launch_template

Gets or updates an individual launch_template resource, use launch_templates to retrieve a list of resources or to create or delete a resource.

Overview

Name	launch_template
Type	Resource
Description	Specifies the properties for creating a launch template.<br/> The minimum required properties for specifying a launch template are as follows:<br/> + You must specify at least one property for the launch template data.<br/> + You do not need to specify a name for the launch template. If you do not specify a name, CFN creates the name for you.<br/> <br/> A launch template can contain some or all of the configuration information to launch an instance. When you launch an instance using a launch template, instance properties that are not specified in the launch template use default values, except the ImageId property, which has no default value. If you do not specify an AMI ID for the launch template ImageId property, you must specify an AMI ID for the instance ImageId property.<br/> For more information, see [Launch an instance from a launch template](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-launch-templates.html) in the *Amazon EC2 User Guide*.
Id	aws.ec2.launch_template

Fields

Name	Datatype	Description
launch_template_name	string	A name for the launch template.
launch_template_data	object	The information for the launch template.
version_description	string	A description for the first version of the launch template.
tag_specifications	array	The tags to apply to the launch template on creation. To tag the launch template, the resource type must be launch-template.<br/> To specify the tags for the resources that are created when an instance is launched, you must use [TagSpecifications](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-launchtemplate.html#cfn-ec2-launchtemplate-tagspecifications).
latest_version_number	string
launch_template_id	string
default_version_number	string
region	string	AWS region.

Methods

Name	Accessible by	Required Params
update_resource	UPDATE	data__Identifier, data__PatchDocument, region
get_resource	SELECT	data__Identifier, region

SELECT Example

SELECT
region,
launch_template_name,
launch_template_data,
version_description,
tag_specifications,
latest_version_number,
launch_template_id,
default_version_number
FROM aws.ec2.launch_template
WHERE region = 'us-east-1' AND data__Identifier = '<LaunchTemplateId>';

Permissions

To operate on the launch_template resource, the following permissions are required:

Read

ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplates

Update

ec2:CreateLaunchTemplateVersion