AmazonEC2Client.RunInstances Method (RunInstancesRequest)

Launches the specified number of instances using an AMI for which you have permissions.

You can specify a number of options, or leave the default options. The following rules apply:

If you don't specify a subnet ID, we choose a default subnet from your default VPC for you. If you don't have a default VPC, you must specify a subnet ID in the request.
All instances have a network interface with a primary private IPv4 address. If you don't specify this address, we choose one from the IPv4 range of your subnet.
Not all instance types support IPv6 addresses. For more information, see Instance types.
If you don't specify a security group ID, we use the default security group for the VPC. For more information, see Security groups.
If any of the AMIs have a product code attached for which the user has not subscribed, the request fails.

You can create a launch template, which is a resource that contains the parameters to launch an instance. When you launch an instance using RunInstances, you can specify the launch template instead of specifying the launch parameters.

To ensure faster instance launches, break up large requests into smaller batches. For example, create five separate launch requests for 100 instances each instead of one launch request for 500 instances.

RunInstances is subject to both request rate limiting and resource rate limiting. For more information, see Request throttling.

An instance is ready for you to use when it's in the running state. You can check the state of your instance using DescribeInstances. You can tag instances and EBS volumes during launch, after launch, or both. For more information, see CreateTags and Tagging your Amazon EC2 resources.

Linux instances have access to the public key of the key pair at boot. You can use this key to provide secure access to the instance. Amazon EC2 public images use this feature to provide secure access without passwords. For more information, see Key pairs.

For troubleshooting, see What to do if an instance immediately terminates, and Troubleshooting connecting to your instance.

Note:

For .NET Core this operation is only available in asynchronous form. Please refer to RunInstancesAsync.

Namespace: Amazon.EC2
Assembly: AWSSDK.EC2.dll
Version: 3.x.y.z

Syntax

public virtual RunInstancesResponse RunInstances(
         RunInstancesRequest request
)

Parameters

request: Type: Amazon.EC2.Model.RunInstancesRequest

Container for the necessary parameters to execute the RunInstances service method.

Return Value

Type: RunInstancesResponse

The response from the RunInstances service method, as returned by EC2.

Examples

This example launches an instance using the specified AMI, instance type, security group, subnet, block device mapping, and tags.

To launch an instance


var client = new AmazonEC2Client();
var response = client.RunInstances(new RunInstancesRequest 
{
    BlockDeviceMappings = new List<BlockDeviceMapping> {
        new BlockDeviceMapping {
            DeviceName = "/dev/sdh",
            Ebs = new EbsBlockDevice { VolumeSize = 100 }
        }
    },
    ImageId = "ami-abc12345",
    InstanceType = "t2.micro",
    KeyName = "my-key-pair",
    MaxCount = 1,
    MinCount = 1,
    SecurityGroupIds = new List<string> {
        "sg-1a2b3c4d"
    },
    SubnetId = "subnet-6e7f829e",
    TagSpecifications = new List<TagSpecification> {
        new TagSpecification {
            ResourceType = "instance",
            Tags = new List<Tag> {
                new Tag {
                    Key = "Purpose",
                    Value = "test"
                }
            }
        }
    }
});

Version Information

.NET Framework:
Supported in: 4.5 and newer, 3.5

AmazonEC2Client.RunInstances (RunInstancesRequest)