class InstanceType

Language	Type name
.NET	Amazon.CDK.AWS.EC2.InstanceType
Go	github.com/aws/aws-cdk-go/awscdk/v2/awsec2#InstanceType
Java	software.amazon.awscdk.services.ec2.InstanceType
Python	aws_cdk.aws_ec2.InstanceType
TypeScript (source)	aws-cdk-lib » aws_ec2 » InstanceType

Instance type for EC2 instances.

This class takes a literal string, good if you already know the identifier of the type you want.

Example

declare const vpc: ec2.Vpc;

const cluster = new docdb.DatabaseCluster(this, 'Database', {
  masterUser: {
    username: 'myuser',
  },
  instanceType: ec2.InstanceType.of(ec2.InstanceClass.MEMORY5, ec2.InstanceSize.LARGE),
  vpcSubnets: {
    subnetType: ec2.SubnetType.PUBLIC,
  },
  vpc,
  caCertificate: docdb.CaCertificate.RDS_CA_RSA4096_G1, // CA certificate for all instances under this cluster
});

Initializer

new InstanceType(instanceTypeIdentifier: string)

Parameters

• instanceTypeIdentifier string

Properties

Name	Type	Description
architecture	InstanceArchitecture	The instance's CPU architecture.

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architecture

Type: InstanceArchitecture

The instance's CPU architecture.

Methods

Name	Description
isBurstable()	Return whether this instance type is a burstable instance type.
sameInstanceClassAs(other)
toString()	Return the instance type as a dotted string.
static of(instanceClass, instanceSize)	Instance type for EC2 instances.

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isBurstable()

public isBurstable(): boolean

Returns

• boolean

Return whether this instance type is a burstable instance type.

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sameInstanceClassAs(other)

public sameInstanceClassAs(other: InstanceType): boolean

Parameters

• other InstanceType

Returns

• boolean

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toString()

public toString(): string

Returns

• string

Return the instance type as a dotted string.

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static of(instanceClass, instanceSize)

public static of(instanceClass: InstanceClass, instanceSize: InstanceSize): InstanceType

Parameters

• instanceClass InstanceClass
• instanceSize InstanceSize

Returns

• InstanceType

Instance type for EC2 instances.

This class takes a combination of a class and size.

Be aware that not all combinations of class and size are available, and not all classes are available in all regions.