AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09" Parameters: Users: Type: CommaDelimitedList Rules: AtLeastOneUserSpecified: Assertions: - Assert: !Not [!Contains [!Ref Users, ""]] # don't fail in Rules section AssertDescription: Must specify at least one user Resources: Bucket: Type: "AWS::S3::Bucket" Properties: Tags: - Key: BucketUsers Value: !Join [":", !Ref Users]