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Placement groups on AWS Outposts
Added a host spread strategy for placement groups on an Outpost.
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io2 Block Express volumes
You can modify the size and provisioned IOPS of io2 Block Express volumes and you can enable them for fast snapshot restore.
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Dedicated Hosts on AWS Outposts
You can allocate Dedicated Hosts on AWS Outposts.
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Instance stop protection
To prevent your instance from being accidentally stopped, you can enable stop protection for the instance.
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UEFI Secure Boot
UEFI Secure Boot builds on the long-standing secure boot process of Amazon EC2 and provides additional defense-in-depth that helps customers secure...
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NitroTPM
Nitro Trusted Platform Module (NitroTPM) is a virtual device that is provided by the AWS Nitro System and conforms to the TPM 2.0 specification.
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AMI state change events
Amazon EC2 now generates an event when an AMI changes state. You can use Amazon EventBridge to detect and react to these events.
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Describe public keys
You can query the public key and creation date of an Amazon EC2 key pair.
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Create key pairs
You can specify the key format (PEM or PPK) when creating a new key pair.
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Mount Amazon FSx file systems at launch
You can mount a new or existing Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP or Amazon FSx for OpenZFS file system at launch using the new launch instance wizard.
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New launch instance wizard
A new and improved launch experience in the Amazon EC2 console, providing a quicker and easier way to launch an EC2 instance.
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Automatically deprecate public AMIs
By default, the deprecation date of all public AMIs is set to two years from the AMI creation date.
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AMI last launched time
The lastLaunchedTime indicates when your AMI was last used to launch an instance.
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Additional RHEL platforms for Capacity Reservations
Additional Red Hat Enterprise Linux platforms for On-Demand Capacity Reservations.
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Configure Windows AMIs for faster launching
Configure Windows AMIs to launch instances up to 65% faster, using pre-provisioned snapshots.
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Featured Blogs
- AWS Config integration with Allowed AMIs
- Identify source AMI
- IMDSv2 enforcement
- Nested virtualization
- Interruptible Capacity Reservations
- AMI ancestry
- Optimize CPUs for license savings
- New EC2 Capacity Manager
- AWSEC2CapacityManagerServiceRolePolicy – new managed policy
- GPUPowerUtilization metric
- Detailed performance statistics for instance store volumes
- Amazon EC2 Mac Dedicated Host updates
- AmazonEC2ImageReferencesAccessPolicy – new managed policy
- AMI usage reports
- AMI references
- Modify EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint
- Updated managed policy for EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint
- Instance topology - additional Region support
- Skip OS shutdown during instance termination
- Skip OS shutdown during instance stop
- P6-B200 Capacity Blocks in us-east-1
- EC2 Serial Console - additional Region support
- Hardware packet timestamping
- Delete snapshots during AMI deregistration
- User-initiated reboot migration
- SIP configuration for Amazon EC2 Mac instances
- Root volume ownership delegation
- Updated managed policies for the EC2 Fast Launch service linked role
- Simplified onboarding for EC2 Fast Launch
- AWS Config integration with Allowed AMIs
- Updated AWSEC2CapacityReservationFleetRolePolicy managed policy
- Time-based AMI copies
- Move capacity
- Amazon Q EC2 instance type selector
- EC2 Free Tier
- IMDS Package Analyzer
- Automatically connect instance to database
- EC2 Fleet and targeted On-Demand Capacity Reservations
- Use Amazon EventBridge to monitor EC2 Fleet events
- Instance metadata provides instance location and placement information
- Dedicated Hosts and host resource groups
- Updated AmazonEC2ReadOnlyAccess policy
- Managed instances
- Allowed AMIs
- Extend Capacity Block
- Saved filter sets
- Performance protection
- Capacity Reservations only
- Identify source AMI
- Beginner tutorials
- Live migration host maintenance
- Billing assignment for shared Capacity Reservations
- PTP hardware clock - additional Region support
- EC2 Instance Connect prefix lists
- New capabilities to manage On-Demand Capacity Reservations
- Additional instance types supported for Credential Guard
- New managed policy for EC2 Fast Launch
- AMI deregistration protection
- Added Nitro performance considerations for enhanced networking
- New managed policy for VSS based EBS snapshots
- 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