From the course: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03) Cert Prep (February 2025)

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Launch methods - Amazon Web Services (AWS) Tutorial

From the course: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03) Cert Prep (February 2025)

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Launch methods

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When it comes to launching Auto Scaling groups, there are effectively four different methods that you can use. We can use launch templates, we can launch them from EC2 instances, and others. I want to make sure you understand these four basic methods that are used to launch Auto Scaling groups so you can plan for the right method for your scenario. To understand this, we're going to look at the AWS documentation. So here we're looking at the first method, which is creating an Auto Scaling group using a launch template. The way this works is you create a template or multiple templates for launching an Auto Scaling group, and the launch template specifies all of the parameters that are going to be used to launch an EC2 instance. Now it's very important that you understand the prerequisites for this for the architect exam. First of all, you must ensure that your launch template includes all parameters required to launch an EC2…

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