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AWS::EFS::MountTarget

EFS MountTarget

The AWS::EFS::MountTarget resource is an Amazon EFS resource that creates a mount target for an EFS file system. You can then mount the file system on Amazon EC2 instances or other resources by using the mount target.

Properties

6 configurable properties. 3 required. Click a row to see details.

Filter:
PropertyTypeFlags
FileSystemId
string
RequiredCreate-only
SecurityGroups
Array<string>
Required
SubnetId
string
RequiredCreate-only
IpAddress
string
Create-only
IpAddressType
string
Create-onlyWrite-only
Ipv6Address
string
Create-only

Return Values

Values returned after the resource is created. Access these with Fn::GetAtt.

AttributeTypeDescription
Idstring-

Sample CloudFormation Template

A minimal template with required properties and common optional ones.

template.yaml
AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Description: Sample template for AWS::EFS::MountTarget

Resources:
  MyResource:
    Type: AWS::EFS::MountTarget
    Properties:
      FileSystemId: "my-filesystemid"
      SecurityGroups: []
      SubnetId: "my-subnetid"

Required IAM Permissions

Permissions CloudFormation needs in your IAM role to manage this resource.

create

elasticfilesystem:CreateMountTargetelasticfilesystem:DescribeMountTargets

read

elasticfilesystem:DescribeMountTargetselasticfilesystem:DescribeMountTargetSecurityGroups

update

elasticfilesystem:DescribeMountTargetselasticfilesystem:DescribeMountTargetSecurityGroupselasticfilesystem:ModifyMountTargetSecurityGroups

delete

elasticfilesystem:DescribeMountTargetselasticfilesystem:DeleteMountTarget

list

elasticfilesystem:DescribeMountTargetselasticfilesystem:DescribeMountTargetSecurityGroups

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Quick Facts

ServiceEFS
Properties7
Required3
TaggingNot supported
Primary IDId

Supported Operations

CreateReadUpdateDeleteList

Immutable After Creation

These properties cannot be changed after the resource is created. Updating them triggers a replacement.

IpAddressIpv6AddressIpAddressTypeSubnetIdFileSystemId

Related Resources

External Links