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AWS SAM YAML template - Unknown Tag !Ref

When I try to deploy my AWS SAM YAML file, it fails saying the !Ref is an unknown tag.

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Any ideas to get around this?

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: '2010-09-09'
Transform: AWS::Serverless-2016-10-31

Resources:
  MySimpleFunction:
    Type: AWS::Serverless::Function
    Properties:
      Handler: index.handler
      Runtime: nodejs4.3
      CodeUri: s3://<bucket>/MyCode.zip
      Events:
        MyUploadEvent:
          Type: S3
          Properties:
            Id: !Ref Bucket
            Events: Create
  Bucket:
    Type: AWS::S3::Bucket
Solution

  • You can add custom YAML tags in your settings.json:

    "yaml.customTags": [
  "!Equals sequence",
  "!FindInMap sequence",
  "!GetAtt",
  "!GetAZs",
  "!ImportValue",
  "!Join sequence",
  "!Ref",
  "!Select sequence",
  "!Split sequence",
  "!Sub"
]