[ aws . ec2 ]

create-launch-template

Description

Creates a launch template. A launch template contains the parameters to launch an instance. When you launch an instance using RunInstances , you can specify a launch template instead of providing the launch parameters in the request. For more information, see Launching an instance from a launch template in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide .

See also: AWS API Documentation

See ‘aws help’ for descriptions of global parameters.

Synopsis

  create-launch-template
[--dry-run | --no-dry-run]
[--client-token <value>]
--launch-template-name <value>
[--version-description <value>]
--launch-template-data <value>
[--tag-specifications <value>]
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]

Options

--dry-run | --no-dry-run (boolean)

Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation . Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation .

--client-token (string)

Unique, case-sensitive identifier you provide to ensure the idempotency of the request. For more information, see Ensuring Idempotency .

Constraint: Maximum 128 ASCII characters.

--launch-template-name (string)

A name for the launch template.

--version-description (string)

A description for the first version of the launch template.

--launch-template-data (structure)

The information for the launch template.

KernelId -> (string)

The ID of the kernel.

Warning

We recommend that you use PV-GRUB instead of kernels and RAM disks. For more information, see User Provided Kernels in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide .

EbsOptimized -> (boolean)

Indicates whether the instance is optimized for Amazon EBS I/O. This optimization provides dedicated throughput to Amazon EBS and an optimized configuration stack to provide optimal Amazon EBS I/O performance. This optimization isn’t available with all instance types. Additional usage charges apply when using an EBS-optimized instance.

IamInstanceProfile -> (structure)

The IAM instance profile.

Arn -> (string)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the instance profile.

Name -> (string)

The name of the instance profile.

BlockDeviceMappings -> (list)

The block device mapping.

(structure)

Describes a block device mapping.

DeviceName -> (string)

The device name (for example, /dev/sdh or xvdh).

VirtualName -> (string)

The virtual device name (ephemeralN). Instance store volumes are numbered starting from 0. An instance type with 2 available instance store volumes can specify mappings for ephemeral0 and ephemeral1. The number of available instance store volumes depends on the instance type. After you connect to the instance, you must mount the volume.

Ebs -> (structure)

Parameters used to automatically set up EBS volumes when the instance is launched.

Encrypted -> (boolean)

Indicates whether the EBS volume is encrypted. Encrypted volumes can only be attached to instances that support Amazon EBS encryption. If you are creating a volume from a snapshot, you can’t specify an encryption value.

DeleteOnTermination -> (boolean)

Indicates whether the EBS volume is deleted on instance termination.

Iops -> (integer)

The number of I/O operations per second (IOPS). For gp3 , io1 , and io2 volumes, this represents the number of IOPS that are provisioned for the volume. For gp2 volumes, this represents the baseline performance of the volume and the rate at which the volume accumulates I/O credits for bursting.

The following are the supported values for each volume type:

• gp3 : 3,000-16,000 IOPS

• io1 : 100-64,000 IOPS

• io2 : 100-64,000 IOPS

For io1 and io2 volumes, we guarantee 64,000 IOPS only for Instances built on the Nitro System . Other instance families guarantee performance up to 32,000 IOPS.

This parameter is required for io1 and io2 volumes. The default for gp3 volumes is 3,000 IOPS. This parameter is not supported for gp2 , st1 , sc1 , or standard volumes.

KmsKeyId -> (string)

The ARN of the symmetric AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) CMK used for encryption.

SnapshotId -> (string)

The ID of the snapshot.

VolumeSize -> (integer)

The size of the volume, in GiBs. You must specify either a snapshot ID or a volume size. If you specify a snapshot, the default is the snapshot size. You can specify a volume size that is equal to or larger than the snapshot size.

The following are the supported volumes sizes for each volume type:

• gp2 and gp3 : 1-16,384

• io1 and io2 : 4-16,384

• st1 and sc1 : 125-16,384

• standard : 1-1,024

VolumeType -> (string)

The volume type. The default is gp2 . For more information, see Amazon EBS volume types in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide .

Throughput -> (integer)

The throughput to provision for a gp3 volume, with a maximum of 1,000 MiB/s.

Valid Range: Minimum value of 125. Maximum value of 1000.

NoDevice -> (string)

Suppresses the specified device included in the block device mapping of the AMI.

NetworkInterfaces -> (list)

One or more network interfaces. If you specify a network interface, you must specify any security groups and subnets as part of the network interface.

(structure)

The parameters for a network interface.

AssociateCarrierIpAddress -> (boolean)

Associates a Carrier IP address with eth0 for a new network interface.

Use this option when you launch an instance in a Wavelength Zone and want to associate a Carrier IP address with the network interface. For more information about Carrier IP addresses, see Carrier IP addresses in the AWS Wavelength Developer Guide .

AssociatePublicIpAddress -> (boolean)

Associates a public IPv4 address with eth0 for a new network interface.

DeleteOnTermination -> (boolean)

Indicates whether the network interface is deleted when the instance is terminated.

Description -> (string)

A description for the network interface.

DeviceIndex -> (integer)

The device index for the network interface attachment.

Groups -> (list)

The IDs of one or more security groups.

(string)

InterfaceType -> (string)

The type of network interface. To create an Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA), specify efa . For more information, see Elastic Fabric Adapter in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide .

If you are not creating an EFA, specify interface or omit this parameter.

Valid values: interface | efa

Ipv6AddressCount -> (integer)

The number of IPv6 addresses to assign to a network interface. Amazon EC2 automatically selects the IPv6 addresses from the subnet range. You can’t use this option if specifying specific IPv6 addresses.

Ipv6Addresses -> (list)

One or more specific IPv6 addresses from the IPv6 CIDR block range of your subnet. You can’t use this option if you’re specifying a number of IPv6 addresses.

(structure)

Describes an IPv6 address.

Ipv6Address -> (string)

The IPv6 address.

NetworkInterfaceId -> (string)

The ID of the network interface.

PrivateIpAddress -> (string)

The primary private IPv4 address of the network interface.

PrivateIpAddresses -> (list)

One or more private IPv4 addresses.

(structure)

Describes a secondary private IPv4 address for a network interface.

Primary -> (boolean)

Indicates whether the private IPv4 address is the primary private IPv4 address. Only one IPv4 address can be designated as primary.

PrivateIpAddress -> (string)

The private IPv4 addresses.

SecondaryPrivateIpAddressCount -> (integer)

The number of secondary private IPv4 addresses to assign to a network interface.

SubnetId -> (string)

The ID of the subnet for the network interface.

NetworkCardIndex -> (integer)

The index of the network card. Some instance types support multiple network cards. The primary network interface must be assigned to network card index 0. The default is network card index 0.

ImageId -> (string)

The ID of the AMI.

InstanceType -> (string)

The instance type. For more information, see Instance Types in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide .

KeyName -> (string)

The name of the key pair. You can create a key pair using CreateKeyPair or ImportKeyPair .

Warning

If you do not specify a key pair, you can’t connect to the instance unless you choose an AMI that is configured to allow users another way to log in.

Monitoring -> (structure)

The monitoring for the instance.

Enabled -> (boolean)

Specify true to enable detailed monitoring. Otherwise, basic monitoring is enabled.

Placement -> (structure)

The placement for the instance.

AvailabilityZone -> (string)

The Availability Zone for the instance.

Affinity -> (string)

The affinity setting for an instance on a Dedicated Host.

GroupName -> (string)

The name of the placement group for the instance.

HostId -> (string)

The ID of the Dedicated Host for the instance.

Tenancy -> (string)

The tenancy of the instance (if the instance is running in a VPC). An instance with a tenancy of dedicated runs on single-tenant hardware.

SpreadDomain -> (string)

Reserved for future use.

HostResourceGroupArn -> (string)

The ARN of the host resource group in which to launch the instances. If you specify a host resource group ARN, omit the Tenancy parameter or set it to host .

PartitionNumber -> (integer)

The number of the partition the instance should launch in. Valid only if the placement group strategy is set to partition .

RamDiskId -> (string)

The ID of the RAM disk.

Warning

We recommend that you use PV-GRUB instead of kernels and RAM disks. For more information, see User Provided Kernels in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide .

DisableApiTermination -> (boolean)

If you set this parameter to true , you can’t terminate the instance using the Amazon EC2 console, CLI, or API; otherwise, you can. To change this attribute after launch, use ModifyInstanceAttribute . Alternatively, if you set InstanceInitiatedShutdownBehavior to terminate , you can terminate the instance by running the shutdown command from the instance.

InstanceInitiatedShutdownBehavior -> (string)

Indicates whether an instance stops or terminates when you initiate shutdown from the instance (using the operating system command for system shutdown).

Default: stop

UserData -> (string)

The Base64-encoded user data to make available to the instance. For more information, see Running Commands on Your Linux Instance at Launch (Linux) and Adding User Data (Windows).

TagSpecifications -> (list)

The tags to apply to the resources during launch. You can only tag instances and volumes on launch. The specified tags are applied to all instances or volumes that are created during launch. To tag a resource after it has been created, see CreateTags .

(structure)

The tags specification for the launch template.

ResourceType -> (string)

The type of resource to tag. Currently, the resource types that support tagging on creation are instance and volume . To tag a resource after it has been created, see CreateTags .

Tags -> (list)

The tags to apply to the resource.

(structure)

Describes a tag.

Key -> (string)

The key of the tag.

Constraints: Tag keys are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 127 Unicode characters. May not begin with aws: .

Value -> (string)

The value of the tag.

Constraints: Tag values are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 255 Unicode characters.

ElasticGpuSpecifications -> (list)

An elastic GPU to associate with the instance.

(structure)

A specification for an Elastic Graphics accelerator.

Type -> (string)

The type of Elastic Graphics accelerator. For more information about the values to specify for Type , see Elastic Graphics Basics , specifically the Elastic Graphics accelerator column, in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide for Windows Instances .

ElasticInferenceAccelerators -> (list)

The elastic inference accelerator for the instance.

(structure)

Describes an elastic inference accelerator.

Type -> (string)

The type of elastic inference accelerator. The possible values are eia1.medium, eia1.large, and eia1.xlarge.

Count -> (integer)

The number of elastic inference accelerators to attach to the instance.

Default: 1

SecurityGroupIds -> (list)

One or more security group IDs. You can create a security group using CreateSecurityGroup . You cannot specify both a security group ID and security name in the same request.

(string)

SecurityGroups -> (list)

[EC2-Classic, default VPC] One or more security group names. For a nondefault VPC, you must use security group IDs instead. You cannot specify both a security group ID and security name in the same request.

(string)

InstanceMarketOptions -> (structure)

The market (purchasing) option for the instances.

MarketType -> (string)

The market type.

SpotOptions -> (structure)

The options for Spot Instances.

MaxPrice -> (string)

The maximum hourly price you’re willing to pay for the Spot Instances.

SpotInstanceType -> (string)

The Spot Instance request type.

BlockDurationMinutes -> (integer)

The required duration for the Spot Instances (also known as Spot blocks), in minutes. This value must be a multiple of 60 (60, 120, 180, 240, 300, or 360).

ValidUntil -> (timestamp)

The end date of the request. For a one-time request, the request remains active until all instances launch, the request is canceled, or this date is reached. If the request is persistent, it remains active until it is canceled or this date and time is reached. The default end date is 7 days from the current date.

InstanceInterruptionBehavior -> (string)

The behavior when a Spot Instance is interrupted. The default is terminate .

CreditSpecification -> (structure)

The credit option for CPU usage of the instance. Valid for T2, T3, or T3a instances only.

CpuCredits -> (string)

The credit option for CPU usage of a T2, T3, or T3a instance. Valid values are standard and unlimited .

CpuOptions -> (structure)

The CPU options for the instance. For more information, see Optimizing CPU Options in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide .

CoreCount -> (integer)

The number of CPU cores for the instance.

ThreadsPerCore -> (integer)

The number of threads per CPU core. To disable multithreading for the instance, specify a value of 1. Otherwise, specify the default value of 2.

CapacityReservationSpecification -> (structure)

The Capacity Reservation targeting option. If you do not specify this parameter, the instance’s Capacity Reservation preference defaults to open , which enables it to run in any open Capacity Reservation that has matching attributes (instance type, platform, Availability Zone).

CapacityReservationPreference -> (string)

Indicates the instance’s Capacity Reservation preferences. Possible preferences include:

• open - The instance can run in any open Capacity Reservation that has matching attributes (instance type, platform, Availability Zone).

• none - The instance avoids running in a Capacity Reservation even if one is available. The instance runs in On-Demand capacity.

CapacityReservationTarget -> (structure)

Information about the target Capacity Reservation or Capacity Reservation group.

CapacityReservationId -> (string)

The ID of the Capacity Reservation in which to run the instance.

CapacityReservationResourceGroupArn -> (string)

The ARN of the Capacity Reservation resource group in which to run the instance.

LicenseSpecifications -> (list)

The license configurations.

(structure)

Describes a license configuration.

LicenseConfigurationArn -> (string)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the license configuration.

HibernationOptions -> (structure)

Indicates whether an instance is enabled for hibernation. This parameter is valid only if the instance meets the hibernation prerequisites . For more information, see Hibernate Your Instance in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide .

Configured -> (boolean)

If you set this parameter to true , the instance is enabled for hibernation.

Default: false

MetadataOptions -> (structure)

The metadata options for the instance. For more information, see Instance Metadata and User Data in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide .

HttpTokens -> (string)

The state of token usage for your instance metadata requests. If the parameter is not specified in the request, the default state is optional .

If the state is optional , you can choose to retrieve instance metadata with or without a signed token header on your request. If you retrieve the IAM role credentials without a token, the version 1.0 role credentials are returned. If you retrieve the IAM role credentials using a valid signed token, the version 2.0 role credentials are returned.

If the state is required , you must send a signed token header with any instance metadata retrieval requests. In this state, retrieving the IAM role credentials always returns the version 2.0 credentials; the version 1.0 credentials are not available.

HttpPutResponseHopLimit -> (integer)

The desired HTTP PUT response hop limit for instance metadata requests. The larger the number, the further instance metadata requests can travel.

Default: 1

Possible values: Integers from 1 to 64

HttpEndpoint -> (string)

This parameter enables or disables the HTTP metadata endpoint on your instances. If the parameter is not specified, the default state is enabled .

Note

If you specify a value of disabled , you will not be able to access your instance metadata.

EnclaveOptions -> (structure)

Indicates whether the instance is enabled for AWS Nitro Enclaves. For more information, see What is AWS Nitro Enclaves? in the AWS Nitro Enclaves User Guide .

You can’t enable AWS Nitro Enclaves and hibernation on the same instance.

Enabled -> (boolean)

To enable the instance for AWS Nitro Enclaves, set this parameter to true .

JSON Syntax:

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  "EbsOptimized": true|false,
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  },
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      "VirtualName": "string",
      "Ebs": {
        "Encrypted": true|false,
        "DeleteOnTermination": true|false,
        "Iops": integer,
        "KmsKeyId": "string",
        "SnapshotId": "string",
        "VolumeSize": integer,
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        "Throughput": integer
      },
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    }
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  "NetworkInterfaces": [
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      "AssociatePublicIpAddress": true|false,
      "DeleteOnTermination": true|false,
      "Description": "string",
      "DeviceIndex": integer,
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      "InterfaceType": "string",
      "Ipv6AddressCount": integer,
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        }
        ...
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      "PrivateIpAddress": "string",
      "PrivateIpAddresses": [
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          "PrivateIpAddress": "string"
        }
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      "SubnetId": "string",
      "NetworkCardIndex": integer
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  "KeyName": "string",
  "Monitoring": {
    "Enabled": true|false
  },
  "Placement": {
    "AvailabilityZone": "string",
    "Affinity": "string",
    "GroupName": "string",
    "HostId": "string",
    "Tenancy": "default"|"dedicated"|"host",
    "SpreadDomain": "string",
    "HostResourceGroupArn": "string",
    "PartitionNumber": integer
  },
  "RamDiskId": "string",
  "DisableApiTermination": true|false,
  "InstanceInitiatedShutdownBehavior": "stop"|"terminate",
  "UserData": "string",
  "TagSpecifications": [
    {
      "ResourceType": "client-vpn-endpoint"|"customer-gateway"|"dedicated-host"|"dhcp-options"|"egress-only-internet-gateway"|"elastic-ip"|"elastic-gpu"|"export-image-task"|"export-instance-task"|"fleet"|"fpga-image"|"host-reservation"|"image"|"import-image-task"|"import-snapshot-task"|"instance"|"internet-gateway"|"key-pair"|"launch-template"|"local-gateway-route-table-vpc-association"|"natgateway"|"network-acl"|"network-interface"|"network-insights-analysis"|"network-insights-path"|"placement-group"|"reserved-instances"|"route-table"|"security-group"|"snapshot"|"spot-fleet-request"|"spot-instances-request"|"subnet"|"traffic-mirror-filter"|"traffic-mirror-session"|"traffic-mirror-target"|"transit-gateway"|"transit-gateway-attachment"|"transit-gateway-connect-peer"|"transit-gateway-multicast-domain"|"transit-gateway-route-table"|"volume"|"vpc"|"vpc-peering-connection"|"vpn-connection"|"vpn-gateway"|"vpc-flow-log",
      "Tags": [
        {
          "Key": "string",
          "Value": "string"
        }
        ...
      ]
    }
    ...
  ],
  "ElasticGpuSpecifications": [
    {
      "Type": "string"
    }
    ...
  ],
  "ElasticInferenceAccelerators": [
    {
      "Type": "string",
      "Count": integer
    }
    ...
  ],
  "SecurityGroupIds": ["string", ...],
  "SecurityGroups": ["string", ...],
  "InstanceMarketOptions": {
    "MarketType": "spot",
    "SpotOptions": {
      "MaxPrice": "string",
      "SpotInstanceType": "one-time"|"persistent",
      "BlockDurationMinutes": integer,
      "ValidUntil": timestamp,
      "InstanceInterruptionBehavior": "hibernate"|"stop"|"terminate"
    }
  },
  "CreditSpecification": {
    "CpuCredits": "string"
  },
  "CpuOptions": {
    "CoreCount": integer,
    "ThreadsPerCore": integer
  },
  "CapacityReservationSpecification": {
    "CapacityReservationPreference": "open"|"none",
    "CapacityReservationTarget": {
      "CapacityReservationId": "string",
      "CapacityReservationResourceGroupArn": "string"
    }
  },
  "LicenseSpecifications": [
    {
      "LicenseConfigurationArn": "string"
    }
    ...
  ],
  "HibernationOptions": {
    "Configured": true|false
  },
  "MetadataOptions": {
    "HttpTokens": "optional"|"required",
    "HttpPutResponseHopLimit": integer,
    "HttpEndpoint": "disabled"|"enabled"
  },
  "EnclaveOptions": {
    "Enabled": true|false
  }
}

--tag-specifications (list)

The tags to apply to the launch template during creation.

(structure)

The tags to apply to a resource when the resource is being created.

ResourceType -> (string)

The type of resource to tag. Currently, the resource types that support tagging on creation are: capacity-reservation | carrier-gateway | client-vpn-endpoint | customer-gateway | dedicated-host | dhcp-options | egress-only-internet-gateway | elastic-ip | elastic-gpu | export-image-task | export-instance-task | fleet | fpga-image | host-reservation | image | import-image-task | import-snapshot-task | instance | internet-gateway | ipv4pool-ec2 | ipv6pool-ec2 | key-pair | launch-template | local-gateway-route-table-vpc-association | placement-group | prefix-list | natgateway | network-acl | network-interface | reserved-instances |route-table | security-group | snapshot | spot-fleet-request | spot-instances-request | snapshot | subnet | traffic-mirror-filter | traffic-mirror-session | traffic-mirror-target | transit-gateway | transit-gateway-attachment | transit-gateway-multicast-domain | transit-gateway-route-table | volume |vpc | vpc-peering-connection | vpc-endpoint (for interface and gateway endpoints) | vpc-endpoint-service (for AWS PrivateLink) | vpc-flow-log | vpn-connection | vpn-gateway .

To tag a resource after it has been created, see CreateTags .

Tags -> (list)

The tags to apply to the resource.

(structure)

Describes a tag.

Key -> (string)

The key of the tag.

Constraints: Tag keys are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 127 Unicode characters. May not begin with aws: .

Value -> (string)

The value of the tag.

Constraints: Tag values are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 255 Unicode characters.

Shorthand Syntax:

ResourceType=string,Tags=[{Key=string,Value=string},{Key=string,Value=string}] ...

JSON Syntax:

[
  {
    "ResourceType": "client-vpn-endpoint"|"customer-gateway"|"dedicated-host"|"dhcp-options"|"egress-only-internet-gateway"|"elastic-ip"|"elastic-gpu"|"export-image-task"|"export-instance-task"|"fleet"|"fpga-image"|"host-reservation"|"image"|"import-image-task"|"import-snapshot-task"|"instance"|"internet-gateway"|"key-pair"|"launch-template"|"local-gateway-route-table-vpc-association"|"natgateway"|"network-acl"|"network-interface"|"network-insights-analysis"|"network-insights-path"|"placement-group"|"reserved-instances"|"route-table"|"security-group"|"snapshot"|"spot-fleet-request"|"spot-instances-request"|"subnet"|"traffic-mirror-filter"|"traffic-mirror-session"|"traffic-mirror-target"|"transit-gateway"|"transit-gateway-attachment"|"transit-gateway-connect-peer"|"transit-gateway-multicast-domain"|"transit-gateway-route-table"|"volume"|"vpc"|"vpc-peering-connection"|"vpn-connection"|"vpn-gateway"|"vpc-flow-log",
    "Tags": [
      {
        "Key": "string",
        "Value": "string"
      }
      ...
    ]
  }
  ...
]

--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml.

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. Similarly, if provided yaml-input it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.

See ‘aws help’ for descriptions of global parameters.

Examples

Example 1: To create a launch template

The following create-launch-template example creates a launch template that specifies the subnet in which to launch the instance , assigns a public IP address and an IPv6 address to the instance, and creates a tag for the instance.

aws ec2 create-launch-template \
    --launch-template-name TemplateForWebServer \
    --version-description WebVersion1 \
    --launch-template-data '{"NetworkInterfaces":[{"AssociatePublicIpAddress":true,"DeviceIndex":0,"Ipv6AddressCount":1,"SubnetId":"subnet-7b16de0c"}],"ImageId":"ami-8c1be5f6","InstanceType":"t2.small","TagSpecifications":[{"ResourceType":"instance","Tags":[{"Key":"purpose","Value":"webserver"}]}]}'

Output:

{
    "LaunchTemplate": {
        "LatestVersionNumber": 1,
        "LaunchTemplateId": "lt-01238c059e3466abc",
        "LaunchTemplateName": "TemplateForWebServer",
        "DefaultVersionNumber": 1,
        "CreatedBy": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/Bob",
        "CreateTime": "2019-01-27T09:13:24.000Z"
    }
}

For more information, see Launching an Instance from a Launch Template in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide. For information about quoting JSON-formatted parameters, see Quoting Strings in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide.

Example 2: To create a launch template for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

The following create-launch-template example creates a launch template with multiple tags and a block device mapping to specify an additional EBS volume when an instance launches. Specify a value for Groups that corresponds to security groups for the VPC that your Auto Scaling group will launch instances into. Specify the VPC and subnets as properties of the Auto Scaling group.

aws ec2 create-launch-template \
    --launch-template-name TemplateForAutoScaling \
    --version-description AutoScalingVersion1 \
    --launch-template-data '{"NetworkInterfaces":[{"DeviceIndex":0,"AssociatePublicIpAddress":true,"Groups":["sg-7c227019,sg-903004f8"],"DeleteOnTermination":true}],"ImageId":"ami-b42209de","InstanceType":"m4.large","TagSpecifications":[{"ResourceType":"instance","Tags":[{"Key":"environment","Value":"production"},{"Key":"purpose","Value":"webserver"}]},{"ResourceType":"volume","Tags":[{"Key":"environment","Value":"production"},{"Key":"cost-center","Value":"cc123"}]}],"BlockDeviceMappings":[{"DeviceName":"/dev/sda1","Ebs":{"VolumeSize":100}}]}' --region us-east-1

Output:

{
    "LaunchTemplate": {
        "LatestVersionNumber": 1,
        "LaunchTemplateId": "lt-0123c79c33a54e0abc",
        "LaunchTemplateName": "TemplateForAutoScaling",
        "DefaultVersionNumber": 1,
        "CreatedBy": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/Bob",
        "CreateTime": "2019-04-30T18:16:06.000Z"
    }
}

For more information, see Creating a Launch Template for an Auto Scaling Group in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide. For information about quoting JSON-formatted parameters, see Quoting Strings in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide.

Example 3: To create a launch template that specifies encryption of EBS volumes

The following create-launch-template example creates a launch template that includes encrypted EBS volumes created from an unencrypted snapshot. It also tags the volumes during creation. If encryption by default is disabled, you must specify the "Encrypted" option as shown in the following example. If you use the "KmsKeyId" option to specify a customer managed CMK, you also must specify the "Encrypted" option even if encryption by default is enabled.

aws ec2 create-launch-template \
  --launch-template-name TemplateForEncryption \
  --launch-template-data file://config.json

Contents of config.json:

{
    "BlockDeviceMappings":[
        {
            "DeviceName":"/dev/sda1",
            "Ebs":{
                "VolumeType":"gp2",
                "DeleteOnTermination":true,
                "SnapshotId":"snap-066877671789bd71b",
                "Encrypted":true,
                "KmsKeyId":"arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:012345678910:key/abcd1234-a123-456a-a12b-a123b4cd56ef"
            }
        }
    ],
    "ImageId":"ami-00068cd7555f543d5",
    "InstanceType":"c5.large",
    "TagSpecifications":[
        {
            "ResourceType":"volume",
            "Tags":[
                {
                    "Key":"encrypted",
                    "Value":"yes"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Output:

{
    "LaunchTemplate": {
        "LatestVersionNumber": 1,
        "LaunchTemplateId": "lt-0d5bd51bcf8530abc",
        "LaunchTemplateName": "TemplateForEncryption",
        "DefaultVersionNumber": 1,
        "CreatedBy": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/Bob",
        "CreateTime": "2020-01-07T19:08:36.000Z"
    }
}

For more information, see Restoring an Amazon EBS Volume from a Snapshot and Encryption by Default in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide.

Output

LaunchTemplate -> (structure)

Information about the launch template.

LaunchTemplateId -> (string)

The ID of the launch template.

LaunchTemplateName -> (string)

The name of the launch template.

CreateTime -> (timestamp)

The time launch template was created.

CreatedBy -> (string)

The principal that created the launch template.

DefaultVersionNumber -> (long)

The version number of the default version of the launch template.

LatestVersionNumber -> (long)

The version number of the latest version of the launch template.

Tags -> (list)

The tags for the launch template.

(structure)

Describes a tag.

Key -> (string)

The key of the tag.

Constraints: Tag keys are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 127 Unicode characters. May not begin with aws: .

Value -> (string)

The value of the tag.

Constraints: Tag values are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 255 Unicode characters.

Warning -> (structure)

If the launch template contains parameters or parameter combinations that are not valid, an error code and an error message are returned for each issue that’s found.

Errors -> (list)

The error codes and error messages.

(structure)

The error code and error message that is returned for a parameter or parameter combination that is not valid when a new launch template or new version of a launch template is created.

Code -> (string)

The error code that indicates why the parameter or parameter combination is not valid. For more information about error codes, see Error Codes .

Message -> (string)

The error message that describes why the parameter or parameter combination is not valid. For more information about error messages, see Error Codes .