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# AWS::GameLift::GameServerGroup LaunchTemplate
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 **This data type is used with the GameLift FleetIQ and game server groups.** 

An Amazon EC2 launch template that contains configuration settings and game server code to be deployed to all instances in a game server group. The launch template is specified when creating a new game server group with `GameServerGroup`. 

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

### JSON
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```
{
  "[LaunchTemplateId](#cfn-gamelift-gameservergroup-launchtemplate-launchtemplateid)" : String,
  "[LaunchTemplateName](#cfn-gamelift-gameservergroup-launchtemplate-launchtemplatename)" : String,
  "[Version](#cfn-gamelift-gameservergroup-launchtemplate-version)" : String
}
```

### YAML
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```
  [LaunchTemplateId](#cfn-gamelift-gameservergroup-launchtemplate-launchtemplateid): String
  [LaunchTemplateName](#cfn-gamelift-gameservergroup-launchtemplate-launchtemplatename): String
  [Version](#cfn-gamelift-gameservergroup-launchtemplate-version): String
```

## Properties
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`LaunchTemplateId`  <a name="cfn-gamelift-gameservergroup-launchtemplate-launchtemplateid"></a>
A unique identifier for an existing Amazon EC2 launch template.  
*Required*: No  
*Type*: String  
*Pattern*: `[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\r\n\t]+`  
*Minimum*: `1`  
*Maximum*: `255`  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)

`LaunchTemplateName`  <a name="cfn-gamelift-gameservergroup-launchtemplate-launchtemplatename"></a>
A readable identifier for an existing Amazon EC2 launch template.   
*Required*: No  
*Type*: String  
*Pattern*: `[a-zA-Z0-9\(\)\.\-/_]+`  
*Minimum*: `3`  
*Maximum*: `128`  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)

`Version`  <a name="cfn-gamelift-gameservergroup-launchtemplate-version"></a>
The version of the Amazon EC2 launch template to use. If no version is specified, the default version will be used. With Amazon EC2, you can specify a default version for a launch template. If none is set, the default is the first version created.  
*Required*: No  
*Type*: String  
*Pattern*: `[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\r\n\t]+`  
*Minimum*: `1`  
*Maximum*: `128`  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)