CreateLaunchTemplate

Description

Request to create a launch template. A launch template contains the parameters to create an instance. When you create an instance using RunInstances, you can specify a launch template in the request instead of launch parameters.

Request Parameters

Required parameters

• LaunchTemplateData — The parameters of the launch template.

  • Type: RequestLaunchTemplateData object

  • Required: Yes

• LaunchTemplateName — The name for the launch template.

  • Type: String

  • Required: Yes

  • Length constraints: from 3 to 255 characters

Optional parameters

• TagSpecification.N — The tags to assign to the launch template during creation.

  • Type: List of TagSpecification objects

  • Required: No

• VersionDescription — The description for the first version of the launch template.

  • Type: String

  • Required: No

  • Length constraints: from 0 to 255 characters

Response Elements

• launchTemplate — Information about the launch template.

  • Type: LaunchTemplate object

• requestId — The request ID

  • Type: String

Examples

c2-ec2 CreateLaunchTemplate LaunchTemplateName test LaunchTemplateData.ImageId cmi-12345678

c2-ec2 CreateLaunchTemplate LaunchTemplateName test LaunchTemplateData.ImageId cmi-12345678 LaunchTemplateData.SecurityGroupId.1 sg-01234567