ec2-describe-instance-attribute

instance_id

The instance ID.

Type: String

Required: Yes

Example: i-43a4412a

-b, --block-device-mapping

The block device mapping for the instance.

Type: String

Required: No

Example: -b

--disable-api-termination

Whether the instance can be terminated using the EC2 API. A value of true means you can't terminate the instance using the API (the instance is "locked"). A value of false means you can terminate the instance using the API (the instance is "unlocked"). Set this attribute to true to prevent the instance from being terminated using the EC2 API.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

Example: --disable-api-termination

--ebs-optimized Boolean

Whether the instance is optimized for EBS I/O. This optimization provides dedicated throughput to Amazon EBS and an optimized configuration stack to provide optimal EBS I/O performance. This option isn't available on all instance types. Additional usage charge apply when using this option.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

Example: --ebs-optimized

-g, --group-id

The security groups the instance is in.

Type: String

Required: No

Example: -g

-p, --product-code

The product codes associated with an instance. Each product code includes a product code and type.

Type: String

Required: No

Example: -p

--instance-initiated-shutdown-behavior

Whether an instance stops or terminates when shutdown is initiated.

Type: String

Required: No

Example: --instance-initiated-shutdown-behavior

-t, --instance-type

The instance type of the instance. See Available Instance Types for more information.

Type: String

Required: No

Example: -t

--kernel

The ID of the kernel associated with the AMI.

Type: String

Required: No

Example: --kernel

--ramdisk

The ID of the RAM disk associated with the AMI.

Type: String

Required: No

Example: --ramdisk

--root-device-name

The name of the root device (for example, /dev/sda1).

Type: String

Required: No

Example: --root-device-name

--source-dest-check

Enables an instance in a VPC to perform NAT. The attribute controls whether source/destination checking is enabled on the instance. A value of true means checking is enabled, and false means checking is disabled. The value must be false for the instance to perform NAT. For more information, see NAT Instances in the Amazon Virtual Private Cloud User Guide.

Type: String

Required: No

Example: --source-dest-check

--user-data

Any user data made available to the instance.

Type: String

Required: No

Example: --user-data

--region REGION

Overrides the region specified by the EC2_URL environment variable and the URL specified by the -U option.

Default: The value of the EC2_URL environment variable, or us-east-1 if EC2_URL isn't set.

Example: --region eu-west-1

-U, --url URL

The uniform resource locator (URL) of the Amazon EC2 web service entry point.

Default: The value of the EC2_URL environment variable, or https://ec2.amazonaws.com if EC2_URL isn't set.

Example: -U https://ec2.amazonaws.com

-K, --private-key EC2-PRIVATE-KEY

The private key that identifies you to Amazon EC2. For more information, see Tell the Tools Who You Are.

Default: The value of the EC2_PRIVATE_KEY environment variable. If EC2_PRIVATE_KEY isn't set, you must specify this option.

Example: -K pk-HKZYKTAIG2ECMXYIBH3HXV4ZBEXAMPLE.pem

-C, --cert EC2-CERT

The X.509 certificate that identifies you to Amazon EC2.

Default: The value of the EC2_CERT environment variable. If EC2_CERT isn't set, you must specify this option.

Example: -C cert-HKZYKTAIG2ECMXYIBH3HXV4ZBEXAMPLE.pem

-O, --aws-access-key AWS_ACCESS_KEY

The access key ID associated with your AWS account. For more information, see Tell the Tools Who You Are.

Default: The value of the AWS_ACCESS_KEY environment variable. If AWS_ACCESS_KEY isn't set, you must specify this option.

Example: -O AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE

-W, --aws-secret-key AWS_SECRET_KEY

The secret access key associated with your AWS account.

Default: The value of the AWS_SECRET_KEY environment variable. If AWS_SECRET_KEY isn't set, you must specify this option.

Example: -W wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY

-T, --security-token TOKEN AWS_DELEGATION_TOKEN

The AWS delegation token.

Default: The value of the environment variable (if set).

--connection-timeout TIMEOUT

The connection timeout, in seconds.

Example: --connection-timeout 30

--request-timeout TIMEOUT

The request timeout, in seconds.

Example: --request-timeout 45

-v, --verbose

Displays verbose output, including the API request and response on the command line. This is useful if you are building tools to talk directly to our Query API.

-H, --headers

Includes column headers in the command output.

--show-empty-fields

Shows empty columns as (nil).

--hide-tags

Omits tags for tagged resources.

--debug

Displays internal debugging information. This can assist us when helping you troubleshooting problems.

-?, --help, -h

Displays usage information for the command.

-

Reads arguments from standard input. This is useful when piping the output from one command to the input of another.

Example: ec2-describe-instances | grep stopped | cut -f 2 | ec2-start-instances -