New approach via CFN paramater default

Author: Tom McLaughlin

.github/workflows/branch.yaml

@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ jobs:
             --s3-bucket aws-sam-cli-sourcebucket-${{ secrets.AWS_CICD_ACCOUNT_ID }}-us-east-1  \
             --s3-prefix ${{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER_PART_SLUG_URL }}/${{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME_PART_SLUG_URL }}/${{ env.GITHUB_REF_SLUG_URL }} \
             --region us-east-1 \
-            --parameter-overrides "DatadogTemplateUrl=${{ vars.DATADOG_TEMPLATE_URL }}" \
             --output-template-file packaged-template.yaml
 
       - name: Upload SAM artifact

cfn-parameters.json

@@ -8,6 +8,5 @@
     "DatadogApiKey": $secrets.DATADOG_API_KEY,
     "DatadogAppKey": $secrets.DATADOG_APP_KEY,
     "DataDogLogsDestinationArn": $secrets.DATADOG_LOGS_DESTINATION_ARN,
-    "DatadogSite": "us5.datadoghq.com",
-    "DatadogTemplateUrl": $vars.DATADOG_TEMPLATE_URL
+    "DatadogSite": "us5.datadoghq.com"
 }

template.yaml

@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ Parameters:
     Type: String
   ObservabilityOu:
     Type: String
+  # FIXME: Workaround for `sam package` which does not take an argument for parameter values.
   DatadogTemplateUrl:
     Type: String
+    Default: "https://datadog-cloudformation-template-quickstart.s3.amazonaws.com/aws/v4.1.3/main_orgnizations.yaml"
   DatadogSite:
     Type: String
   DatadogApiKey: