• It is an instance configuration template
  • Auto Scaling group uses to launch EC2 instances.
  • Need ot specify information for instances.
  • Information includes
    • ID of Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
    • instance type
    • key pair
    • one or more security groups
    • block device mapping
  • Can specify single launch configuration with multiple Auto Scaling groups.
  • Can only specify one launch configuration for an Auto Scaling group at a time,
  • Can’t modify launch configuration after it is created.
  • If launch configuration is to be changed, create another and update Auto Scaling group with it.
  • To create an Auto Scaling group, any one is needed
    • launch configuration
    • launch template
    • EC2 instance
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