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CapacityReservationSpecificationResponse - Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud

CapacityReservationSpecificationResponse

Describes the instance's Capacity Reservation targeting preferences. The action returns the capacityReservationPreference response element if the instance is configured to run in On-Demand capacity, or if it is configured in run in any open Capacity Reservation that has matching attributes (instance type, platform, Availability Zone). The action returns the capacityReservationTarget response element if the instance explicily targets a specific Capacity Reservation or Capacity Reservation group.

Contents

capacityReservationPreference

Describes the instance's Capacity Reservation preferences. Possible preferences include:

  • open - The instance can run in any open Capacity Reservation that has matching attributes (instance type, platform, Availability Zone).

  • none - The instance avoids running in a Capacity Reservation even if one is available. The instance runs in On-Demand capacity.

Type: String

Valid Values: capacity-reservations-only | open | none

Required: No

capacityReservationTarget

Information about the targeted Capacity Reservation or Capacity Reservation group.

Type: CapacityReservationTargetResponse object

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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