AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate BlockDeviceMapping - Amazon CloudFormation
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AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate BlockDeviceMapping

Specifies a block device mapping for a launch template. You must specify DeviceName plus exactly one of the following properties: Ebs, NoDevice, or VirtualName.

BlockDeviceMapping is a property of AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate LaunchTemplateData.

Syntax

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

JSON

{
  "DeviceName" : String,
  "Ebs" : Ebs,
  "NoDevice" : String,
  "VirtualName" : String
}

YAML

  DeviceName: String
  Ebs: 
    Ebs
  NoDevice: String
  VirtualName: String

Properties

DeviceName

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

Required: No

Type: String

Update requires: No interruption

Ebs

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

Required: No

Type: Ebs

Update requires: No interruption

NoDevice

To omit the device from the block device mapping, specify an empty string.

Required: No

Type: String

Update requires: No interruption

VirtualName

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.

Required: No

Type: String

Update requires: No interruption

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