AWS::EC2::Instance - Amazon CloudFormation
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AWS::EC2::Instance

Specifies an EC2 instance.

If an Elastic IP address is attached to your instance, Amazon CloudFormation reattaches the Elastic IP address after it updates the instance. For more information about updating stacks, see Amazon CloudFormation Stacks Updates.

Syntax

To declare this entity in your Amazon CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

JSON

{ "Type" : "AWS::EC2::Instance", "Properties" : { "AdditionalInfo" : String, "Affinity" : String, "AvailabilityZone" : String, "BlockDeviceMappings" : [ BlockDeviceMapping, ... ], "CpuOptions" : CpuOptions, "CreditSpecification" : CreditSpecification, "DisableApiTermination" : Boolean, "EbsOptimized" : Boolean, "ElasticGpuSpecifications" : [ ElasticGpuSpecification, ... ], "ElasticInferenceAccelerators" : [ ElasticInferenceAccelerator, ... ], "EnclaveOptions" : EnclaveOptions, "HibernationOptions" : HibernationOptions, "HostId" : String, "HostResourceGroupArn" : String, "IamInstanceProfile" : String, "ImageId" : String, "InstanceInitiatedShutdownBehavior" : String, "InstanceType" : String, "Ipv6AddressCount" : Integer, "Ipv6Addresses" : [ InstanceIpv6Address, ... ], "KernelId" : String, "KeyName" : String, "LaunchTemplate" : LaunchTemplateSpecification, "LicenseSpecifications" : [ LicenseSpecification, ... ], "Monitoring" : Boolean, "NetworkInterfaces" : [ NetworkInterface, ... ], "PlacementGroupName" : String, "PrivateDnsNameOptions" : PrivateDnsNameOptions, "PrivateIpAddress" : String, "PropagateTagsToVolumeOnCreation" : Boolean, "RamdiskId" : String, "SecurityGroupIds" : [ String, ... ], "SecurityGroups" : [ String, ... ], "SourceDestCheck" : Boolean, "SsmAssociations" : [ SsmAssociation, ... ], "SubnetId" : String, "Tags" : [ Tag, ... ], "Tenancy" : String, "UserData" : String, "Volumes" : [ Volume, ... ] } }

Properties

AdditionalInfo

This property is reserved for internal use. If you use it, the stack fails with this error: Bad property set: [Testing this property] (Service: AmazonEC2; Status Code: 400; Error Code: InvalidParameterCombination; Request ID: 0XXXXXX-49c7-4b40-8bcc-76885dcXXXXX).

Required: No

Type: String

Update requires: No interruption

Affinity

Indicates whether the instance is associated with a dedicated host. If you want the instance to always restart on the same host on which it was launched, specify host. If you want the instance to restart on any available host, but try to launch onto the last host it ran on (on a best-effort basis), specify default.

Required: No

Type: String

Update requires: No interruption

AvailabilityZone

The Availability Zone of the instance.

If not specified, an Availability Zone will be automatically chosen for you based on the load balancing criteria for the Region.

This parameter is not supported by DescribeImageAttribute.

Required: No

Type: String

Update requires: Replacement

BlockDeviceMappings

The block device mapping entries that defines the block devices to attach to the instance at launch.

By default, the block devices specified in the block device mapping for the AMI are used. You can override the AMI block device mapping using the instance block device mapping. For the root volume, you can override only the volume size, volume type, volume encryption settings, and the DeleteOnTermination setting.

Important

After the instance is running, you can modify only the DeleteOnTermination parameter for the attached volumes without interrupting the instance. Modifying any other parameter results in instance replacement.

Required: No

Type: Array of BlockDeviceMapping

Update requires: No interruption

CpuOptions

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

Required: No

Type: CpuOptions

Update requires: Replacement

CreditSpecification

The credit option for CPU usage of the burstable performance instance. Valid values are standard and unlimited. To change this attribute after launch, use ModifyInstanceCreditSpecification. For more information, see Burstable performance instances in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Default: standard (T2 instances) or unlimited (T3/T3a/T4g instances)

For T3 instances with host tenancy, only standard is supported.

Required: No

Type: CreditSpecification

Update requires: No interruption

DisableApiTermination

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.

Default: false

Required: No

Type: Boolean

Update requires: No interruption

EbsOptimized

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.

Default: false

Required: No

Type: Boolean

Update requires: No interruption

ElasticGpuSpecifications

Deprecated.

Note

Amazon Elastic Graphics reached end of life on January 8, 2024. For workloads that require graphics acceleration, we recommend that you use Amazon EC2 G4ad, G4dn, or G5 instances.

Required: No

Type: Array of ElasticGpuSpecification

Update requires: Replacement

ElasticInferenceAccelerators

An elastic inference accelerator to associate with the instance. Elastic inference accelerators are a resource you can attach to your Amazon EC2 instances to accelerate your Deep Learning (DL) inference workloads.

You cannot specify accelerators from different generations in the same request.

Note

Starting April 15, 2023, Amazon will not onboard new customers to Amazon Elastic Inference (EI), and will help current customers migrate their workloads to options that offer better price and performance. After April 15, 2023, new customers will not be able to launch instances with Amazon EI accelerators in Amazon SageMaker, Amazon ECS, or Amazon EC2. However, customers who have used Amazon EI at least once during the past 30-day period are considered current customers and will be able to continue using the service.

Required: No

Type: Array of ElasticInferenceAccelerator

Update requires: Replacement

EnclaveOptions

Indicates whether the instance is enabled for Amazon Nitro Enclaves.

Required: No

Type: EnclaveOptions

Update requires: Replacement

HibernationOptions

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 EC2 User Guide.

You can't enable hibernation and Amazon Nitro Enclaves on the same instance.

Required: No

Type: HibernationOptions

Update requires: Replacement

HostId

If you specify host for the Affinity property, the ID of a dedicated host that the instance is associated with. If you don't specify an ID, Amazon EC2 launches the instance onto any available, compatible dedicated host in your account. This type of launch is called an untargeted launch. Note that for untargeted launches, you must have a compatible, dedicated host available to successfully launch instances.

Required: No

Type: String

Update requires: No interruption

HostResourceGroupArn

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.

Required: No

Type: String

Update requires: Replacement

IamInstanceProfile

The name of an IAM instance profile. To create a new IAM instance profile, use the AWS::IAM::InstanceProfile resource.

Required: No

Type: String

Update requires: No interruption

ImageId

The ID of the AMI. An AMI ID is required to launch an instance and must be specified here or in a launch template.

Required: Conditional

Type: String

Update requires: Replacement

InstanceInitiatedShutdownBehavior

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

Default: stop

Required: No

Type: String

Allowed values: stop | terminate

Update requires: No interruption

InstanceType

The instance type. For more information, see Instance types in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

When you change your EBS-backed instance type, instance restart or replacement behavior depends on the instance type compatibility between the old and new types. An instance with an instance store volume as the root volume is always replaced. For more information, see Change the instance type in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Required: No

Type: String

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Update requires: Some interruptions

Ipv6AddressCount

The number of IPv6 addresses to associate with the primary network interface. Amazon EC2 chooses the IPv6 addresses from the range of your subnet. You cannot specify this option and the option to assign specific IPv6 addresses in the same request. You can specify this option if you've specified a minimum number of instances to launch.

You cannot specify this option and the network interfaces option in the same request.

Required: No

Type: Integer

Update requires: Replacement

Ipv6Addresses

The IPv6 addresses from the range of the subnet to associate with the primary network interface. You cannot specify this option and the option to assign a number of IPv6 addresses in the same request. You cannot specify this option if you've specified a minimum number of instances to launch.

You cannot specify this option and the network interfaces option in the same request.

Required: No

Type: Array of InstanceIpv6Address

Update requires: Replacement

KernelId

The ID of the kernel.

Important

We recommend that you use PV-GRUB instead of kernels and RAM disks. For more information, see PV-GRUB in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Required: No

Type: String

Update requires: No interruption

KeyName

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

Important

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.

Required: No

Type: String

Update requires: Replacement

LaunchTemplate

The launch template to use to launch the instances. Any parameters that you specify in the Amazon CloudFormation template override the same parameters in the launch template. You can specify either the name or ID of a launch template, but not both.

Required: No

Type: LaunchTemplateSpecification

Update requires: Replacement

LicenseSpecifications

The license configurations.

Required: No

Type: Array of LicenseSpecification

Update requires: Replacement

Monitoring

Specifies whether detailed monitoring is enabled for the instance. Specify true to enable detailed monitoring. Otherwise, basic monitoring is enabled. For more information about detailed monitoring, see Enable or turn off detailed monitoring for your instances in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Required: No

Type: Boolean

Update requires: No interruption

NetworkInterfaces

The network interfaces to associate with the instance.

Note

If you use this property to point to a network interface, you must terminate the original interface before attaching a new one to allow the update of the instance to succeed.

If this resource has a public IP address and is also in a VPC that is defined in the same template, you must use the DependsOn Attribute to declare a dependency on the VPC-gateway attachment.

Required: No

Type: Array of NetworkInterface

Update requires: Replacement

PlacementGroupName

The name of an existing placement group that you want to launch the instance into (cluster | partition | spread).

Required: No

Type: String

Update requires: Replacement

PrivateDnsNameOptions

The options for the instance hostname.

Required: No

Type: PrivateDnsNameOptions

Update requires: No interruption

PrivateIpAddress

The primary IPv4 address. You must specify a value from the IPv4 address range of the subnet.

Only one private IP address can be designated as primary. You can't specify this option if you've specified the option to designate a private IP address as the primary IP address in a network interface specification. You cannot specify this option if you're launching more than one instance in the request.

You cannot specify this option and the network interfaces option in the same request.

If you make an update to an instance that requires replacement, you must assign a new private IP address. During a replacement, Amazon CloudFormation creates a new instance but doesn't delete the old instance until the stack has successfully updated. If the stack update fails, Amazon CloudFormation uses the old instance to roll back the stack to the previous working state. The old and new instances cannot have the same private IP address.

Required: No

Type: String

Update requires: Replacement

PropagateTagsToVolumeOnCreation

Indicates whether to assign the tags from the instance to all of the volumes attached to the instance at launch. If you specify true and you assign tags to the instance, those tags are automatically assigned to all of the volumes that you attach to the instance at launch. If you specify false, those tags are not assigned to the attached volumes.

Required: No

Type: Boolean

Update requires: No interruption

RamdiskId

The ID of the RAM disk to select. Some kernels require additional drivers at launch. Check the kernel requirements for information about whether you need to specify a RAM disk. To find kernel requirements, go to the Amazon Resource Center and search for the kernel ID.

Important

We recommend that you use PV-GRUB instead of kernels and RAM disks. For more information, see PV-GRUB in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Required: No

Type: String

Update requires: No interruption

SecurityGroupIds

The IDs of the security groups. You can specify the IDs of existing security groups and references to resources created by the stack template.

If you specify a network interface, you must specify any security groups as part of the network interface.

Required: Conditional

Type: Array of String

Update requires: No interruption

SecurityGroups

[Default VPC] The names of the security groups. For a nondefault VPC, you must use security group IDs instead.

You cannot specify this option and the network interfaces option in the same request. The list can contain both the name of existing Amazon EC2 security groups or references to AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup resources created in the template.

Default: Amazon EC2 uses the default security group.

Required: No

Type: Array of String

Update requires: Replacement

SourceDestCheck

Enable or disable source/destination checks, which ensure that the instance is either the source or the destination of any traffic that it receives. If the value is true, source/destination checks are enabled; otherwise, they are disabled. The default value is true. You must disable source/destination checks if the instance runs services such as network address translation, routing, or firewalls.

Required: No

Type: Boolean

Update requires: No interruption

SsmAssociations

The SSM document and parameter values in Amazon Systems Manager to associate with this instance. To use this property, you must specify an IAM instance profile role for the instance. For more information, see Create an IAM instance profile for Systems Manager in the Amazon Systems Manager User Guide.

Note

You can associate only one document with an instance.

Required: No

Type: Array of SsmAssociation

Update requires: No interruption

SubnetId

The ID of the subnet to launch the instance into.

If you specify a network interface, you must specify any subnets as part of the network interface.

Required: No

Type: String

Update requires: Replacement

Tags

The tags to add to the instance. These tags are not applied to the EBS volumes, such as the root volume, unless PropagateTagsToVolumeOnCreation is true.

Required: No

Type: Array of Tag

Update requires: No interruption

Tenancy

The tenancy of the instance. An instance with a tenancy of dedicated runs on single-tenant hardware.

Required: No

Type: String

Allowed values: default | dedicated | host

Update requires: No interruption

UserData

The parameters or scripts to store as user data. Any scripts in user data are run when you launch the instance. User data is limited to 16 KB. You must provide base64-encoded text. For more information, see Fn::Base64.

If the root volume is an EBS volume and you update user data, CloudFormation restarts the instance. If the root volume is an instance store volume and you update user data, the instance is replaced.

Required: No

Type: String

Update requires: Some interruptions

Volumes

The volumes to attach to the instance.

Required: No

Type: Array of Volume

Update requires: No interruption

Return values

Ref

When you pass the logical ID of this resource to the intrinsic Ref function, Ref returns the instance ID. For example: i-1234567890abcdef0.

For more information about using the Ref function, see Ref.

Fn::GetAtt

The Fn::GetAtt intrinsic function returns a value for a specified attribute of this type. The following are the available attributes and sample return values.

For more information about using the Fn::GetAtt intrinsic function, see Fn::GetAtt.

AvailabilityZone

The Availability Zone where the specified instance is launched. For example: us-east-1b.

You can retrieve a list of all Availability Zones for a Region by using the Fn::GetAZs intrinsic function.

PrivateDnsName

The private DNS name of the specified instance. For example: ip-10-24-34-0.ec2.internal.

PrivateIp

The private IP address of the specified instance. For example: 10.24.34.0.

PublicDnsName

The public DNS name of the specified instance. For example: ec2-107-20-50-45.compute-1.amazonaws.com.

PublicIp

The public IP address of the specified instance. For example: 192.0.2.0.

Examples

EC2 instance with an EBS block device mapping

The following example creates an EC2 instance with a block device mapping with an entry that specifies an io1 volume with a size of 20 GB and an entry that uses NoDevice to override a device specified in the AMI block device mapping.

JSON

"MyEC2Instance" : { "Type" : "AWS::EC2::Instance", "Properties" : { "ImageId" : "ami-79fd7eee", "KeyName" : "testkey", "BlockDeviceMappings" : [ { "DeviceName" : "/dev/sdm", "Ebs" : { "VolumeType" : "io1", "Iops" : "200", "DeleteOnTermination" : "false", "VolumeSize" : "20" } }, { "DeviceName" : "/dev/sdk", "NoDevice" : {} } ] } }

YAML

MyEC2Instance: Type: AWS::EC2::Instance Properties: ImageId: "ami-79fd7eee" KeyName: "testkey" BlockDeviceMappings: - DeviceName: "/dev/sdm" Ebs: VolumeType: "io1" Iops: "200" DeleteOnTermination: "false" VolumeSize: "20" - DeviceName: "/dev/sdk" NoDevice: {}

Automatically assign a public IP address

You can associate a public IP address with a network interface only if it is the primary network interface (the device index is 0) and if you are creating a new network interface, not attaching an existing network interface.

JSON

"Ec2Instance" : { "Type" : "AWS::EC2::Instance", "Properties" : { "ImageId" : { "Fn::FindInMap" : [ "RegionMap", { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" }, "AMI" ]}, "KeyName" : { "Ref" : "KeyName" }, "NetworkInterfaces": [ { "AssociatePublicIpAddress": "true", "DeviceIndex": "0", "GroupSet": [{ "Ref" : "myVPCEC2SecurityGroup" }], "SubnetId": { "Ref" : "PublicSubnet" } } ] } }

YAML

Ec2Instance: Type: AWS::EC2::Instance Properties: ImageId: Fn::FindInMap: - "RegionMap" - Ref: "AWS::Region" - "AMI" KeyName: Ref: "KeyName" NetworkInterfaces: - AssociatePublicIpAddress: "true" DeviceIndex: "0" GroupSet: - Ref: "myVPCEC2SecurityGroup" SubnetId: Ref: "PublicSubnet"

See also