Create Launch Configuration Like This

This page allows you create another instance that has the same characteristics as an existing instance.

Enter the name of the new launch configuration into the Name text box.
Select the size and type for the instance from the Instance type drop-down list box.
If using this launch configuration with a scaling group using a VPC network, select how the VPC IP assignment is to be applied by selecting an option from the drop-down list box.
Select a key pair from the Key name drop-down list box.
You may keep the security group already specified in the Security group field, add another one, or specify a different one.
- To specify a different security group, remove the one there by clicking on the x next to the security group's name and add a new one by clicking in the Security Group field and choose one from the list of previously-defined security groups.
  Note: You can narrow down the list of security groups by typing text directly into the text box.
- If you select the default security group, make sure that you've added rules to the default security group so that you can access your launch configurations.
You can optionally specify an IAM role using the Role drop-down list box.

Note: If you select a role, make sure that the correct permissions are defined for that role so that the appropriate level of access is applied to your launch configurations.
To specify custom user data using a manual entry:
1. Select Enter text from the User data options.
2. Enter the user data into the provided text box.
To specify user data with a file:
1. Select Upload file to attach a user data file.
2. Click the Choose File button.
  A window opens prompting you to select a file from your local file system.
3. Navigate to the location of the file you want to upload.
4. Select the file to upload and click Open from the file chooser window.
  The name of the selected file displays next to the Choose File button.
You can optionally specify advanced options by expanding the + control next to Advanced and refer to the next section for further details.
Otherwise, click the Create Launch Configuration button to launch your new launch configurations.

Specify Advanced Options

This panel allows you to specify advanced options for your new launch configuration(s), such as overriding the kernel and RAM disk IDs, enable monitoring, and adding additional storage, if applicable.

You can override the kernel ID in the selected image with the Kernel ID drop-down list box.
You can override the RAM disk ID in the selected image with the RAM disk ID (RAMFS) drop-down list box.
Click the Enable monitoring check box to specify that detailed CloudWatch metric gathering should be enabled for your new launch configuration(s).
For EBS-backed instances, you can configure the root volume or additional storage for your instance in the Storage section:
1. Change the size of the root volume by entering the size of the attached storage in gigabytes into the Size (GB) text box.
2. Select the Delete on terminate check box if you want the attached storage deleted when the instance is terminated.
3. You can configure additional storage for your instance by selecting a volume type from the Volume drop-down list box.
4. Type the desired mapping for the storage into the Mapping text box (for example:/dev/sdb).
5. If you want to create the storage from an existing snapshot, specify it in the Create from snapshot drop-down list box.
6. Type the size of the attached storage in gigabytes into the Size (GB) text box.
7. Select the Delete on terminate check box if you would like the attached storage to be deleted when the instance is terminated.
8. Click the Add Device button to add this storage.
  Added storage displays as a row in the table under the Storage area.
9. You can delete existing storage by clicking the minus button on the right side of the storage list item.
Click the Create Launch Configuration button to launch your new launch configuration(s).