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AWS::EC2::PlacementGroup

The AWS::EC2::PlacementGroup resource is a logical grouping of instances within a single Availability Zone (AZ) that enables applications to participate in a low-latency, 10 Gbps network. You create a placement group first, and then you can launch instances in the placement group.

Syntax

To declare this entity in your AWS CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

JSON

{
  "Type" : "AWS::EC2::PlacementGroup",
  "Properties" : {
    "Strategy" : String
  }
}

YAML


Type: AWS::EC2::PlacementGroup
Properties: 
  Strategy: String

Properties

Strategy

The placement strategy, which relates to the instance types that can be added to the placement group. For example, for the cluster strategy, you can cluster C4 instance types but not T2 instance types. For valid values, see CreatePlacementGroup in the Amazon EC2 API Reference. By default, AWS CloudFormation sets the value of this property to cluster.

Required: No

Type: String

Update requires: Replacement

Return Values

Ref

When the logical ID of this resource is provided to the Ref intrinsic function, Ref returns the resource name.

For more information about using the Ref function, see Ref.

Example

The following example creates a placement group with a cluster placement strategy.

JSON

"PlacementGroup" : {
  "Type" : "AWS::EC2::PlacementGroup",
  "Properties" : {
    "Strategy" : "cluster"
  }
}

YAML

PlacementGroup:
  Type: AWS::EC2::PlacementGroup
  Properties:
    Strategy: cluster