os
The instance's operating system, which must be set to one of the following.
A supported Linux operating system: An Amazon Linux version, such as
Amazon Linux 2018.03
,Amazon Linux 2017.09
,Amazon Linux 2017.03
,Amazon Linux 2016.09
,Amazon Linux 2016.03
,Amazon Linux 2015.09
, orAmazon Linux 2015.03
.A supported Ubuntu operating system, such as
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
,Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
, orUbuntu 12.04 LTS
.CentOS Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
A supported Windows operating system, such as
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Base
,Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 with SQL Server Express
,Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 with SQL Server Standard
, orMicrosoft Windows Server 2012 R2 with SQL Server Web
.A custom AMI:
Custom
.
For more information about the supported operating systems, see AWS OpsWorks Stacks Operating Systems.
The default option is the current Amazon Linux version. If you set this parameter to Custom
, you must use the CreateInstance action's AmiId parameter to specify the custom AMI that you want to use. Block device mappings are not supported if the value is Custom
. For more information about supported operating systems, see Operating SystemsFor more information about how to use custom AMIs with AWS OpsWorks Stacks, see Using Custom AMIs.