# Amazon Elastic VMware Service Welcome

> Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) is a service that you can use to deploy a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) software environment directly on EC2 bare metal instances within an Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC).

- [Welcome](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/Welcome.md)
- [Common Parameters](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/CommonParameters.md)
- [Common Error Types](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/CommonErrors.md)

## [Actions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_Operations.md)

- [AssociateEipToVlan](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_AssociateEipToVlan.md): Associates an Elastic IP address with a public HCX VLAN.
- [CreateEntitlement](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_CreateEntitlement.md): Creates a Windows Server License entitlement for virtual machines in an Amazon EVS environment using the provided vCenter Server connector.
- [CreateEnvironment](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_CreateEnvironment.md): Creates an Amazon EVS environment that runs VCF software, such as SDDC Manager, NSX Manager, and vCenter Server.
- [CreateEnvironmentConnector](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_CreateEnvironmentConnector.md): Creates a connector for an Amazon EVS environment.
- [CreateEnvironmentHost](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_CreateEnvironmentHost.md): Creates an ESX host and adds it to an Amazon EVS environment.
- [DeleteEntitlement](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteEntitlement.md): Deletes a Windows Server License entitlement for virtual machines in an Amazon EVS environment.
- [DeleteEnvironment](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteEnvironment.md): Deletes an Amazon EVS environment.
- [DeleteEnvironmentConnector](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteEnvironmentConnector.md): Deletes a connector from an Amazon EVS environment.
- [DeleteEnvironmentHost](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteEnvironmentHost.md): Deletes a host from an Amazon EVS environment.
- [DisassociateEipFromVlan](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_DisassociateEipFromVlan.md): Disassociates an Elastic IP address from a public HCX VLAN.
- [GetAccountSettings](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_GetAccountSettings.md): Returns the configured EVS settings for your AWS account in the specified AWS Region.
- [GetDepotUrl](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_GetDepotUrl.md): Returns a URL and authentication token for accessing the Amazon EVS Custom Addon depot.
- [GetEnvironment](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_GetEnvironment.md): Returns a description of the specified environment.
- [GetVersions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_GetVersions.md): Returns information about VCF versions, ESX versions and EC2 instance types provided by Amazon EVS.
- [ListEnvironmentConnectors](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_ListEnvironmentConnectors.md): Lists the connectors within an environment.
- [ListEnvironmentHosts](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_ListEnvironmentHosts.md): List the hosts within an environment.
- [ListEnvironments](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_ListEnvironments.md): Lists the Amazon EVS environments in your AWS account in the specified AWS Region.
- [ListEnvironmentVlans](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_ListEnvironmentVlans.md): Lists environment VLANs that are associated with the specified environment.
- [ListTagsForResource](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_ListTagsForResource.md): Lists the tags for an Amazon EVS resource.
- [ListVmEntitlements](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_ListVmEntitlements.md): Lists the Windows Server License entitlements for virtual machines in an Amazon EVS environment.
- [PutAccountSettings](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_PutAccountSettings.md): Creates or updates account-level EVS settings for your AWS account in the specified AWS Region.
- [TagResource](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_TagResource.md): Associates the specified tags to an Amazon EVS resource with the specified resourceArn.
- [UntagResource](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_UntagResource.md): Deletes specified tags from an Amazon EVS resource.
- [UpdateEnvironmentConnector](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_UpdateEnvironmentConnector.md): Updates a connector for an Amazon EVS environment.


## [Data Types](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_Types.md)

- [AccountSetting](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_AccountSetting.md): A regional account-level EVS setting, represented as a name and value pair.
- [Check](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_Check.md): A check on the environment to identify environment health and validate VMware VCF licensing compliance.
- [ConnectivityInfo](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_ConnectivityInfo.md): The connectivity configuration for the environment.
- [Connector](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_Connector.md): An object that represents a connector for an Amazon EVS environment.
- [ConnectorCheck](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_ConnectorCheck.md): A check on a connector to identify connectivity health.
- [EipAssociation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_EipAssociation.md): An Elastic IP address association with the elastic network interface in the VLAN subnet.
- [Environment](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_Environment.md): An object that represents an Amazon EVS environment.
- [EnvironmentSummary](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_EnvironmentSummary.md): A list of environments with summarized environment details.
- [ErrorDetail](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_ErrorDetail.md): An object that contains error details for an entitlement.
- [Host](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_Host.md): An ESX host that runs on an Amazon EC2 bare metal instance.
- [HostInfoForCreate](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_HostInfoForCreate.md): An object that represents a host.
- [InitialVlanInfo](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_InitialVlanInfo.md): An object that represents an initial VLAN subnet for the Amazon EVS environment.
- [InitialVlans](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_InitialVlans.md): The initial VLAN subnets for the environment.
- [InstanceTypeEsxVersionsInfo](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_InstanceTypeEsxVersionsInfo.md): Information about ESX versions offered for each EC2 instance type.
- [LicenseInfo](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_LicenseInfo.md): The license information that Amazon EVS requires to create an environment.
- [NetworkInterface](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_NetworkInterface.md): An elastic network interface (ENI) that connects hosts to the VLAN subnets.
- [Secret](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_Secret.md): A managed secret that contains the credentials for installing vCenter Server, NSX, and SDDC Manager.
- [ServiceAccessSecurityGroups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_ServiceAccessSecurityGroups.md): The security groups that allow traffic between the Amazon EVS control plane and your VPC for Amazon EVS service access.
- [ValidationExceptionField](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_ValidationExceptionField.md): Stores information about a field passed inside a request that resulted in an exception.
- [VcfHostnames](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_VcfHostnames.md): The DNS hostnames that Amazon EVS uses to install VMware vCenter Server, NSX, SDDC Manager, and Cloud Builder.
- [VcfVersionInfo](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_VcfVersionInfo.md): Information about a VCF versions provided by Amazon EVS, including its status, default ESX version, and EC2 instance types.
- [Vlan](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_Vlan.md): The VLANs that Amazon EVS creates during environment creation.
- [VmEntitlement](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_VmEntitlement.md): An object that represents a Windows Server License entitlement for a virtual machine in an Amazon EVS environment.


## [Service-specific Errors](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_Errors.md)

- [InternalServerException](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_InternalServerException.md): An internal server error occurred.
- [ResourceNotFoundException](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_ResourceNotFoundException.md): A service resource associated with the request could not be found.
- [ServiceQuotaExceededException](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_ServiceQuotaExceededException.md): The number of one or more Amazon EVS resources exceeds the maximum allowed.
- [TagPolicyException](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_TagPolicyException.md)
- [ThrottlingException](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_ThrottlingException.md): The operation could not be performed because the service is throttling requests.
- [TooManyTagsException](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_TooManyTagsException.md)
- [ValidationException](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/API_ValidationException.md): The input fails to satisfy the specified constraints.


## Full content

The entire guide is also available as a single markdown file, useful for feeding the full guide to an LLM in one pass:

- [Complete guide (single file)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/APIReference/full.md)