Adding and restricting single AMI instances for AWS Marketplace

As an AWS Marketplace seller, you can manage which instances buyers can use for your single Amazon Machine Imagine (AMI) product. You can add a new instance for your single AMI product that buyers can use. Similarly, if you want to prevent new buyers from using your single AMI product from a specific instance, you can restrict the instance. The following sections provide instructions for adding and restricting instances.

Add an instance

You can add a new instance which buyers can use a single-AMI.

To add an instance

1. Open the AWS Marketplace Management Portal at https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/management/tour/, and then sign in to your seller account.

2. Go to the Server products page, and on the Current server product tab, select the product that you want to modify.

3. From the Request changes dropdown, choose Add instance.

4. Select the instances that you want to add from the list of available instances. .

5. Choose Submit request to submit your request for review.

6. Verify that the Requests tab shows the Request status as Under review. When the request completes, the status becomes Succeeded.

   Note

   If your current pricing model is not free or uses a Bring Your Own License (BYOL) model, there is an additional step to add prices.

   If you created an Add instance with a price for the new instance or Update pricing to increase price, you can’t use self-service to Add instance in the 90 days starting from the day you made the change. To make these changes, contact the AWS Marketplace Seller Operations team.

   When you add support for a new instance type, customers already subscribed to private offers for your product won't be able to launch the newly added instance automatically. You must create another private offer with the instance you want customers to access. After accepting the new offer, customers can launch the newly added instance. Customers who subscribe to your product at a future date can also launch the instance, as long as the instance is included in the private offer. For more information about how to create a new private offer, see Private offer upgrades, renewals, and amendments.

Restrict an instance

If you want to prevent new buyers from using your single AMI product from a specific instance, you can restrict the instance. You can add the instance back at a later time, if needed. Existing users of the single AMI on the restricted instance can continue to use the product from the Region as long as they're subscribed.

To restrict an instance

1. Open the AWS Marketplace Management Portal at https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/management/tour/, and then sign in to your seller account.

2. Go to the Server products page, and on the Current server product tab, select the product that you want to modify.

3. From the Request changes dropdown, choose Restrict instance.

4. Select the instances that you want to restrict, and choose Restrict.

5. Choose Submit change request to submit your request for review.

6. Verify that the Requests tab shows the Request status as Under review. When the request completes, the status becomes Succeeded.

   Note

   If the check box is shaded, this means the instance is associated with one to several versions as a recommended instance type. To restrict such instances, use Update versions to choose a different recommended instance type. After the change requests complete and the instance you want to restrict is no longer a recommended instance type, you can return to Restrict instance to restrict your chosen instance.