# Create Amazon EC2 resources using AWS CloudFormation
<a name="ec2-cloudformation"></a>

Amazon EC2 is integrated with AWS CloudFormation, a service that helps you to model and set up your AWS resources so that you can spend less time creating and managing your resources and infrastructure. You create a template that describes the AWS resources that you need (such as instances and subnets), and CloudFormation provisions and configures those resources for you.

When you use CloudFormation, you can reuse your template to set up your Amazon EC2 resources consistently and repeatedly. Describe your resources once, and then provision the same resources over and over in multiple AWS accounts and Regions.

## Amazon EC2 and CloudFormation templates
<a name="working-with-templates"></a>

To provision and configure resources for Amazon EC2 and related services, you must understand [CloudFormation templates](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/template-guide.html). Templates are formatted text files in JSON or YAML. These templates describe the resources you'll provision in your CloudFormation stacks. If you're unfamiliar with JSON or YAML, you can use CloudFormation Designer to help you get started with CloudFormation templates. For more information, see [What is CloudFormation Designer?](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/working-with-templates-cfn-designer.html) in the *AWS CloudFormation User Guide*.

## Resources for Amazon EC2
<a name="resources-by-service"></a>

### Compute resources
<a name="ec2-compute-cfn-resources"></a>
+ [AWS::EC2::CapacityReservation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-capacityreservation.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::CapacityReservationFleet](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-capacityreservationfleet.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::EC2Fleet](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/)
+ [AWS::EC2::EC2Fleet](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-ec2fleet.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::Host](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-host.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::Instance](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-instance.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::InstanceConnectEndpoint](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-instanceconnectendpoint.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-launchtemplate.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::PlacementGroup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-placementgroup.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::SpotFleet](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-spotfleet.html)

### Networking resources
<a name="ec2-networking-cfn-resources"></a>
+ [AWS::EC2::CarrierGateway](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-carriergateway.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::ClientVpnAuthorizationRule](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-clientvpnauthorizationrule.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::ClientVpnEndpoint](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-clientvpnendpoint.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::ClientVpnRoute](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-clientvpnroute.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::ClientVpnTargetNetworkAssociation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-clientvpntargetnetworkassociation.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::CustomerGateway](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-customergateway.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::DHCPOptions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-dhcpoptions.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::EgressOnlyInternetGateway](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-egressonlyinternetgateway.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::EIP](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-eip.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::EIPAssociation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-eipassociation.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::FlowLog](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-flowlog.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::GatewayRouteTableAssociation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-gatewayroutetableassociation.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::InternetGateway](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-internetgateway.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::IPAM](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-ipam.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::IPAMAllocation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-ipamallocation.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::IPAMPool](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-ipampool.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::IPAMPoolCidr](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-ipampoolcidr.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::IPAMResourceDiscovery](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-ipamresourcediscovery.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::IPAMResourceDiscoveryAssociation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-ipamresourcediscoveryassociation.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::IPAMScope](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-ipamscope.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::LocalGatewayRoute](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-localgatewayroute.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::LocalGatewayRouteTable](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-localgatewayroutetable.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::LocalGatewayRouteTableVirtualInterfaceGroupAssociation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-localgatewayroutetablevirtualinterfacegroupassociation.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::LocalGatewayRouteTableVPCAssociation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-localgatewayroutetablevpcassociation.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::NatGateway](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-natgateway.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::NetworkInterface](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-networkinterface.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::NetworkInsightsAccessScope](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-networkinsightsaccessscope.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::NetworkInsightsAccessScopeAnalysis](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-networkinsightsaccessscopeanalysis.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::NetworkInsightsAnalysis](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-networkinsightsanalysis.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::NetworkInsightsPath](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-networkinsightspath.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::NetworkInterfaceAttachment](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-networkinterfaceattachment.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::NetworkInterfacePermission](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-networkinterfacepermission.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::NetworkPerformanceMetricSubscription](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-networkperformancemetricsubscription.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::PrefixList](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-prefixlist.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::Route](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-route.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::RouteTable](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-routetable.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::Subnet](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-subnet.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::SubnetCidrBlock](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-subnetcidrblock.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::SubnetNetworkAclAssociation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-subnetnetworkaclassociation.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::SubnetRouteTableAssociation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-subnetroutetableassociation.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::TrafficMirrorFilter](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-trafficmirrorfilter.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::TrafficMirrorFilterRule](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-trafficmirrorfilterrule.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::TrafficMirrorSession](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-trafficmirrorsession.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::TrafficMirrorTarget](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-trafficmirrortarget.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::TransitGateway](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-transitgateway.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::TransitGatewayAttachment](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-transitgatewayattachment.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::TransitGatewayConnect](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-transitgatewayconnect.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::TransitGatewayMulticastDomain](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-transitgatewaymulticastdomain.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::TransitGatewayMulticastDomainAssociation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-transitgatewaymulticastdomainassociation.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::TransitGatewayMulticastGroupMember](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-transitgatewaymulticastgroupmember.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::TransitGatewayMulticastGroupSource](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-transitgatewaymulticastgroupsource.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::TransitGatewayPeeringAttachment](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-transitgatewaypeeringattachment.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::TransitGatewayRoute](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-transitgatewayroute.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::TransitGatewayRouteTable](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-transitgatewayroutetable.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::TransitGatewayRouteTableAssociation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-transitgatewayroutetableassociation.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::TransitGatewayRouteTablePropagation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-transitgatewayroutetablepropagation.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::TransitGatewayVpcAttachment](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-transitgatewayvpcattachment.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::VPC](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-vpc.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::VPCCidrBlock](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-vpccidrblock.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::VPCDHCPOptionsAssociation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-vpcdhcpoptionsassociation.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::VPCEndpoint](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-vpcendpoint.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::VPCEndpointConnectionNotification](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-vpcendpointconnectionnotification.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::VPCEndpointService](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-vpcendpointservice.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::VPCEndpointServicePermissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-vpcendpointservicepermissions.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::VPCGatewayAttachment](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-vpcgatewayattachment.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::VPCPeeringConnection](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-vpcpeeringconnection.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::VPNConnection](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-vpnconnection.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::VPNConnectionRoute](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-vpnconnectionroute.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::VPNGateway](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-vpngateway.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::VPNGatewayRoutePropagation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-vpngatewayroutepropagation.html)

### Security resources
<a name="ec2-security-cfn-resources"></a>
+ [AWS::EC2::KeyPair](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-keypair.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::NetworkAcl](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-networkacl.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::NetworkAclEntry](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-networkaclentry.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-securitygroup.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::SecurityGroupEgress](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-securitygroupegress.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::SecurityGroupIngress](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-securitygroupingress.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::VerifiedAccessEndpoint](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-verifiedaccessendpoint.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::VerifiedAccessGroup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-verifiedaccessgroup.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::VerifiedAccessInstance](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-verifiedaccessinstance.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::VerifiedAccessTrustProvider](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-verifiedaccesstrustprovider.html)

### Storage resources
<a name="ebs-cfn-resources"></a>
+ [AWS::EC2::SnapshotBlockPublicAccess](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-snapshotblockpublicaccess.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::Volume](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-volume.html)
+ [AWS::EC2::VolumeAttachment](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-volumeattachment.html)

## Learn more about CloudFormation
<a name="learn-more-cloudformation"></a>

To learn more about CloudFormation, see the following resources:
+ [AWS CloudFormation](https://aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/)
+ [AWS CloudFormation User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/)