Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling · JSON Structure

Ec2 Auto Scaling Launch Template Specification Structure

Describes the launch template and the version of the launch template that Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling uses to launch Amazon EC2 instances. For more information about launch templates, see Launch templates in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide.

Type: object Properties: 3
Amazon Web ServicesAuto-ScalingComputeEC2High AvailabilityScaling

LaunchTemplateSpecification is a JSON Structure definition published by Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling, describing 3 properties. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

LaunchTemplateId LaunchTemplateName Version

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

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{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-ec2-auto-scaling/refs/heads/main/json-structure/ec2-auto-scaling-launch-template-specification-structure.json",
  "name": "LaunchTemplateSpecification",
  "description": "Describes the launch template and the version of the launch template that Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling uses to launch Amazon EC2 instances. For more information about launch templates, see <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/LaunchTemplates.html\">Launch templates</a> in the <i>Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide</i>.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "LaunchTemplateId": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/XmlStringMaxLen255"
        },
        {
          "description": "<p>The ID of the launch template. To get the template ID, use the Amazon EC2 <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeLaunchTemplates.html\">DescribeLaunchTemplates</a> API operation. New launch templates can be created using the Amazon EC2 <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_CreateLaunchTemplate.html\">CreateLaunchTemplate</a> API. </p> <p>Conditional: You must specify either a <code>LaunchTemplateId</code> or a <code>LaunchTemplateName</code>.</p>"
        }
      ]
    },
    "LaunchTemplateName": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/LaunchTemplateName"
        },
        {
          "description": "<p>The name of the launch template. To get the template name, use the Amazon EC2 <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeLaunchTemplates.html\">DescribeLaunchTemplates</a> API operation. New launch templates can be created using the Amazon EC2 <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_CreateLaunchTemplate.html\">CreateLaunchTemplate</a> API. </p> <p>Conditional: You must specify either a <code>LaunchTemplateId</code> or a <code>LaunchTemplateName</code>.</p>"
        }
      ]
    },
    "Version": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/XmlStringMaxLen255"
        },
        {
          "description": "The version number, <code>$Latest</code>, or <code>$Default</code>. To get the version number, use the Amazon EC2 <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeLaunchTemplateVersions.html\">DescribeLaunchTemplateVersions</a> API operation. New launch template versions can be created using the Amazon EC2 <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_CreateLaunchTemplateVersion.html\">CreateLaunchTemplateVersion</a> API. If the value is <code>$Latest</code>, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects the latest version of the launch template when launching instances. If the value is <code>$Default</code>, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects the default version of the launch template when launching instances. The default value is <code>$Default</code>."
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

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