Launch More Instances Like This

This dialog box allows you create one or more new instances that have the same characteristics as an instance you've already created.

Specify the Number of Instances

This panel allows you to specify the number of new instances to launch.

  1. Enter the number of instances you'd like to launch into the Instances text box.
  2. You can optionally specify advanced options by clicking the Select advanced options link.
  3. Click the Launch Instance(s) button to launch your new instances.

Specify Advanced Options

This panel allows you to specify advanced options for your new instance(s). You can add user data, override the kernal and RAM disk IDs, specify private networking, and add additional storage.

  1. Specify custom user data by typing it into the User data text box or by attaching a file using the Attach file link.
  2. You can override the kernel ID in the selected image with the Kernel ID drop-down list box.
  3. You can override the RAM disk ID in the selected image with the RAM disk ID drop-down list box.
  4. Click the Network check box to specify that your new instance should use private addressing only. Private addresses cannot connect directly to the Internet and must go through a NAT (Network Address Translation) device or an elastic IP address mapped to the instance.
  5. For EBS-backed instances, you can configure the root volume of your instance:
    1. Type the size of the attached storage in gigabytes into the Size (GB) text box.
    2. Select the Delete on termination check box if you would like the attached storage to be deleted when the instance is terminated.
  6. Click the Launch instance(s) button to launch your new instance(s).