The Amazon EC2 - Launch instance Task launches the specified number of instances using an AMI for which you have permissions.

 

 

Connection

To use Amazon EC2 Tasks you need to create a Connection first. Click the Settings icon to open the Manage Connections dialog.

 

Key pair name

The name of the key pair (Example: -k websvr-keypair). Click the Refresh icon to populate the drop-down Key pair name list.

 

Image Id

The unique ID of a machine image. Click the Refresh icon to populate the drop-down Image ID list.

 

Instance type

The size of the instance to launch. Click the Refresh icon to populate the drop-down Instance type list.

 

Subnet Id

Specify the CIDR block for the subnet (a subset of the VPC CIDR block) in the Avalability Zone. Click the Refresh icon to populate the drop-down Subnet ID list.

 

Availability Zone

The zone in which to launch the instance(s). Click the Refresh icon to populate the drop-down Availability Zone list.

 

Number of instances to launch

The number of instances based on the selected AMI to launch.

 

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