VPC::Id         SubnetIds:           Description: Subnets where the directory will be deployed to            (pick at least 2)           Type: List<AWS::EC2::Subnet::Id>         DirectorySize:  Description: The size of the directory to ...

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