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Revisit cloudformation template bootstrap process

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Description

It seems the cloudformation template is both generated in github and ends up as a build artifact and also can be generated and run locally with a just command. When it's generated it has a default set of TrustedPrincipals in it, which works for a brand new stack, but for applying to an existing stack to update, it will not use the new default values in the template and must be done manually.

We should revisit this to see if there's a better way, or if a cloudformation stack is even the correct route here. It's partially manual which is obviously not ideal, and also not documented anywhere I can find so at the bare minimum we need to document the correct process.

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Research direction

Start by locating the CloudFormation template, its GitHub-generated build artifact, and the just command used for local generation. Trace how TrustedPrincipals defaults are applied to new versus existing stacks. Done should include a decided bootstrap or update process and documentation of the correct commands and manual steps.

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Assessment

Tech stack
aws
Domain
cloud, devops, infrastructure
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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