How do I Create a launch configuration?
Creating your launch configuration (console)
- On the navigation pane, under AUTO SCALING, choose Launch Configurations.
- In the navigation bar, select your AWS Region.
- Choose Create launch configuration, and enter a name for your launch configuration.
- For Instance type, select a hardware configuration for your instances.
How do I Create a launch template?
To create a launch template version using the console In the navigation pane, choose Launch Templates. Select a launch template, and then choose Actions, Modify template (Create new version). For Template version description, enter a description for this version of the launch template.
What is a launch configuration in AWS?
A launch configuration is a template that an EC2 Auto Scaling group uses to launch EC2 instances. When you create a launch configuration, you specify information for the instances such as the ID of the Amazon Machine Image (AMI), the instance type, a key pair, one or more security groups, and a block device mapping.
Can I modify launch template?
Modifies a launch template. You can specify which version of the launch template to set as the default version. When launching an instance, the default version applies when a launch template version is not specified.
What is a launch template?
Launch Templates is a new capability that enables a new way to templatize your launch requests. Launch Templates streamline and simplify the launch process for Auto Scaling, Spot Fleet, Spot, and On-Demand instances.
What is launch configuration and launch template?
A launch template is similar to a launch configuration, in that it specifies instance configuration information. It includes the ID of the Amazon Machine Image (AMI), the instance type, a key pair, security groups, and other parameters used to launch EC2 instances.
What is user data in launch configuration?
When you launch an instance in Amazon EC2, you have the option of passing user data to the instance that can be used to perform common automated configuration tasks and even run scripts after the instance starts. You can pass two types of user data to Amazon EC2: shell scripts and cloud-init directives.