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# AWS::Batch::JobDefinition FargatePlatformConfiguration
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The platform configuration for jobs that are running on Fargate resources. Jobs that run on Amazon EC2 resources must not specify this parameter.

## Syntax
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To declare this entity in your CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

### JSON
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```
{
  "[PlatformVersion](#cfn-batch-jobdefinition-fargateplatformconfiguration-platformversion)" : {{String}}
}
```

### YAML
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```
  [PlatformVersion](#cfn-batch-jobdefinition-fargateplatformconfiguration-platformversion): {{String}}
```

## Properties
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`PlatformVersion`  <a name="cfn-batch-jobdefinition-fargateplatformconfiguration-platformversion"></a>
The AWS Fargate platform version where the jobs are running. A platform version is specified only for jobs that are running on Fargate resources. If one isn't specified, the `LATEST` platform version is used by default. This uses a recent, approved version of the AWS Fargate platform for compute resources. For more information, see [AWS Fargate platform versions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/platform_versions.html) in the *Amazon Elastic Container Service Developer Guide*.  
*Required*: No  
*Type*: String  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)