# Launch EC2 instance with EC2 template

**URL:** <https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/launch-ec2-instance-with-ec2-template/14456>\
**Category:** AWS\
**Created:** [September 21, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/launch-ec2-instance-with-ec2-template/14456 "2020-09-21T12:42:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![nitinkansal1984](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hashicorp/user_avatar/discuss.hashicorp.com/nitinkansal1984/32/11888_2.png) [@nitinkansal1984](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/nitinkansal1984)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/launch-ec2-instance-with-ec2-template/14456/1 "2020-09-21T12:42:29Z")

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I have created a template using launch\_template and now I wanted to use that to launch EC2 instance. There is no option in aws\_instance resource to give the template id as attribute to launch instance from. Please suggest !