Capabilities

You specify stack capabilities with the capabilities property.

Examples

A single capability:

capabilities: CAPABILITY_IAM

A list of capabilities

capabilities:
  - CAPABILITY_IAM
  - CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM

Disable all capabilities:

capabilities: []

Default value

By default, all capabilities are enabled.

Usage in configuration

capabilities property can be defined in:

• stack group configuration files
• blueprint configuration files
• stack configuration files

Stack group config file

When capabilities property is defined in a stack group configuration file:

• its value completely overrides the value inherited from the parent stack group
• its value is inherited by stack groups and stacks that belong under the stack group

Blueprint config file

When capabilities property is defined in a blueprint configuration file:

• its value completely overrides the value inherited from the parent stack group
• its value is inherited by stacks that extend the blueprint

Stack config file

When capabilities property is defined in a stack configuration file:

• if the stack extends a blueprint, its value completely overrides the value inherited from the blueprint
• otherwise, its value completely overrides the value inherited from the parent stack group

Requirements

The capabilities property must satisfy these requirements:

• Must be a string or a list of strings
• Allowed values are:
  • CAPABILITY_IAM
  • CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM
  • CAPABILITY_AUTO_EXPAND