AWS - Cannot create ElastiCache-CacheCluster - 'CacheSecurityGroup not found error'

Question

I have a cloud formation script shown below, I hope to create a Security Group and Elasti Cache. However I get an error shown below CREATE_FAILED AWS::ElastiCache::CacheCluster CacheSecurityGroup not found: elasticacheta....

I use cloudformation routinely but never with the cache. I do not want to use a VPC in my scenario and have gone through the documentation http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-properties-elasticache-cache-cluster.html and related links but with no luck - help appreciated.

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: '2010-09-09' Resources: ElasticacheSecurityGroup: Type: AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup Properties: GroupDescription: "Access from webservers only" SecurityGroupIngress: - IpProtocol: tcp CidrIp: 0.0.0.0/0 FromPort: '11211' ToPort: '11211' ElasticacheCluster: Type: "AWS::ElastiCache::CacheCluster" DependsOn: ElasticacheSecurityGroup Properties: AutoMinorVersionUpgrade: "true" Engine: "memcached" CacheNodeType: "cache.t1.micro" NumCacheNodes: "1" CacheSecurityGroupNames: - Ref: ElasticacheSecurityGroup 

Answer 1

Echoing jordanm's comment, change the resource type to AWS::ElastiCache::SecurityGroup

So it should look like this:

Resources: ElasticacheSecurityGroup: Type: AWS::ElastiCache::SecurityGroup Properties: Description: "Access from webservers only" ElasticacheCluster: Type: "AWS::ElastiCache::CacheCluster" DependsOn: ElasticacheSecurityGroup Properties: AutoMinorVersionUpgrade: "true" Engine: "memcached" CacheNodeType: "cache.t1.micro" NumCacheNodes: "1" CacheSecurityGroupNames: - Ref: ElasticacheSecurityGroup