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Describes attributes of your AWS account. The following are the supported account attributes:
See also: AWS API Documentation
See 'aws help' for descriptions of global parameters.
describe-account-attributes
[--attribute-names <value>]
[--dry-run | --no-dry-run]
[--cli-input-json <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
--attribute-names (list)
The account attribute names.
(string)
Syntax:
"string" "string" ...
Where valid values are:
supported-platforms
default-vpc
--dry-run | --no-dry-run (boolean)
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 .
--cli-input-json (string) Performs service operation based on the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, the CLI values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally.
--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.
See 'aws help' for descriptions of global parameters.
To describe all the attributes for your AWS account
This example describes the attributes for your AWS account.
Command:
aws ec2 describe-account-attributes
Output:
{
"AccountAttributes": [
{
"AttributeName": "vpc-max-security-groups-per-interface",
"AttributeValues": [
{
"AttributeValue": "5"
}
]
},
{
"AttributeName": "max-instances",
"AttributeValues": [
{
"AttributeValue": "20"
}
]
},
{
"AttributeName": "supported-platforms",
"AttributeValues": [
{
"AttributeValue": "EC2"
},
{
"AttributeValue": "VPC"
}
]
},
{
"AttributeName": "default-vpc",
"AttributeValues": [
{
"AttributeValue": "none"
}
]
},
{
"AttributeName": "max-elastic-ips",
"AttributeValues": [
{
"AttributeValue": "5"
}
]
},
{
"AttributeName": "vpc-max-elastic-ips",
"AttributeValues": [
{
"AttributeValue": "5"
}
]
}
]
}
To describe a single attribute for your AWS account
This example describes the supported-platforms attribute for your AWS account.
Command:
aws ec2 describe-account-attributes --attribute-names supported-platforms
Output:
{
"AccountAttributes": [
{
"AttributeName": "supported-platforms",
"AttributeValues": [
{
"AttributeValue": "EC2"
},
{
"AttributeValue": "VPC"
}
]
}
]
}
AccountAttributes -> (list)
Information about the account attributes.
(structure)
Describes an account attribute.
AttributeName -> (string)
The name of the account attribute.AttributeValues -> (list)
The values for the account attribute.
(structure)
Describes a value of an account attribute.
AttributeValue -> (string)
The value of the attribute.