BlockDeviceMapping

Name Description Required Schema Default Example

DeviceName (request), deviceName (result)

The name of the device.

true

string

Ebs (request), ebs (result)

One or more parameters to map a volume to DeviceName at launch.
You can specify either Ebs or VirtualName, but not both.

false

EbsBlockDevice

NoDevice (request), noDevice (result)

Prevents a device from being mapped to DeviceName at launch, if the OMI used contains a mapping for DeviceName.
To use this parameter, specify any value other than null, for example an empty string. Example with OSC CLI:
  --BlockDeviceMapping.1.DeviceName "/dev/xvdb" \
  --BlockDeviceMapping.1.NoDevice ""

false

string

VirtualName (request), virtualName (result)

The name of an ephemeral storage disk (ephemeralN) to map to DeviceName at launch.
You can specify either Ebs or VirtualName, but not both.

false

string