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+---
+Resources:
+  MyEC2Instance:
+    Type: "AWS::EC2::Instance"
+    Properties:
+      AvailabilityZone: "us-east-1a"
+      ImageId: "ami-0f403e3180720dd7e"  # Replace with your desired AMI ID
+      InstanceType: "t2.micro"