Services or capabilities described in Amazon Web Services documentation might vary by Region. To see the differences applicable to the China Regions,
see Getting Started with Amazon Web Services in China
(PDF).
Launch Dedicated Instances into a VPC with default tenancy
When you create a VPC, you have the option of specifying its instance tenancy. If you launch an instance into a VPC that has an instance tenancy of
dedicated
, the instance will always run as a Dedicated Instance on hardware that's dedicated for your use.
For more information about creating a VPC and choosing the tenancy options, see Create a VPC
in the Amazon VPC User Guide.
You can launch a Dedicated Instance using the Amazon EC2 launch instance wizard.
- Console
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To launch a Dedicated Instance into a default tenancy VPC using the console
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Open the Amazon EC2 console at
https://console.amazonaws.cn/ec2/.
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In the navigation pane, choose Instances, Launch instance.
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In the Application and OS Images section, select an AMI from the list.
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In the Instance type section, select the instance type to launch.
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In the Key pair section, select the key pair to associate with the instance.
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In the Advanced details section, for Tenancy, select
Dedicated.
Configure the remaining instance options as needed. For more information, see Reference for Amazon EC2 instance configuration parameters.
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Choose Launch instance.
- Amazon CLI
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To set the tenancy option for an instance during launch using the Amazon CLI
Use the run-instances
command and include Tenancy
with the --placement
option.
- PowerShell
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To set the tenancy option for an instance during launch using the Tools for PowerShell
Use the New-EC2Instance
cmdlet with the -Placement_Tenancy
parameter.
For more information about launching an instance with a tenancy of
host
, see Launch Amazon EC2 instances on an Amazon EC2 Dedicated Host.