AWS SDK for Go V1 has reached end-of-support. We recommend that you migrate to [AWS SDK for Go V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-go/v2/developer-guide/). For additional details and information on how to migrate, please refer to this [announcement](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs//developer/announcing-end-of-support-for-aws-sdk-for-go-v1-on-july-31-2025/).

# Amazon EC2 Examples Using the AWS SDK for Go
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Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides resizable computing capacity—literally servers in Amazon’s data centers—that you use to build and host your software systems. The AWS SDK for Go examples can integrate Amazon EC2 into your Go applications. The examples assume you have already set up and configured the SDK (that is, you have imported all required packages and set your credentials and region). For more information, see [Getting Started with the AWS SDK for Go](setting-up.md) and [Configuring the AWS SDK for Go](configuring-sdk.md).

You can download complete versions of these example files from the [aws-doc-sdk-examples](https://github.com/awsdocs/aws-doc-sdk-examples/tree/master/go/example_code/s3) repository on GitHub.

**Topics**
+ [Creating Amazon EC2 Instances with Tags or without Block Devices](ec2-example-create-images.md)
+ [Managing Amazon EC2 Instances](ec2-example-manage-instances.md)
+ [Working with Amazon EC2 Key Pairs](ec2-example-working-with-key-pairs.md)
+ [Using Regions and Availability Zones with Amazon EC2](ec2-example-regions-availability-zones.md)
+ [Working with Security Groups in Amazon EC2](ec2-example-security-groups.md)
+ [Using Elastic IP Addresses in Amazon EC2](ec2-example-elastic-ip-addresses.md)