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>
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"id": "abc123",
"created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
"message": "Invalid request parameters"
}
}1curl --request POST \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>
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"id": "abc123",
"created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
"message": "Invalid request parameters"
}
}1curl --request POST \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}