cloudformation to create ec2 using volume attachment for root.

Question

Hello I am trying to create one EC2 using cloudformation. The requirement is to use volume attachment with a snapshot id. This snapshot id is coming from my AMI and the snapshot id provided is the root device. (AMI only consist of one snapshot)

I got the error message: Property ImageId cannot be empty when deploying the resource.
When I input the ImageId for AWS::EC2::Instance, it will crash with AWS::EC2::VolumeAttachment property.

Can someone help to modify my template and point out how can I fix this issue?

```
--- 
Description: "AWS CloudFormation sample template.  Create a new EC2 instance"
Resources: 
  myEC2Instance: 
    Properties: 
      IamInstanceProfile: ec2role
      InstanceType: t2.micro
      SecurityGroupIds: 
        - sg-123456
      SubnetId: subnet-123456
      Tags: 
        - 
          Key: Name
          Value: ec2test
    Type: "AWS::EC2::Instance"
  myMountPoint: 
    Properties: 
      Device: /dev/xvda
      InstanceId: myEC2Instance
      VolumeId: myVolume
    Type: "AWS::EC2::VolumeAttachment"
  myVolume: 
    Properties: 
      AvailabilityZone: !GetAtt myEC2Instance.AvailabilityZone
      Size: 10
      SnapshotId: snap-123456
      Tags: 
        - 
          Key: Name
          Value: ebstest
      VolumeType: gp2
      Size: 10
    Type: "AWS::EC2::Volume"

```

Answer

I think you may have a simple syntax error here.

Have a look at the YAML code snippet on this page: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-properties-ec2-ebs-volumeattachment.html

You need to use !Ref to reference the names of the other resources.

Hope this helps

cloudformation to create ec2 using volume attachment for root.

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