AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate TagSpecification - AWS CloudFormation
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AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate TagSpecification

Specifies the tags to apply to resources that are created during instance launch.

TagSpecification is a property type of TagSpecifications. TagSpecifications is a property of AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate LaunchTemplateData.

Syntax

To declare this entity in your AWS CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

JSON

{
  "ResourceType" : String,
  "Tags" : [ Tag, ... ]
}

YAML

  ResourceType: String
  Tags: 
    - Tag

Properties

ResourceType

The type of resource to tag. You can specify tags for the following resource types only: instance | volume | network-interface | spot-instances-request. If the instance does not include the resource type that you specify, the instance launch fails. For example, not all instance types include a volume.

To tag a resource after it has been created, see CreateTags.

Required: No

Type: String

Update requires: No interruption

Tags

The tags to apply to the resource.

Required: No

Type: Array of Tag

Update requires: No interruption

Examples

The following example adds the tag Stack=Production to the instances created by the launch template.

YAML

TagSpecifications:
  - ResourceType: "instance"
    Tags:
    - Key: "Stack"
      Value: "Production"

JSON

"TagSpecifications": [
    {
        "ResourceType": "instance",
        "Tags": [
            {
                "Key": "Stack",
                "Value": "Production"
            }
        ]
    }
]

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