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title: Amazon EC2 instance request from the Service Catalog
description: 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.
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# Amazon EC2 instance request from the Service Catalog

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.

The Amazon EC2 offering requires the purchase and activation of ServiceNow Orchestration Automaton.

**Note:** This feature has been deprecated and is no longer supported or available for new activation. For details, see the [Deprecation Process \[KB0867184\]](https://hi.service-now.com/kb_view.do?sysparm_article=KB0867184) article in the Now Support knowledge base.

-   **[Request an instance](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/self-service/t_RequestAnInstance.md)**  
Request the provisioning of a new Amazon EC2 instance through the service catalog.
-   **[Terminate an instance](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/self-service/t_TerminateAnInstance.md)**  
Shut down an Amazon EC2 instance through the service catalog.

**Parent Topic:**[Service catalog requests](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/self-service/p_ServiceCatalogRequests.md)