launch configuration
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A set of descriptive parameters used to create new EC2 instances in an Auto Scaling activity.
A template that an Auto Scaling group uses to launch new EC2 instances. The launch configuration contains information such as the Amazon Machine Image ID, the instance type, key pairs, security groups, and block device mappings, among other configuration settings.
- — AWS ElastiCache User Guide Glossary retrieved 2014-05-26