Amazon GameLift · Schema
Instance
Represents an EC2 instance of virtual computing resources that hosts one or more game servers. In Amazon GameLift, a fleet can contain zero or more instances.
Related actions
Cloud ComputingGame ServersGamingMultiplayerMatchmakingFlexMatchFleetIQ
Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FleetId | object | |
| FleetArn | object | |
| InstanceId | object | |
| IpAddress | object | |
| DnsName | object | |
| OperatingSystem | object | |
| Type | object | |
| Status | object | |
| CreationTime | object | |
| Location | object |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-gamelift/refs/heads/main/json-schema/gamelift-instance-schema.json",
"title": "Instance",
"description": "<p>Represents an EC2 instance of virtual computing resources that hosts one or more game servers. In Amazon GameLift, a fleet can contain zero or more instances.</p> <p> <b>Related actions</b> </p>",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"FleetId": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/FleetId"
},
{
"description": "A unique identifier for the fleet that the instance is in."
}
]
},
"FleetArn": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/FleetArn"
},
{
"description": "The Amazon Resource Name (<a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/s3-arn-format.html\">ARN</a>) that is assigned to a Amazon GameLift fleet resource and uniquely identifies it. ARNs are unique across all Regions. Format is <code>arn:aws:gamelift:<region>::fleet/fleet-a1234567-b8c9-0d1e-2fa3-b45c6d7e8912</code>."
}
]
},
"InstanceId": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/InstanceId"
},
{
"description": "A unique identifier for the instance."
}
]
},
"IpAddress": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/IpAddress"
},
{
"description": "IP address that is assigned to the instance."
}
]
},
"DnsName": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/DnsName"
},
{
"description": "<p>The DNS identifier assigned to the instance that is running the game session. Values have the following format:</p> <ul> <li> <p>TLS-enabled fleets: <code><unique identifier>.<region identifier>.amazongamelift.com</code>.</p> </li> <li> <p>Non-TLS-enabled fleets: <code>ec2-<unique identifier>.compute.amazonaws.com</code>. (See <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-instance-addressing.html#concepts-public-addresses\">Amazon EC2 Instance IP Addressing</a>.)</p> </li> </ul> <p>When connecting to a game session that is running on a TLS-enabled fleet, you must use the DNS name, not the IP address.</p>"
}
]
},
"OperatingSystem": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/OperatingSystem"
},
{
"description": "Operating system that is running on this instance. "
}
]
},
"Type": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/EC2InstanceType"
},
{
"description": "Amazon EC2 instance type that defines the computing resources of this instance. "
}
]
},
"Status": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/InstanceStatus"
},
{
"description": "<p>Current status of the instance. Possible statuses include the following:</p> <ul> <li> <p> <b>PENDING</b> -- The instance is in the process of being created and launching server processes as defined in the fleet's run-time configuration. </p> </li> <li> <p> <b>ACTIVE</b> -- The instance has been successfully created and at least one server process has successfully launched and reported back to Amazon GameLift that it is ready to host a game session. The instance is now considered ready to host game sessions. </p> </li> <li> <p> <b>TERMINATING</b> -- The instance is in the process of shutting down. This may happen to reduce capacity during a scaling down event or to recycle resources in the event of a problem.</p> </li> </ul>"
}
]
},
"CreationTime": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/Timestamp"
},
{
"description": "A time stamp indicating when this data object was created. Format is a number expressed in Unix time as milliseconds (for example <code>\"1469498468.057\"</code>)."
}
]
},
"Location": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/LocationStringModel"
},
{
"description": "The fleet location of the instance, expressed as an Amazon Web Services Region code, such as <code>us-west-2</code>. "
}
]
}
}
}