Abstract: Techniques for configuring and creating a compute instance are disclosed. A system may receive a request to launch a compute instance where the compute instance defined by a configurable attribute, The request comprises one or more user-specified criteria for the configurable attribute without including a specific value for the configurable attribute. The system determines a set of candidate values for the configurable attribute. The system selects the specific value for the configurable attribute from the set of candidate values for the configurable attribute, based on the one or more user-specified criteria. The system stores the specific value in association with the configurable attribute; and launches the compute instance based on the system-selected specific value for the configurable attribute of the compute instance.

Abstract: Techniques for configuring and creating a compute instance are disclosed. A system displays, within a Graphical User Interface (GUI), first and second interface elements representing first and second configurable attributes of a compute instance. Each interface element comprises a first selectable component and a second selectable component. The system receives a first user input selecting the first selectable component corresponding to a system-selected configuration for the first configurable attribute and selects a value for the first configurable attribute. The system receives a second user input selecting the second selectable component corresponding to a user-selected configuration for the second configurable attribute and displays a third interface element configured to receive user input specifying a value for the second configurable attribute. The system receives user input specifying the second value for the second configurable attribute and launches the compute instance.