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title: "VBRAmazonEC2Container"
description: "Contains Amazon EC2 entities. Property Type Description VBRAmazonS3Region AWS Region and datacenter. Object[] EC2 instances, EC2 tags or AWS datacenters. Bool Excludes EC2 instances, EC2 tags or AWS datacenters."
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# VBRAmazonEC2Container

Contains Amazon EC2 entities.

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  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <th style="height:19px;">
      <p>Property</p>
    </th>
    <th style="height:19px;">
      <p>Type</p>
    </th>
    <th style="height:19px;">
      <p>Description</p>
    </th>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="height:19px;">
      <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Region</span></p>
    </td>
    <td style="height:19px;">
      <p><a href="vbramazons3region.md" class="T_Filenames">VBRAmazonS3Region</a></p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top; height:19px;">
      <p>AWS Region and datacenter.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="height:19px;">
      <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Entity</span></p>
    </td>
    <td style="height:19px;">
      <p>Object[]</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top; height:19px;">
      <p>EC2 instances, EC2 tags or AWS datacenters.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="height:19px;">
      <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">ExcludeEntities</span></p>
    </td>
    <td style="height:19px;">
      <p>Bool</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top; height:19px;">
      <p>Excludes EC2 instances, EC2 tags or AWS datacenters.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="height:19px;">
      <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Excluded Entity</span></p>
    </td>
    <td style="height:19px;">
      <p>Object[]</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top; height:19px;">
      <p>Excluded EC2 instances, EC2 tags or AWS datacenters.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="height:19px;">
      <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">AutoAssignIAMRole</span></p>
    </td>
    <td style="height:19px;">
      <p>Bool</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top; height:19px;">
      <p>Assigns IAM role with the <span class="T_Emphasis">AmazonSSMManagedInstanceCore</span> policy to all EC2 instances.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>