AvailabilityZone Property

The Availability Zone within which to launch the instance.

Syntax

[VB.NET]
Public Property AvailabilityZone As String

[C#]
public string AvailabilityZone {get; set;}

Remarks

This method allows the user to define a geographic location in which to launch the EC2 Image. This is used while calling StartInstance. If none is specified, EC2 selects one automatically.

Use the ListAvailabilityZones method to get a list of valid availability zones for the user.

This functionality is provided to add the ability to protect your applications against failure in one location.

Default Value

""