Launch Dedicated Instances into a VPC with default tenancy

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When you create a VPC, you have the option of specifying its instance tenancy. If you launch an instance into a VPC that has an instance tenancy of dedicated, it runs as a Dedicated Instance on hardware that's dedicated for your use.

For more information about launching an instance with a tenancy of host, see Launch Amazon EC2 instances on an Amazon EC2 Dedicated Host.

For more information about VPC tenancy options, see Create a VPC in the Amazon VPC User Guide.

Requirements

• Choose a supported instance type. For more information, see Amazon EC2 Dedicated Instances.

Console

To launch a Dedicated Instance into a default tenancy VPC using the console

1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/.

2. In the navigation pane, choose Instances, Launch instance.

3. In the Application and OS Images section, select an AMI from the list.

4. In the Instance type section, select the instance type to launch.

5. In the Key pair section, select the key pair to associate with the instance.

6. In the Advanced details section, for Tenancy, select Dedicated.

7. Configure the remaining instance options as needed. For more information, see Reference for Amazon EC2 instance configuration parameters.

8. Choose Launch instance.

AWS CLI

To set the tenancy option for an instance during launch using the AWS CLI

Use the run-instances command and include Tenancy with the --placement option.

--placement Tenancy=dedicated

PowerShell

To set the tenancy option for an instance during launch using the Tools for PowerShell

Use the New-EC2Instance cmdlet with the -Placement_Tenancy parameter.

-Placement_Tenancy dedicated