# ec2-paravirtual-instance-check
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Checks if the virtualization type of an EC2 instance is paravirtual. This rule is NON\_COMPLIANT for an EC2 instance if 'virtualizationType' is set to 'paravirtual'. 



**Identifier:** EC2\_PARAVIRTUAL\_INSTANCE\_CHECK

**Resource Types:** AWS::EC2::Instance

**Trigger type:** Configuration changes

**Amazon Web Services Region:** Only available in China (Beijing), Europe (Ireland), Europe (Frankfurt), South America (Sao Paulo), US East (N. Virginia), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), US West (Oregon), US West (N. California), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region

**Parameters:**

None  

## Amazon CloudFormation template
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To create Amazon Config managed rules with Amazon CloudFormation templates, see [Creating Amazon Config Managed Rules With Amazon CloudFormation Templates](aws-config-managed-rules-cloudformation-templates.md).