Amazon EC2 service endpoints
An endpoint is a URL that serves as an entry point for an Amazon web service. Amazon EC2 supports the following endpoint types:
-
Dual-stack endpoints (support both IPv4 and IPv6)
When you make a request, you can specify the endpoint to use. If you do not specify an endpoint, the IPv4 endpoint is used by default. To use a different endpoint type, you must specify it in your request. For examples of how to do this, see Specifying endpoints. For a table of available endpoints, see Service endpoints by Region.
IPv4 endpoints
IPv4 endpoints support IPv4 traffic only. IPv4 endpoints are available for all Regions.
If you specify the general endpoint, ec2.amazonaws.com
, we use the endpoint
for us-east-1
. To use a different Region, specify its associated endpoint. For
example, if you specify ec2.us-east-2.amazonaws.com
as the endpoint, we
direct your request to the us-east-2
endpoint.
IPv4 endpoint names use the following naming convention:
-
service
.region
.amazonaws.com
For example, the IPv4 endpoint name for the eu-west-1
Region is
ec2.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com
.
Dual-stack (IPv4 and IPv6) endpoints
Dual-stack endpoints support both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic. When you make a request to a dual-stack endpoint, the endpoint URL resolves to an IPv6 or an IPv4 address, depending on the protocol used by your network and client.
Amazon EC2 supports only regional dual-stack endpoints, which means that you must specify the Region as part of the endpoint name. Dual-stack endpoint names use the following naming convention:
-
ec2.
region
.api.aws
For example, the dual-stack endpoint name for the eu-west-1
Region is
ec2.eu-west-1.api.aws
.
Service endpoints by Region
The following are the service endpoints for Amazon EC2. For more information about Regions, see Regions and Availability Zones in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.
Region Name | Region | Endpoint | Protocol |
---|---|---|---|
US East (Ohio) | us-east-2 |
ec2.us-east-2.amazonaws.com ec2-fips.us-east-2.amazonaws.com ec2.us-east-2.api.aws |
HTTP and HTTPS HTTPS HTTPS |
US East (N. Virginia) | us-east-1 |
ec2.us-east-1.amazonaws.com ec2-fips.us-east-1.amazonaws.com ec2.us-east-1.api.aws |
HTTP and HTTPS HTTPS HTTPS |
US West (N. California) | us-west-1 |
ec2.us-west-1.amazonaws.com ec2-fips.us-west-1.amazonaws.com ec2.us-west-1.api.aws |
HTTP and HTTPS HTTPS HTTPS |
US West (Oregon) | us-west-2 |
ec2.us-west-2.amazonaws.com ec2-fips.us-west-2.amazonaws.com ec2.us-west-2.api.aws |
HTTP and HTTPS HTTPS HTTPS |
Africa (Cape Town) | af-south-1 |
ec2.af-south-1.amazonaws.com ec2.af-south-1.api.aws |
HTTP and HTTPS HTTPS |
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) | ap-east-1 |
ec2.ap-east-1.amazonaws.com ec2.ap-east-1.api.aws |
HTTP and HTTPS HTTPS |
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) | ap-south-2 | ec2.ap-south-2.amazonaws.com | HTTPS |
Asia Pacific (Jakarta) | ap-southeast-3 | ec2.ap-southeast-3.amazonaws.com | HTTPS |
Asia Pacific (Malaysia) | ap-southeast-5 | ec2.ap-southeast-5.amazonaws.com | HTTPS |
Asia Pacific (Melbourne) | ap-southeast-4 | ec2.ap-southeast-4.amazonaws.com | HTTPS |
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | ap-south-1 |
ec2.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com ec2.ap-south-1.api.aws |
HTTP and HTTPS HTTPS |
Asia Pacific (Osaka) | ap-northeast-3 | ec2.ap-northeast-3.amazonaws.com | HTTP and HTTPS |
Asia Pacific (Seoul) | ap-northeast-2 |
ec2.ap-northeast-2.amazonaws.com ec2.ap-northeast-2.api.aws |
HTTP and HTTPS HTTPS |
Asia Pacific (Singapore) | ap-southeast-1 |
ec2.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com ec2.ap-southeast-1.api.aws |
HTTP and HTTPS HTTPS |
Asia Pacific (Sydney) | ap-southeast-2 |
ec2.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com ec2.ap-southeast-2.api.aws |
HTTP and HTTPS HTTPS |
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | ap-northeast-1 |
ec2.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com ec2.ap-northeast-1.api.aws |
HTTP and HTTPS HTTPS |
Canada (Central) | ca-central-1 |
ec2.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com ec2-fips.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com ec2.ca-central-1.api.aws |
HTTP and HTTPS HTTPS HTTPS |
Canada West (Calgary) | ca-west-1 |
ec2.ca-west-1.amazonaws.com ec2-fips.ca-west-1.amazonaws.com |
HTTPS HTTPS |
China (Beijing) | cn-north-1 | ec2.cn-north-1.amazonaws.com.cn | HTTP and HTTPS |
China (Ningxia) | cn-northwest-1 | ec2.cn-northwest-1.amazonaws.com.cn | HTTP and HTTPS |
Europe (Frankfurt) | eu-central-1 |
ec2.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com ec2.eu-central-1.api.aws |
HTTP and HTTPS HTTPS |
Europe (Ireland) | eu-west-1 |
ec2.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com ec2.eu-west-1.api.aws |
HTTP and HTTPS HTTPS |
Europe (London) | eu-west-2 |
ec2.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com ec2.eu-west-2.api.aws |
HTTP and HTTPS HTTPS |
Europe (Milan) | eu-south-1 |
ec2.eu-south-1.amazonaws.com ec2.eu-south-1.api.aws |
HTTP and HTTPS HTTPS |
Europe (Paris) | eu-west-3 |
ec2.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com ec2.eu-west-3.api.aws |
HTTP and HTTPS HTTPS |
Europe (Spain) | eu-south-2 | ec2.eu-south-2.amazonaws.com | HTTPS |
Europe (Stockholm) | eu-north-1 |
ec2.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com ec2.eu-north-1.api.aws |
HTTP and HTTPS HTTPS |
Europe (Zurich) | eu-central-2 | ec2.eu-central-2.amazonaws.com | HTTPS |
Israel (Tel Aviv) | il-central-1 | ec2.il-central-1.amazonaws.com | HTTPS |
Middle East (Bahrain) | me-south-1 |
ec2.me-south-1.amazonaws.com ec2.me-south-1.api.aws |
HTTP and HTTPS HTTPS |
Middle East (UAE) | me-central-1 | ec2.me-central-1.amazonaws.com | HTTPS |
South America (São Paulo) | sa-east-1 |
ec2.sa-east-1.amazonaws.com ec2.sa-east-1.api.aws |
HTTP and HTTPS HTTPS |
Specifying endpoints
This section provides some examples of how to specify an endpoint when making a request.