Amazon GameLift hosting locations
Amazon GameLift is available in multiple AWS Regions and Local Zones. For a complete list of locations, see Amazon GameLift endpoints and quotas in the AWS General Reference.
Amazon GameLift hosting
When you create a Amazon GameLift fleet, Amazon GameLift creates the fleet's resources in your current AWS Region. Amazon GameLift calls this Region the fleet's home Region. To manage a fleet, access it from its home Region.
Multi-location fleets deploy instances to other locations in
addition to the fleet's home Region. With multi-location fleets, you can manage capacity
for each location individually, and you can place game sessions by
location. Multi-location fleets can have remote locations in any Region or Local Zone
that Amazon GameLift supports. The following diagram depicts a multi-location fleet with resources
in two Regions. In the diagram, the us-west-2
Region includes two game
servers, and the us-east-2
Region has one game server.
If you choose to use a multi-location
fleet with instances in Regions that aren't enabled by default, you must enable those Regions in your AWS account. Also, your Amazon GameLift
administrator policy must allow the ec2:DescribeRegions
action. For more
information about Regions that aren't enabled by default and how to enable them, see
Managing AWS Regions in the
AWS General Reference. For a policy example with Regions that aren't enabled
by default, see Administrator permission examples.
Important
To use Regions that aren't enabled by default, enable them in your AWS account.
Fleets with Regions that aren't enabled that you created before February 28, 2022 are unaffected.
To create new multi-location fleets or to update existing multi-location fleets, first enable any Regions that you choose to use.
For game session placement, you can create game session queues in any location that Amazon GameLift supports. Amazon GameLift places game sessions from the location where you created the queue.
Local Zones
A Local Zone is an extension of an AWS Region in geographic
proximity to your users. Local Zones have their own connections to the internet. Local
Zones also support AWS Direct Connect so that resources created in a Local Zone can serve local
users with low-latency communications. For more information, see AWS Local Zones
The code for a Local Zone is its Region code, followed by an identifier that indicates
its physical location. For example, the us-west-2-lax-1
Local Zone is in
Los Angeles. For a list of available Local Zones, see Available Local
Zones.
Amazon GameLift hosts your games in each of the locations that you choose for your fleet. The
following diagram depicts a fleet with two game servers in the us-west-2
Region, one game server in the us-east-2
Region, and one game server in the
us-west-2-lax-1
Local Zone.
Available Local Zones
The following table lists the available Local Zones and their physical locations.
Local Zone | Location (metro area) |
---|---|
|
Atlanta |
|
Chicago |
|
Dallas |
|
Houston |
|
Kansas City |
|
Denver |
|
Los Angeles |
|
Phoenix |
Amazon GameLift Anywhere
You can use Amazon GameLift Anywhere to create fleets with your own hardware, and manage your game builds, scripts, game servers, and clients using Amazon GameLift. Amazon GameLift Anywhere is available in all Regions that Amazon GameLift supports. For more information about creating an Anywhere fleet and testing your game server integration, see Create a Amazon GameLift Anywhere fleet and Test your integration using Amazon GameLift Anywhere fleets.
With Amazon GameLift Anywhere you create custom locations that represent the physical location of the hardware you are using to host your Amazon GameLift integrated game servers.
Amazon GameLift FlexMatch
For FlexMatch, you can host match-generated game sessions in any location that Amazon GameLift supports. Actual matchmaking activity takes place in the AWS Region where you chose to create your matchmaker resources. Amazon GameLift routes match requests to the matchmaker and processes them in that location. For more information about Amazon GameLift FlexMatch, see What is Amazon GameLift FlexMatch?
AWS Regions that support FlexMatch resources
Amazon GameLift in China
When using Amazon GameLift for resources in the China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet, or the China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD, you must have a separate AWS (China) account. Note that some features are unavailable in the China Regions. For more information about using Amazon GameLift in these Regions, see the following resources:
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Amazon GameLift
(Getting Started with Amazon Web Services in China)