# Get started with CloudFormation and AWS PCS
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You can use AWS CloudFormation to create an AWS PCS cluster. CloudFormation enables you to create and provision AWS infrastructure deployments predictably and repeatedly. You can use CloudFormation to automatically provision resources from many AWS services to build highly reliable, scalable, cost-effective applications in the AWS Cloud without creating and configuring the underlying AWS infrastructure. CloudFormation enables you to use a template file to create and delete a collection of resources together as a single unit, called a **stack**. For more information about CloudFormation, see [What is CloudFormation?](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/Welcome.html) in the *AWS CloudFormation User Guide*. For more information about AWS PCS resource types in CloudFormation, see [AWS PCS resource type reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/AWS_PCS.html) in the *AWS CloudFormation User Guide*.

**Topics**
+ [Use CloudFormation to create a sample AWS PCS cluster](get-started-cfn-create.md)
+ [Connect to a AWS PCS cluster created with CloudFormation](get-started-cfn-connect.md)
+ [Clean up an AWS PCS cluster in CloudFormation](get-started-cfn-cleanup.md)
+ [Parts of a CloudFormation template for AWS PCS](get-started-cfn-template-parts.md)
+ [CloudFormation templates to create a sample AWS PCS cluster](get-started-cfn-sample-templates.md)