Watch AWS CloudFormation stack events and wait for completion.
gem build cfn-events.gemspec
gem install cfn-events*.gem
Example usages (all assuming the stack name MyStack):
# Show recent events
cfn-events MyStack
# Show recent events, and poll for new events, forever (ctrl-C to end)
cfn-events --forever MyStack
# Show recent events, and poll for new events, until the stack reaches a
# stable state
cfn-events --wait MyStack
More options are available; see cfn-events --help.
cfn-events can also be used as a Ruby library. See bin/cfn-events for a
guide for how to do this.