Modify the auto-placement setting for an existing Amazon EC2 Dedicated Host

You can modify the auto-placement settings of a Dedicated Host after you have allocated it to your AWS account, using one of the following methods.

Console

To modify the auto-placement of a Dedicated Host

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

2. In the navigation pane, choose Dedicated Hosts.

3. Select a host and choose Actions, Modify host.

4. For Instance auto-placement, choose Enable to enable auto-placement, or clear Enable to disable auto-placement. For more information, see Amazon EC2 Dedicated Host auto-placement and host affinity.

5. Choose Save.

AWS CLI

To modify the auto-placement of a Dedicated Host

Use the modify-hosts AWS CLI command. The following example enables auto-placement for the specified Dedicated Host.

aws ec2 modify-hosts --auto-placement on --host-ids h-012a3456b7890cdef

PowerShell

To modify the auto-placement of a Dedicated Host

Use the Edit-EC2Host AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell command. The following example enables auto-placement for the specified Dedicated Host.

PS C:\> Edit-EC2Host --AutoPlacement 1 --HostId h-012a3456b7890cdef