start/stop/status scripts for AWS cloud formation demo

example-projects/counter-demo/aws-cloudformation/status.py

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+import json
+import time
+
+import boto3
+from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
+
+region = 'eu-central-1'
+stackName = 'cloudcomp-counter-demo-stack'
+
+client = boto3.setup_default_session(region_name=region)
+cfClient = boto3.client('cloudformation')
+
+print("Showing stack...")
+print("------------------------------------")
+response = cfClient.describe_stacks(
+    StackName=stackName,
+)
+print(json.dumps(response, indent=4, sort_keys=True, default=str))