- Launch template is a pre setup configuration, by using this we can create an EC2 instance in very less time with perfect pre given configurations and setups
- Creating a launch template allows you to create a saved instance configuration that can be reused, shared and launched at a later time. Templates can have multiple versions.
Steps to create launch template:
1. Launch template name and description
2. Application and OS Images (Amazon Machine Image) :
3. Instance type :
4. Key pair (login) :
5. Network settings :
6. Storage (volumes) :
7. Resource tags :
8. Advanced details : Adding bootstrap(userdata) script which runs on machine when it starts
9. Summary : verify the given values and then click on Create launch template
10. Template created
11. We can verify it by going in to EC2 > Instances > Launch templates, Here we can see the launch template created
