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EC2

Instances, VPCs, subnets, security groups, EBS volumes, snapshots, launch templates, key pairs, elastic IPs.

Query (form-encoded) multi-tenant 157 operations

Quick start

import boto3
ec2 = boto3.client("ec2", endpoint_url="http://localhost:4566",
                   region_name="us-east-1",
                   aws_access_key_id="test", aws_secret_access_key="test")
vpc = ec2.create_vpc(CidrBlock="10.0.0.0/16")["Vpc"]
print(ec2.describe_vpcs()["Vpcs"])

Supported operations

157 operations exposed by this service as of MiniStack 1.4.6. Extracted directly from the handler dispatch in the source module.

AcceptVpcPeeringConnection AllocateAddress AssociateAddress AssociateDhcpOptions AssociateIamInstanceProfile AssociateRouteTable AttachInternetGateway AttachNetworkInterface AttachVolume AttachVpnGateway AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress CopySnapshot CreateCustomerGateway CreateDefaultVpc CreateDhcpOptions CreateEgressOnlyInternetGateway CreateFleet CreateFlowLogs CreateInternetGateway CreateKeyPair CreateLaunchTemplate CreateLaunchTemplateVersion CreateManagedPrefixList CreateNatGateway CreateNetworkAcl CreateNetworkAclEntry CreateNetworkInterface CreatePlacementGroup CreateRoute CreateRouteTable CreateSecurityGroup CreateSnapshot CreateSubnet CreateTags CreateTime CreateVolume CreateVpc CreateVpcEndpoint CreateVpcPeeringConnection CreateVpnConnection CreateVpnConnectionRoute CreateVpnGateway DeleteCustomerGateway DeleteDhcpOptions DeleteEgressOnlyInternetGateway DeleteFlowLogs DeleteInternetGateway DeleteKeyPair DeleteLaunchTemplate DeleteManagedPrefixList DeleteNatGateway DeleteNetworkAcl DeleteNetworkAclEntry DeleteNetworkInterface DeletePlacementGroup DeleteRoute DeleteRouteTable DeleteSecurityGroup DeleteSnapshot DeleteSubnet DeleteTags DeleteVolume DeleteVpc DeleteVpcEndpoints DeleteVpcPeeringConnection DeleteVpnConnection DeleteVpnConnectionRoute DeleteVpnGateway DescribeAddresses DescribeAddressesAttribute DescribeAvailabilityZones DescribeCapacityReservations DescribeCustomerGateways DescribeDhcpOptions DescribeEgressOnlyInternetGateways DescribeFleets DescribeFlowLogs DescribeIamInstanceProfileAssociations DescribeImages DescribeInstanceAttribute DescribeInstanceAutoRecoveryAttribute DescribeInstanceCreditSpecifications DescribeInstanceMaintenanceOptions DescribeInstances DescribeInstanceStatus DescribeInstanceTopology DescribeInstanceTypes DescribeInternetGateways DescribeKeyPairs DescribeLaunchTemplates DescribeLaunchTemplateVersions DescribeManagedPrefixLists DescribeNatGateways DescribeNetworkAcls DescribeNetworkInterfaces DescribePlacementGroups DescribePrefixLists DescribeRegions DescribeRouteTables DescribeSecurityGroupRules DescribeSecurityGroups DescribeSnapshotAttribute DescribeSnapshots DescribeSpotInstanceRequests DescribeSubnets DescribeTags DescribeVolumeAttribute DescribeVolumes DescribeVolumesModifications DescribeVolumeStatus DescribeVpcAttribute DescribeVpcClassicLink DescribeVpcClassicLinkDnsSupport DescribeVpcEndpoints DescribeVpcEndpointServices DescribeVpcPeeringConnections DescribeVpcs DescribeVpnConnections DescribeVpnGateways DetachInternetGateway DetachNetworkInterface DetachVolume DetachVpnGateway DisableVgwRoutePropagation DisassociateAddress DisassociateIamInstanceProfile DisassociateRouteTable EnableVgwRoutePropagation EnableVolumeIO GetManagedPrefixListEntries ImportKeyPair LaunchTemplateData LaunchTemplateId LaunchTemplateName ModifyInstanceMaintenanceOptions ModifyLaunchTemplate ModifyManagedPrefixList ModifySnapshotAttribute ModifySubnetAttribute ModifyVolume ModifyVolumeAttribute ModifyVpcAttribute ModifyVpcEndpoint RebootInstances ReleaseAddress ReplaceIamInstanceProfileAssociation ReplaceNetworkAclAssociation ReplaceNetworkAclEntry ReplaceRoute ReplaceRouteTableAssociation RevokeSecurityGroupEgress RevokeSecurityGroupIngress RunInstances StartInstances StopInstances TerminateInstances

CloudFormation

The CloudFormation engine provisions these resource types via this service:

AWS::EC2::VPC AWS::EC2::Subnet AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup AWS::EC2::InternetGateway AWS::EC2::VPCGatewayAttachment AWS::EC2::RouteTable AWS::EC2::Route AWS::EC2::SubnetRouteTableAssociation AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate AWS::EC2::Instance

See CloudFormation engine for intrinsic support and lifecycle details.

Known limitations

  • No real VMs are started — RunInstances returns instance metadata only.
  • No networking — security group rules are stored but never filter traffic.
  • IAM permission evaluation on ec2:* is not performed.

Source

  • ministack/services/ec2.py

Read the source to verify the ops list above — dispatch tables and handler functions are the ground truth.