Describes one or more of your instances.
ec2_describe_instances(Filters, InstanceIds, DryRun, MaxResults,
NextToken)One or more filters.
affinity - The affinity setting for an instance running on a
Dedicated Host (default \| host).
architecture - The instance architecture (i386 \| x86_64).
availability-zone - The Availability Zone of the instance.
block-device-mapping.attach-time - The attach time for an EBS
volume mapped to the instance, for example,
2010-09-15T17:15:20.000Z.
block-device-mapping.delete-on-termination - A Boolean that
indicates whether the EBS volume is deleted on instance termination.
block-device-mapping.device-name - The device name specified in
the block device mapping (for example, /dev/sdh or xvdh).
block-device-mapping.status - The status for the EBS volume
(attaching \| attached \| detaching \| detached).
block-device-mapping.volume-id - The volume ID of the EBS volume.
client-token - The idempotency token you provided when you
launched the instance.
dns-name - The public DNS name of the instance.
group-id - The ID of the security group for the instance.
EC2-Classic only.
group-name - The name of the security group for the instance.
EC2-Classic only.
hibernation-options.configured - A Boolean that indicates whether
the instance is enabled for hibernation. A value of true means
that the instance is enabled for hibernation.
host-id - The ID of the Dedicated Host on which the instance is
running, if applicable.
hypervisor - The hypervisor type of the instance (ovm \| xen).
iam-instance-profile.arn - The instance profile associated with
the instance. Specified as an ARN.
image-id - The ID of the image used to launch the instance.
instance-id - The ID of the instance.
instance-lifecycle - Indicates whether this is a Spot Instance or
a Scheduled Instance (spot \| scheduled).
instance-state-code - The state of the instance, as a 16-bit
unsigned integer. The high byte is used for internal purposes and
should be ignored. The low byte is set based on the state
represented. The valid values are: 0 (pending), 16 (running), 32
(shutting-down), 48 (terminated), 64 (stopping), and 80 (stopped).
instance-state-name - The state of the instance (pending \|
running \| shutting-down \| terminated \| stopping \|
stopped).
instance-type - The type of instance (for example, t2.micro).
instance.group-id - The ID of the security group for the instance.
instance.group-name - The name of the security group for the
instance.
ip-address - The public IPv4 address of the instance.
kernel-id - The kernel ID.
key-name - The name of the key pair used when the instance was
launched.
launch-index - When launching multiple instances, this is the
index for the instance in the launch group (for example, 0, 1, 2,
and so on).
launch-time - The time when the instance was launched.
monitoring-state - Indicates whether detailed monitoring is
enabled (disabled \| enabled).
network-interface.addresses.private-ip-address - The private IPv4
address associated with the network interface.
network-interface.addresses.primary - Specifies whether the IPv4
address of the network interface is the primary private IPv4
address.
network-interface.addresses.association.public-ip - The ID of the
association of an Elastic IP address (IPv4) with a network
interface.
network-interface.addresses.association.ip-owner-id - The owner ID
of the private IPv4 address associated with the network interface.
network-interface.association.public-ip - The address of the
Elastic IP address (IPv4) bound to the network interface.
network-interface.association.ip-owner-id - The owner of the
Elastic IP address (IPv4) associated with the network interface.
network-interface.association.allocation-id - The allocation ID
returned when you allocated the Elastic IP address (IPv4) for your
network interface.
network-interface.association.association-id - The association ID
returned when the network interface was associated with an IPv4
address.
network-interface.attachment.attachment-id - The ID of the
interface attachment.
network-interface.attachment.instance-id - The ID of the instance
to which the network interface is attached.
network-interface.attachment.instance-owner-id - The owner ID of
the instance to which the network interface is attached.
network-interface.attachment.device-index - The device index to
which the network interface is attached.
network-interface.attachment.status - The status of the attachment
(attaching \| attached \| detaching \| detached).
network-interface.attachment.attach-time - The time that the
network interface was attached to an instance.
network-interface.attachment.delete-on-termination - Specifies
whether the attachment is deleted when an instance is terminated.
network-interface.availability-zone - The Availability Zone for
the network interface.
network-interface.description - The description of the network
interface.
network-interface.group-id - The ID of a security group associated
with the network interface.
network-interface.group-name - The name of a security group
associated with the network interface.
network-interface.ipv6-addresses.ipv6-address - The IPv6 address
associated with the network interface.
network-interface.mac-address - The MAC address of the network
interface.
network-interface.network-interface-id - The ID of the network
interface.
network-interface.owner-id - The ID of the owner of the network
interface.
network-interface.private-dns-name - The private DNS name of the
network interface.
network-interface.requester-id - The requester ID for the network
interface.
network-interface.requester-managed - Indicates whether the
network interface is being managed by AWS.
network-interface.status - The status of the network interface
(available) \| in-use).
network-interface.source-dest-check - Whether the network
interface performs source/destination checking. A value of true
means that checking is enabled, and false means that checking is
disabled. The value must be false for the network interface to
perform network address translation (NAT) in your VPC.
network-interface.subnet-id - The ID of the subnet for the network
interface.
network-interface.vpc-id - The ID of the VPC for the network
interface.
owner-id - The AWS account ID of the instance owner.
placement-group-name - The name of the placement group for the
instance.
placement-partition-number - The partition in which the instance
is located.
platform - The platform. Use windows if you have Windows
instances; otherwise, leave blank.
private-dns-name - The private IPv4 DNS name of the instance.
private-ip-address - The private IPv4 address of the instance.
product-code - The product code associated with the AMI used to
launch the instance.
product-code.type - The type of product code (devpay \|
marketplace).
ramdisk-id - The RAM disk ID.
reason - The reason for the current state of the instance (for
example, shows "User Initiated [date]" when you stop or
terminate the instance). Similar to the state-reason-code filter.
requester-id - The ID of the entity that launched the instance on
your behalf (for example, AWS Management Console, Auto Scaling, and
so on).
reservation-id - The ID of the instance's reservation. A
reservation ID is created any time you launch an instance. A
reservation ID has a one-to-one relationship with an instance launch
request, but can be associated with more than one instance if you
launch multiple instances using the same launch request. For
example, if you launch one instance, you get one reservation ID. If
you launch ten instances using the same launch request, you also get
one reservation ID.
root-device-name - The device name of the root device volume (for
example, /dev/sda1).
root-device-type - The type of the root device volume (ebs \|
instance-store).
source-dest-check - Indicates whether the instance performs
source/destination checking. A value of true means that checking
is enabled, and false means that checking is disabled. The value
must be false for the instance to perform network address
translation (NAT) in your VPC.
spot-instance-request-id - The ID of the Spot Instance request.
state-reason-code - The reason code for the state change.
state-reason-message - A message that describes the state change.
subnet-id - The ID of the subnet for the instance.
tag:\<key\> - The key/value combination of a tag assigned to the
resource. Use the tag key in the filter name and the tag value as
the filter value. For example, to find all resources that have a tag
with the key Owner and the value TeamA, specify tag:Owner for
the filter name and TeamA for the filter value.
tag-key - The key of a tag assigned to the resource. Use this
filter to find all resources that have a tag with a specific key,
regardless of the tag value.
tenancy - The tenancy of an instance (dedicated \| default \|
host).
virtualization-type - The virtualization type of the instance
(paravirtual \| hvm).
vpc-id - The ID of the VPC that the instance is running in.
One or more instance IDs.
Default: Describes all your instances.
Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without
actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have
the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation.
Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation.
The maximum number of results to return in a single call. To retrieve
the remaining results, make another call with the returned NextToken
value. This value can be between 5 and 1000. You cannot specify this
parameter and the instance IDs parameter in the same call.
The token to request the next page of results.
svc$describe_instances(
Filters = list(
list(
Name = "string",
Values = list(
"string"
)
)
),
InstanceIds = list(
"string"
),
DryRun = TRUE|FALSE,
MaxResults = 123,
NextToken = "string"
)
If you specify one or more instance IDs, Amazon EC2 returns information for those instances. If you do not specify instance IDs, Amazon EC2 returns information for all relevant instances. If you specify an instance ID that is not valid, an error is returned. If you specify an instance that you do not own, it is not included in the returned results.
Recently terminated instances might appear in the returned results. This interval is usually less than one hour.
If you describe instances in the rare case where an Availability Zone is experiencing a service disruption and you specify instance IDs that are in the affected zone, or do not specify any instance IDs at all, the call fails. If you describe instances and specify only instance IDs that are in an unaffected zone, the call works normally.
# NOT RUN {
# This example describes the specified instance.
# }
# NOT RUN {
svc$describe_instances(
InstanceIds = list(
"i-1234567890abcdef0"
)
)
# }
# NOT RUN {
# This example describes the instances with the t2.micro instance type.
# }
# NOT RUN {
svc$describe_instances(
Filters = list(
list(
Name = "instance-type",
Values = list(
"t2.micro"
)
)
)
)
# }
# NOT RUN {
# This example describes the instances with the Purpose=test tag.
# }
# NOT RUN {
svc$describe_instances(
Filters = list(
list(
Name = "tag:Purpose",
Values = list(
"test"
)
)
)
)
# }
# NOT RUN {
# }
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