BlockDeviceMapping

Describes a block device mapping. This data type maps directly to the Amazon EC2 BlockDeviceMapping data type.

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DeviceName

The device name that is exposed to the instance, such as /dev/sdh. For the root device, you can use the explicit device name or you can set this parameter to ROOT_DEVICE and AWS OpsWorks Stacks will provide the correct device name.

Type: String

Required: No

Ebs

An EBSBlockDevice that defines how to configure an Amazon EBS volume when the instance is launched.

Type: EbsBlockDevice object

Required: No

NoDevice

Suppresses the specified device included in the AMI's block device mapping.

Type: String

Required: No

VirtualName

The virtual device name. For more information, see BlockDeviceMapping.

Type: String

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

• AWS SDK for C++

• AWS SDK for Java V2

• AWS SDK for Ruby V3