Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
API Reference (API Version 2012-04-01)
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LaunchSpecificationRequestType

The LaunchSpecificationRequestType data type.

Ancestors

  • RequestSpotInstancesType

Relevant Operations

  • RequestSpotInstances

Contents

The following table describes the elements contained in LaunchSpecificationRequestType.

NameDescription

imageId

The AMI ID.

Type: xsd:string

keyName

The name of the key pair.

Type: xsd:string

groupSet

A list of security groups. Each group's information is wrapped in an item element.

Type: GroupItemType

userData

Base64-encoded MIME user data made available to the instance(s) in the reservation.

Type: UserDataType

addressingType

Deprecated.

Type: xsd:string

instanceType

The instance type.

Type: xsd:string

placement

Placement information for the instance.

Type: PlacementRequestType

kernelId

The ID of the kernel to select.

Type: xsd:string

ramdiskId

The ID of the RAM disk to select. Some kernels require additional drivers at launch. Check the kernel requirements for information on whether you need to specify a RAM disk and search for the kernel ID.

Type: xsd:string

blockDeviceMapping

A list of block device mappings for the instance. Each mapping's information is wrapped in an item element.

Type: BlockDeviceMappingItemType

monitoring

Whether to enable monitoring for the instance.

Type: MonitoringInstanceType

subnetId

The Amazon VPC subnet ID within which to launch the instance(s) for Amazon Virtual Private Cloud.

Type: xsd:string

networkInterfaceSet

Type: InstanceNetworkInterfaceSetRequestType