View AMIs with Windows fast launch enabled (Amazon CLI) - Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
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View AMIs with Windows fast launch enabled (Amazon CLI)

You can use the describe-fast-launch-images command in the Amazon CLI, or the Get-EC2FastLaunchImage Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet to get details for AMIs that have Windows fast launch enabled.

Amazon EC2 provides the following details for each Windows AMI that is returned in the results:

  • The image ID for an AMI with Windows fast launch enabled.

  • The resource type that is used for pre-provisioning the associated Windows AMI. Supported value: snapshot.

  • The snapshot configuration, which is a group of parameters that configure pre-provisioning for the associated Windows AMI using snapshots.

  • Launch template information, including the ID, name, and version of the launch template that the associated AMI uses when it launches Window instances from pre-provisioned snapshots.

  • The maximum number of instances that can be launched at the same time for creating resources.

  • The owner ID for the associated AMI.

  • The current state of Windows fast launch for the associated AMI. Supported values include: enabling | enabling-failed | enabled | enabled-failed | disabling | disabling-failed.

    Note

    You can also see the current state displayed in the Manage image optimization page in the EC2 console, as Image optimization state.

  • The reason that Windows fast launch for the associated AMI changed to the current state.

  • The time that Windows fast launch for the associated AMI changed to the current state.

Choose the tab that matches your command line environment:

Amazon CLI

The describe-fast-launch-images command calls the Amazon EC2 DescribeFastLaunchImages API operation.

Syntax:

aws ec2 describe-fast-launch-images \
	--image-ids <value> \ (optional)
	--filters <value> \ (optional)
	--dry-run | --no-dry-run \ (optional)
	--cli-input-json <value> \ (optional)
	--starting-token <value> \ (optional)
	--page-size <value> \ (optional)
	--max-items <value> \ (optional)
	--generate-cli-skeleton <value> \ (optional)
Example:

The following describe-fast-launch-images example describes the details for each of the AMIs in the account that are configured for Windows fast launch. In this example, only one AMI in the account is configured for Windows fast launch.

aws ec2 describe-fast-launch-images

Output:

{
    "FastLaunchImages": [
        {
            "ImageId": "ami-01234567890abcedf",
            "ResourceType": "snapshot",
            "SnapshotConfiguration": {},
            "LaunchTemplate": {
                "LaunchTemplateId": "lt-01234567890abcedf",
                "LaunchTemplateName": "EC2FastLaunchDefaultResourceCreation-a8c6215d-94e6-441b-9272-dbd1f87b07e2",
                "Version": "1"
            },
            "MaxParallelLaunches": 6,
            "OwnerId": "0123456789123",
            "State": "enabled",
            "StateTransitionReason": "Client.UserInitiated",
            "StateTransitionTime": "2022-01-27T22:20:06.552000+00:00"
        }
    ]
}
Tools for PowerShell

The Get-EC2FastLaunchImage cmdlet calls the Amazon EC2 DescribeFastLaunchImages API operation.

Syntax:

Get-EC2FastLaunchImage
-Filter <Filter[]>
-ImageId <String[]>
-MaxResult <Int32>
-NextToken <String>
-Select <String>
-NoAutoIteration <SwitchParameter>
Example:

The following Get-EC2FastLaunchImage example describes the details for each of the AMIs in the account that are configured for Windows fast launch. In this example, only one AMI in the account is configured for Windows fast launch.

Get-EC2FastLaunchImage -ImageId ami-01234567890abcedf

Output:


ImageId               : ami-01234567890abcedf
LaunchTemplate        : Amazon.EC2.Model.FastLaunchLaunchTemplateSpecificationResponse
MaxParallelLaunches   : 6
OwnerId               : 0123456789123
ResourceType          : snapshot
SnapshotConfiguration : 
State                 : enabled
StateTransitionReason : Client.UserInitiated
StateTransitionTime   : 2/25/2022 12:54:43 PM