enum AmazonLinuxGeneration

Language	Type name
.NET	Amazon.CDK.AWS.EC2.AmazonLinuxGeneration
Java	software.amazon.awscdk.services.ec2.AmazonLinuxGeneration
Python	aws_cdk.aws_ec2.AmazonLinuxGeneration
TypeScript (source)	@aws-cdk/aws-ec2 » AmazonLinuxGeneration

What generation of Amazon Linux to use.

Example

// Pick a Windows edition to use
const windows = new ec2.WindowsImage(ec2.WindowsVersion.WINDOWS_SERVER_2019_ENGLISH_FULL_BASE);

// Pick the right Amazon Linux edition. All arguments shown are optional
// and will default to these values when omitted.
const amznLinux = new ec2.AmazonLinuxImage({
  generation: ec2.AmazonLinuxGeneration.AMAZON_LINUX,
  edition: ec2.AmazonLinuxEdition.STANDARD,
  virtualization: ec2.AmazonLinuxVirt.HVM,
  storage: ec2.AmazonLinuxStorage.GENERAL_PURPOSE,
});

// For other custom (Linux) images, instantiate a `GenericLinuxImage` with
// a map giving the AMI to in for each region:

const linux = new ec2.GenericLinuxImage({
  'us-east-1': 'ami-97785bed',
  'eu-west-1': 'ami-12345678',
  // ...
});

Members

Name	Description
AMAZON_LINUX	Amazon Linux.
AMAZON_LINUX_2	Amazon Linux 2.
AMAZON_LINUX_2022	Amazon Linux 2022.

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AMAZON_LINUX

Amazon Linux.

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AMAZON_LINUX_2

Amazon Linux 2.

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AMAZON_LINUX_2022

Amazon Linux 2022.