Sample CloudFormation JSON to create an AWS EC2 instance
Reference code sample to deploy an Amazon AWS Cloud EC2 instance.
Deploying an AWS EC2 instance using CloudFormation
- While designing a catalog item, review the cloud formation template to identify the services that are being provisioned. Check that appropriate permissions for the services can be granted, to ensure that no failures occur from lack of permissions when the stack is ordered. For more information, see Configure permissions on the AWS console
- Make necessary modifications using this sample as your reference.
{
"AWSTemplateFormatVersion":"2010-09-09",
"Description":"AWS CloudFormation Sample Template EC2InstanceWithSecurityGroupSample: Create an Amazon EC2 instance running the Amazon Linux AMI. The AMI is chosen based on the region in which the stack is run. This example creates an EC2 security group for the instance to give you SSH access. **WARNING** This template creates an Amazon EC2 instance. You will be billed for the AWS resources used if you create a stack from this template.",
"Parameters":{
"KeyName":{
"Description":"Name of an existing EC2 KeyPair to enable SSH access to the instance",
"Type":"AWS::EC2::KeyPair::KeyName",
"Default":"admin-Default",
"ConstraintDescription":"must be the name of an existing EC2 KeyPair."
},
"InstanceType":{
"Description":"WebServer EC2 instance type",
"Type":"String",
"Default":"t2.micro",
"AllowedValues":[
"t1.micro",
"t2.nano",
"t2.micro",
"t2.small",
"t2.medium",
"t2.large",
"m1.small",
"m1.medium",
"m1.large",
"m1.xlarge",
"m2.xlarge",
"m2.2xlarge",
"m2.4xlarge",
"m3.medium",
"m3.large",
"m3.xlarge",
"m3.2xlarge",
"m4.large",
"m4.xlarge",
"m4.2xlarge",
"m4.4xlarge",
"m4.10xlarge",
"c1.medium",
"c1.xlarge",
"c3.large",
"c3.xlarge",
"c3.2xlarge",
"c3.4xlarge",
"c3.8xlarge",
"c4.large",
"c4.xlarge",
"c4.2xlarge",
"c4.4xlarge",
"c4.8xlarge",
"g2.2xlarge",
"g2.8xlarge",
"r3.large",
"r3.xlarge",
"r3.2xlarge",
"r3.4xlarge",
"r3.8xlarge",
"i2.xlarge",
"i2.2xlarge",
"i2.4xlarge",
"i2.8xlarge",
"d2.xlarge",
"d2.2xlarge",
"d2.4xlarge",
"d2.8xlarge",
"hi1.4xlarge",
"hs1.8xlarge",
"cr1.8xlarge",
"cc2.8xlarge",
"cg1.4xlarge"
],
"ConstraintDescription":"must be a valid EC2 instance type."
},
"SSHLocation":{
"Description":"The IP address range that can be used to SSH to the EC2 instances",
"Type":"String",
"MinLength":"9",
"MaxLength":"18",
"Default":"0.0.0.0/0",
"AllowedPattern":"(\\d{1,3})\\.(\\d{1,3})\\.(\\d{1,3})\\.(\\d{1,3})/(\\d{1,2})",
"ConstraintDescription":"must be a valid IP CIDR range of the form x.x.x.x/x."
},
"Network":{
"Description":"The Network to the EC2 instances",
"Type":"String"
},
"AvailabilityZone":{
"Description":"The AZ of the EC2 instance",
"Type":"String"
},
"SubnetPool":{
"Description":"The IP address range that can be used to SSH to the EC2 instances",
"Type":"String"
}
},
"Metadata":{
"SNC::Parameter::Metadata":{
"SubnetPool":{
"datasource":"ServiceNow::Pools::SubnetPool.getObjectsByNetwork",
"datasourceFilter":{
"Network":"Network"
}
},
"Network":{
"datasource":"ServiceNow::Pools::NetworkPool.getObjectsByLDC"
},
"KeyName":{
"datasource":"ServiceNow::Pools::CloudKeyPairPool.getObjectsByLDC"
}
}
},
"Mappings":{
"AWSInstanceType2Arch":{
"t1.micro":{
"Arch":"PV64"
},
"t2.nano":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"t2.micro":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"t2.small":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"t2.medium":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"t2.large":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"m1.small":{
"Arch":"PV64"
},
"m1.medium":{
"Arch":"PV64"
},
"m1.large":{
"Arch":"PV64"
},
"m1.xlarge":{
"Arch":"PV64"
},
"m2.xlarge":{
"Arch":"PV64"
},
"m2.2xlarge":{
"Arch":"PV64"
},
"m2.4xlarge":{
"Arch":"PV64"
},
"m3.medium":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"m3.large":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"m3.xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"m3.2xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"m4.large":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"m4.xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"m4.2xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"m4.4xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"m4.10xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"c1.medium":{
"Arch":"PV64"
},
"c1.xlarge":{
"Arch":"PV64"
},
"c3.large":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"c3.xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"c3.2xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"c3.4xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"c3.8xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"c4.large":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"c4.xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"c4.2xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"c4.4xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"c4.8xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"g2.2xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVMG2"
},
"g2.8xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVMG2"
},
"r3.large":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"r3.xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"r3.2xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"r3.4xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"r3.8xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"i2.xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"i2.2xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"i2.4xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"i2.8xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"d2.xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"d2.2xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"d2.4xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"d2.8xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"hi1.4xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"hs1.8xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"cr1.8xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
},
"cc2.8xlarge":{
"Arch":"HVM64"
}
},
"AWSRegionArch2AMI":{
"us-east-1":{
"PV64":"ami-2a69aa47",
"HVM64":"ami-6869aa05",
"HVMG2":"ami-a41a3fb3"
},
"us-west-2":{
"PV64":"ami-7f77b31f",
"HVM64":"ami-7172b611",
"HVMG2":"ami-caf253aa"
},
"us-west-1":{
"PV64":"ami-a2490dc2",
"HVM64":"ami-31490d51",
"HVMG2":"ami-00347e60"
},
"eu-west-1":{
"PV64":"ami-4cdd453f",
"HVM64":"ami-f9dd458a",
"HVMG2":"ami-e2f7bd91"
},
"eu-central-1":{
"PV64":"ami-6527cf0a",
"HVM64":"ami-ea26ce85",
"HVMG2":"ami-d2ff04bd"
},
"ap-northeast-1":{
"PV64":"ami-3e42b65f",
"HVM64":"ami-374db956",
"HVMG2":"ami-4c78d52d"
},
"ap-northeast-2":{
"PV64":"NOT_SUPPORTED",
"HVM64":"ami-2b408b45",
"HVMG2":"NOT_SUPPORTED"
},
"ap-southeast-1":{
"PV64":"ami-df9e4cbc",
"HVM64":"ami-a59b49c6",
"HVMG2":"ami-f3f95990"
},
"ap-southeast-2":{
"PV64":"ami-63351d00",
"HVM64":"ami-dc361ebf",
"HVMG2":"ami-3a122e59"
},
"ap-south-1":{
"PV64":"NOT_SUPPORTED",
"HVM64":"ami-ffbdd790",
"HVMG2":"ami-21a7d34e"
},
"us-east-2":{
"PV64":"NOT_SUPPORTED",
"HVM64":"ami-f6035893",
"HVMG2":"NOT_SUPPORTED"
},
"sa-east-1":{
"PV64":"ami-1ad34676",
"HVM64":"ami-6dd04501",
"HVMG2":"NOT_SUPPORTED"
},
"cn-north-1":{
"PV64":"ami-77559f1a",
"HVM64":"ami-8e6aa0e3",
"HVMG2":"NOT_SUPPORTED"
}
}
},
"Resources":{
"EC2Instance":{
"Type":"AWS::EC2::Instance",
"Properties":{
"InstanceType":{
"Ref":"InstanceType"
},
"KeyName":{
"Ref":"KeyName"
},
"SubnetId":{
"Ref":"SubnetPool"
},
"ImageId":{
"Fn::FindInMap":[
"AWSRegionArch2AMI",
{
"Ref":"AWS::Region"
},
{
"Fn::FindInMap":[
"AWSInstanceType2Arch",
{
"Ref":"InstanceType"
},
"Arch"
]
}
]
}
}
},
"InstanceSecurityGroup":{
"Type":"AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup",
"Properties":{
"GroupDescription":"Enable SSH access via port 22",
"SecurityGroupIngress":[
{
"IpProtocol":"tcp",
"FromPort":"22",
"ToPort":"22",
"CidrIp":{
"Ref":"SSHLocation"
}
}
]
}
}
},
"Outputs":{
"InstanceId":{
"Description":"InstanceId of the newly created EC2 instance",
"Value":{
"Ref":"EC2Instance"
}
},
"AZ":{
"Description":"Availability Zone of the newly created EC2 instance",
"Value":{
"Fn::GetAtt":[
"EC2Instance",
"AvailabilityZone"
]
}
}
}
}