Work with Dedicated Instances
You can create a VPC with an instance tenancy of dedicated
to ensure
that all instances launched into the VPC are Dedicated Instances. Alternatively, you can
specify the tenancy of the instance during launch.
Topics
Create a VPC with a dedicated instance tenancy
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
, the instance will always run as a Dedicated Instance on hardware that's dedicated for your use.
For more information about creating a VPC and choosing the tenancy options, see Create a VPC in the Amazon VPC User Guide.
Launch Dedicated Instances into a VPC
You can launch a Dedicated Instance using the Amazon EC2 launch instance wizard.
For more information about launching an instance with a tenancy of
host
, see Launch instances onto a
Dedicated Host.
Display tenancy information
Change the tenancy of an instance
You can change the tenancy of a stopped instance after launch. The changes that you make take effect the next time the instance starts.
The operating system details of your instance—and whether SQL Server is installed—affect what conversions are supported. For more information about the tenancy conversion paths available to your instance, see Tenancy conversion in the License Manager User Guide.
Note
For T3 instances, you must launch the instance on a Dedicated Host to use a
tenancy of host
. You can't change the tenancy from
host
to dedicated
or default
.
Attempting to make one of these unsupported tenancy changes results in an
InvalidRequest
error code.
Change the tenancy of a VPC
You can change the instance tenancy of a VPC from dedicated
to default
after you create it. Modifying the instance tenancy of the VPC does not affect the tenancy of any
existing instances in the VPC. The next time you launch an instance in the VPC, it has a tenancy of
default
, unless you specify otherwise during launch.
Note
You cannot change the instance tenancy of a VPC from default
to
dedicated
after it is created.
You can modify the instance tenancy of a VPC using the AWS CLI, an AWS SDK, or the Amazon EC2 API only.