Example Uses

Allows codification of the infrastructure by downloading the configuration. You can save the downloaded configs into version control.
Safely upload new configs by previewing the changes before actually uploading and applying the configuration to the infrastructure.
Moving EB enviroments from one EB application to another EB application. EB provides a way to clone environments within an application but is unable to move the enivornment to an entirely new application. This is useful if you want to "rename" the EB application.