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+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+#
+# If your change doesn't affect end users you should instead start
+# your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the area of concern in the attributes-registry, (e.g. http, cloud, db)
+component: resource/cloud-provider
+
+# A brief description of the change. Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Add `aws.ec2.instance.id` resource attribute for AWS EC2 VMs.
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [600]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
diff --git a/docs/resource/cloud-provider/aws/ec2.md b/docs/resource/cloud-provider/aws/ec2.md
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+# AWS EC2
+
+**Status**: [Experimental][DocumentStatus]
+
+**type:** `aws.ec2`
+
+**Description:** Resources used by Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2).
+
+<!-- semconv aws.ec2 -->
+| Attribute  | Type | Description  | Examples  | Requirement Level |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+| `aws.ec2.instance.id` | string | The instance id of an AWS EC2 instance. This is the value provided by the [EC2 Metadata](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/instancedata-data-categories.html) endpoint under `instance-id`. [1] | `i-1234567890abcdef0` | Recommended |
+
+**[1]:** When both `host.id` and `aws.ec2.instance.id` are present, they SHOULD be equal.
+<!-- endsemconv -->
+
+[DocumentStatus]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/tree/v1.26.0/specification/document-status.md
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+groups:
+  - id: aws.ec2
+    prefix: aws.ec2
+    type: resource
+    brief: >
+      Resources used by Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2).
+    attributes:
+      - id: instance.id
+        type: string
+        brief: >
+          The instance id of an AWS EC2 instance. This is the value
+          provided by the [EC2 Metadata](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/instancedata-data-categories.html)
+          endpoint under `instance-id`.
+        note: >
+          When both `host.id` and `aws.ec2.instance.id` are present,
+          they SHOULD be equal.
+        examples: ['i-1234567890abcdef0']