http://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=CreateLaunchTemplate<p>Creates a launch template.</p> <p>A launch template contains the parameters to launch an instance. When you launch an instance using <a>RunInstances</a>, you can specify a launch template instead of providing the launch parameters in the request. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-launch-templates.html">Launch an instance from a launch template</a> in the <i>Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide</i>.</p> <p>If you want to clone an existing launch template as the basis for creating a new launch template, you can use the Amazon EC2 console. The API, SDKs, and CLI do not support cloning a template. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-launch-templates.html#create-launch-template-from-existing-launch-template">Create a launch template from an existing launch template</a> in the <i>Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide</i>.</p>
Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is <code>DryRunOperation</code>. Otherwise, it is <code>UnauthorizedOperation</code>.
<p>Unique, case-sensitive identifier you provide to ensure the idempotency of the request. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/Run_Instance_Idempotency.html">Ensuring idempotency</a>.</p> <p>Constraint: Maximum 128 ASCII characters.</p>
A name for the launch template.
A description for the first version of the launch template.
The information for the launch template.
<p>The tags to apply to the launch template on creation. To tag the launch template, the resource type must be <code>launch-template</code>.</p> <note> <p>To specify the tags for the resources that are created when an instance is launched, you must use the <code>TagSpecifications</code> parameter in the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_RequestLaunchTemplateData.html">launch template data</a> structure.</p> </note>
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"id": "abc123",
"created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
"message": "Invalid request parameters"
}
}1curl --request GET \2 --url 'http://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=CreateLaunchTemplate' \3 --header 'accept: application/json' \4 --header 'content-type: application/json'1{2 "success": true,3 "data": {4 "id": "abc123",5 "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"6 }7}http://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=CreateLaunchTemplate<p>Creates a launch template.</p> <p>A launch template contains the parameters to launch an instance. When you launch an instance using <a>RunInstances</a>, you can specify a launch template instead of providing the launch parameters in the request. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-launch-templates.html">Launch an instance from a launch template</a> in the <i>Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide</i>.</p> <p>If you want to clone an existing launch template as the basis for creating a new launch template, you can use the Amazon EC2 console. The API, SDKs, and CLI do not support cloning a template. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-launch-templates.html#create-launch-template-from-existing-launch-template">Create a launch template from an existing launch template</a> in the <i>Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide</i>.</p>
Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is <code>DryRunOperation</code>. Otherwise, it is <code>UnauthorizedOperation</code>.
<p>Unique, case-sensitive identifier you provide to ensure the idempotency of the request. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/Run_Instance_Idempotency.html">Ensuring idempotency</a>.</p> <p>Constraint: Maximum 128 ASCII characters.</p>
A name for the launch template.
A description for the first version of the launch template.
The information for the launch template.
<p>The tags to apply to the launch template on creation. To tag the launch template, the resource type must be <code>launch-template</code>.</p> <note> <p>To specify the tags for the resources that are created when an instance is launched, you must use the <code>TagSpecifications</code> parameter in the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_RequestLaunchTemplateData.html">launch template data</a> structure.</p> </note>
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"id": "abc123",
"created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
"message": "Invalid request parameters"
}
}1curl --request GET \2 --url 'http://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=CreateLaunchTemplate' \3 --header 'accept: application/json' \4 --header 'content-type: application/json'1{2 "success": true,3 "data": {4 "id": "abc123",5 "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"6 }7}