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#  create-stack-instances  Â¶

##  Description  Â¶

Creates stack instances for the specified accounts, within the specified
Amazon Web Services Regions. A stack instance refers to a stack in a specific
account and Region. You must specify at least one value for either ` Accounts
` or ` DeploymentTargets  ` , and you must specify at least one value for `
Regions  ` .

See also: [ AWS API Documentation
](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/WebAPI/cloudformation-2010-05-15/CreateStackInstances)

##  Synopsis  Â¶

    
    
      create-stack-instances
    --stack-set-name <value>
    [--accounts <value>]
    [--deployment-targets <value>]
    --regions <value>
    [--parameter-overrides <value>]
    [--operation-preferences <value>]
    [--operation-id <value>]
    [--call-as <value>]
    [--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
    [--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
    [--debug]
    [--endpoint-url <value>]
    [--no-verify-ssl]
    [--no-paginate]
    [--output <value>]
    [--query <value>]
    [--profile <value>]
    [--region <value>]
    [--version <value>]
    [--color <value>]
    [--no-sign-request]
    [--ca-bundle <value>]
    [--cli-read-timeout <value>]
    [--cli-connect-timeout <value>]
    [--cli-binary-format <value>]
    [--no-cli-pager]
    [--cli-auto-prompt]
    [--no-cli-auto-prompt]
    

##  Options  Â¶

` --stack-set-name  ` (string)

> The name or unique ID of the stack set that you want to create stack
> instances from.

` --accounts  ` (list)

> [Self-managed permissions] The names of one or more Amazon Web Services
> accounts that you want to create stack instances in the specified Region(s)
> for.
>
> You can specify ` Accounts  ` or ` DeploymentTargets  ` , but not both.
>
> (string)

Syntax:

    
    
    "string" "string" ...
    

` --deployment-targets  ` (structure)

> [Service-managed permissions] The Organizations accounts for which to create
> stack instances in the specified Amazon Web Services Regions.
>
> You can specify ` Accounts  ` or ` DeploymentTargets  ` , but not both.
>
> Accounts -> (list)
>

>> The names of one or more Amazon Web Services accounts for which you want to
deploy