Set IMDSv2 as the account default
You can set all new EC2 instance launches in your account to use Instance Metadata Service Version 2 (IMDSv2) by default.
Tag new Linux AMIs created from a snapshot
When you create a Linux AMI from a snapshot, you can tag the new AMI.
Tag new AMIs and snapshots when copying
When you copy an AMI, you can tag the new AMI and the new snapshots with the same tags, or you can tag them with different tags.
EC2 Instance Connect preinstalled on macOS AMIs
EC2 Instance Connect now comes preinstalled on macOS Sonoma 14.2.1 or later, macOS Ventura 13.6.3 or later, and macOS Monterey 12.7.2 or later AMIs.
EC2 Instance Connect support for CentOS, macOS, and RHEL
You can now install EC2 Instance Connect on supported CentOS, macOS, and RHEL AMIs.
Amazon Q EC2 instance type selector
Amazon Q EC2 instance type selector considers your use case, workload type, and CPU manufacturer preference, as well as how you prioritize price...
EC2 Free Tier
You can track your EC2 Free Tier usage from the EC2 Dashboard.
Console-to-Code
Console-to-Code can help you get started with your automation code. Console-to-Code records your console actions, and then uses generative AI to...
Configurable idle connection tracking timeouts
Security group connections that remain idle can lead to connection tracking exhaustion and cause connections not to be tracked and packets to be...
PTP hardware clock
Supported instances now have a Precision Time Protocol (PTP) hardware clock. The PTP hardware clock supports either NTP or a direct PTP connection.
Change instance type of instance enabled for hibernation
You can now change the instance type of an instance enabled for hibernation when it is in the stopped state.
Instance topology
You can use the DescribeInstanceTopology API to detect the location of your instances, and then use this information to optimize HPC and ML jobs by...
EC2 Fast Launch shared AMI support
You can now enable EC2 Fast Launch on an AMI that's shared with you. When you enable EC2 Fast Launch on a shared AMI, the pre-provisioned snapshots...
Capacity Blocks for ML
You can now reserve GPU instances on a future date to support your short duration machine learning (ML) workloads.
Spot Instance hibernation
You can now hibernate your Spot Instances using the same hibernation experience and instance families that are currently available for On-Demand...
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- AWSEC2CapacityManagerServiceRolePolicy – new managed policy
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- Beginner tutorials
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- Set IMDSv2 as the account default
- Tag new Linux AMIs created from a snapshot
- Tag new AMIs and snapshots when copying
- EC2 Instance Connect preinstalled on macOS AMIs
- EC2 Instance Connect support for CentOS, macOS, and RHEL
- Amazon Q EC2 instance type selector
- EC2 Free Tier
- Console-to-Code
- Configurable idle connection tracking timeouts
- PTP hardware clock
- Change instance type of instance enabled for hibernation
- Instance topology
- EC2 Fast Launch shared AMI support
- Capacity Blocks for ML
- Spot Instance hibernation
- Default settings for block public access for AMIs
- Amazon EC2 Global View
- Disable an AMI
- Attached EBS status checks
- Block public access to AMIs
- EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint
- IMDS Package Analyzer
- EC2 Serial Console bare metal instances
- Launch template quotas
- Capacity Reservation utilization notifications
- Capacity Reservation groups
- Modify instance metadata options
- In-place macOS operating system updates
- UEFI preferred
- Windows Virtualization-based security - Credential Guard
- AMI alias in launch templates
- Hibernation support for C6i, I3en, and M6i
- Torn write prevention
- ENA Express
- Copy AMI tags
- AMI size for store and restore
- price-capacity-optimized allocation strategy for Spot Instances
- Cancel having an AMI shared with your account
- Transfer Elastic IP addresses
- Replace root volume
- Automatically connect instance to database
- AMI quotas
- Configure AMI for IMDSv2
- Initiate Spot Instance interruption
- Verified AMI provider
- Placement groups on AWS Outposts
- io2 Block Express volumes
- Dedicated Hosts on AWS Outposts
- Instance stop protection
- UEFI Secure Boot
- NitroTPM
- AMI state change events
- Describe public keys
- Create key pairs
- Mount Amazon FSx file systems at launch
- New launch instance wizard
- Automatically deprecate public AMIs
- AMI last launched time
- Additional RHEL platforms for Capacity Reservations
- Configure Windows AMIs for faster launching
- Instance tags in instance metadata
- Capacity Reservations in cluster placement groups
- EC2 Fleet launch-before-terminate
- Compare timestamps
- Share AMIs with organizations and OUs
- Spot placement score
- Attribute-based instance type selection for EC2 Fleet
- On-Demand Capacity Reservation Fleet
- EC2 Fleet and targeted On-Demand Capacity Reservations
- T3 instances on Dedicated Hosts
- Hibernation support for RHEL, Fedora, and CentOS
- Amazon EC2 Global View
- AMI deprecation support for Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager
- Amazon EC2 key pairs
- Prefixes for network interfaces
- Event windows
- Deprecate an AMI
- Capacity Reservations on AWS Outposts
- Root volume replacement
- Store and restore an AMI using S3
- EC2 Serial Console
- Boot modes
- Create a reverse DNS record
- Tag AMIs and snapshots on AMI creation
- Use Amazon EventBridge to monitor Spot Fleet events
- Use Amazon EventBridge to monitor EC2 Fleet events
- Delete instant fleets
- Amazon EFS Quick Create
- EC2 instance rebalance recommendation
- Capacity Reservations in Wavelength Zones
- Capacity Rebalancing
- Spot Instance vCPU limits
- Capacity Reservations in Local Zones
- Instance metadata provides instance location and placement information
- Capacity Reservation groups
- EC2Launch v2
- Bring your own IPv6 addresses
- Launch instances using a Systems Manager parameter
- Customize scheduled event notifications
- Amazon Linux 2 Kernel Live Patching
- Windows Server on Dedicated Hosts
- Stop and start a Spot Instance
- Connect to your instance using Session Manager
- Dedicated Hosts and host resource groups
- Dedicated Host sharing
- Default credit specification at the account level
- Instance type discovery
- Instance Metadata Service Version 2
- Hibernation support for On-Demand Windows instances
- Queued purchases of Reserved Instances
- Diagnostic interrupt
- Capacity optimized allocation strategy
- On-Demand Capacity Reservation sharing
- Elastic Fabric Adapter
- EC2 Instance Connect
- Host recovery
- VSS application-consistent snapshots
- Windows to Linux Replatforming Assistant for Microsoft SQL Server Databases
- Windows Automated Upgrade
- Elastic Fabric Adapter