Amazon EC2

Amazon EC2 Launch Templates API

Operations for managing reusable instance launch configurations

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Amazon EC2 AMIs Launch Templates API
  description: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. This API enables you to launch and manage virtual server instances, configure networking and security, and manage storage volumes with complete control over your computing resources.
  version: '2016-11-15'
  contact:
    name: Amazon Web Services
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
  termsOfService: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
servers:
- url: https://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com
  description: Amazon EC2 Regional Endpoint
  variables:
    region:
      default: us-east-1
      description: AWS Region
security:
- sigv4Auth: []
tags:
- name: Launch Templates
  description: Operations for managing reusable instance launch configurations
paths:
  /?Action=CreateLaunchTemplate:
    get:
      operationId: createLaunchTemplate
      summary: Amazon EC2 Create a Launch Template
      description: Creates a launch template. A launch template contains the parameters to launch an instance. When you launch an instance using RunInstances, you can specify a launch template instead of providing the launch parameters in the request.
      tags:
      - Launch Templates
      parameters:
      - name: LaunchTemplateName
        in: query
        required: true
        description: A name for the launch template
        schema:
          type: string
        example: example-resource-name
      - name: VersionDescription
        in: query
        description: A description for the first version of the launch template
        schema:
          type: string
        example: 5.0.0
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully created launch template
        '400':
          description: Invalid request parameters
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /?Action=DescribeLaunchTemplates:
    get:
      operationId: describeLaunchTemplates
      summary: Amazon EC2 Describe Launch Templates
      description: Describes one or more launch templates.
      tags:
      - Launch Templates
      parameters:
      - name: LaunchTemplateId
        in: query
        description: The IDs of the launch templates
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        example:
        - example-id-1234
      - name: LaunchTemplateName
        in: query
        description: The names of the launch templates
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        example:
        - example-resource-name
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully described launch templates
        '400':
          description: Invalid request parameters
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  securitySchemes:
    sigv4Auth:
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header
      description: AWS Signature Version 4 authentication
externalDocs:
  description: Amazon EC2 API Reference
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/

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