<h2>Request an instance</h2><br/><div style="overflow-x:auto"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><head><meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright 2024" /><meta name="DC.rights.owner" content="(C) Copyright 2024" /><meta name="generator" content="DITA-OT" /><meta name="DC.type" content="task" /><meta name="DC.title" content="Request an instance" /><meta name="abstract" content="Request the provisioning of a new Amazon EC2 instance through the service catalog." /><meta name="description" content="Request the provisioning of a new Amazon EC2 instance through the service catalog." /><meta name="DC.subject" content="Amazon EC2, instance, Service Catalog" /><meta name="keywords" content="Amazon EC2, instance, Service Catalog" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../use/service-catalog-requests/concept/c_AmazonEC2InstanceRequest.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../administer/general/concept/capabilities-bundle-landingpage.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../administer/general/concept/manage-services.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../use/employee-self-service/reference/r_EmployeeSelfService.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../use/service-catalog-requests/topic/p_ServiceCatalogRequests.html" /><meta name="DC.creator" content="ServiceNow" /><meta name="DC.date.created" content="2023-02-02" /><meta name="DC.date.modified" content="2023-02-02" /><meta name="DC.format" content="XHTML" /><meta name="DC.identifier" content="t_RequestAnInstance" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../CSS/commonltr.css" /><title>Request an instance</title></head><body id="t_RequestAnInstance"> <div class="breadcrumb"><a class="link" href="../../../administer/general/concept/capabilities-bundle-landingpage.html" title="Extend the Now Platform with additional applications and features.">Extend Now Platform capabilities</a> > <a class="link" href="../../../administer/general/concept/manage-services.html" title="Give your customers tailored catalogs for products, and create portals for service requests, using the ServiceNow Service Catalog app.">Manage service capabilities</a> > <a class="link" href="../../../use/employee-self-service/reference/r_EmployeeSelfService.html" title="The Self-Service application gives supported end users a clean, simple front end to their IT support organization.">Self-service</a> > <a class="link" href="../../../use/service-catalog-requests/topic/p_ServiceCatalogRequests.html" title="This page contains links to content on service catalog requests.">Service catalog requests</a> > </div> <h1 class="title topictitle1" id="ariaid-title1">Request an instance</h1> <div class="body taskbody"><p class="shortdesc">Request the provisioning of a new Amazon EC2 instance through the service catalog.</p> <div class="section prereq p" id="t_RequestAnInstance__prereq_qhj_jns_nsb"> <p class="p">Role required: admin</p> </div> <ol class="ol steps"><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Navigate to <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">All</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Self-Service</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Service Catalog</span></span>.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Select <span class="ph uicontrol">Amazon EC2 Instance</span> from the <span class="ph uicontrol">Request Application Infrastructure</span> category.</span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <div class="p"><div class="fig fignone" id="t_RequestAnInstance__fig_zrb_1gh_dp"><span class="figcap"><span class="fig--title-label">Figure 1. </span>EC2 Service Catalog 2</span> <img class="image" id="t_RequestAnInstance__image_vrb_bgh_dp" src="../image/EC2ServiceCatalog2.png" alt="" /> </div> </div> </div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Select the operating system, the type of instance (Large or Small), and the number of instances requested.</span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <p class="p">See the specifications for Large and Small instances in Amazon EC2 Instance Types.</p> </div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Type a reason for the request.</span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <div class="p"><div class="fig fignone" id="t_RequestAnInstance__fig_azq_fgh_dp"><span class="figcap"><span class="fig--title-label">Figure 2. </span>EC2 Service Catalog</span> <img class="image" id="t_RequestAnInstance__image_bhv_ggh_dp" src="../image/EC2ServiceCatalog.png" alt="" /> </div> </div> </div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Click <span class="ph uicontrol">Order Now</span> to order the instance.</span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <div class="p">The Order Status form appears, summarizing the request. A status bar tracks the progress of the approval and provisioning of the EC2 instance.<div class="fig fignone" id="t_RequestAnInstance__fig_qxy_lgh_dp"><span class="figcap"><span class="fig--title-label">Figure 3. </span>EC2 Order Status</span> <img class="image" id="t_RequestAnInstance__image_cnw_mgh_dp" src="../image/EC2OrderStatus.png" alt="" /> </div> </div> <p class="p">Upon successful creation of the instance, you receive an email containing the instance ID, IP address, and the public DNS for the instances created.</p> </div> </li></ol> </div> <div class="related-links"> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent Topic:</strong> <a class="link" href="../../../use/service-catalog-requests/concept/c_AmazonEC2InstanceRequest.html" title="Users can request the provisioning and deletion of virtual computers (Linux or Windows) in the Amazon EC2 virtual computing environment through the ServiceNow Service Catalog.">Amazon EC2 instance request from the Service Catalog</a></div> </div> </div></body></html></div>