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Using launch templates

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Using launch templates

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- [Instructor] When launching an EC2 instance, there are many configuration options available. Configuring each item is time consuming and can lead to inconsistencies. For example, you may be working on a project that requires launching many instances, and they should be configured in the same way. Configuring the options each time would not be scalable. The solution is a launch template. It is a saved configuration that defines all the parameters for launching an EC2 instance. Let's understand this with an example. We'll create a launch template for a web server. From the EC2 console, go to Launch Templates on the left navigation pane, and then click Create. You'll need to start by providing a name. I'll call this as web-server-template. Then you can configure all the settings we've seen in the previous videos. Starting with the AMI. I'll use the Amazon Linux AMI. Then you can define the instance type. I'll set this…

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