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ec2¶
Description¶
You can access the features of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) programmatically. For more information, see the Amazon EC2 Developer Guide .
Available Commands¶
- accept-address-transfer
- accept-capacity-reservation-billing-ownership
- accept-reserved-instances-exchange-quote
- accept-transit-gateway-multicast-domain-associations
- accept-transit-gateway-peering-attachment
- accept-transit-gateway-vpc-attachment
- accept-vpc-endpoint-connections
- accept-vpc-peering-connection
- advertise-byoip-cidr
- allocate-address
- allocate-hosts
- allocate-ipam-pool-cidr
- apply-security-groups-to-client-vpn-target-network
- assign-ipv6-addresses
- assign-private-ip-addresses
- assign-private-nat-gateway-address
- associate-address
- associate-capacity-reservation-billing-owner
- associate-client-vpn-target-network
- associate-dhcp-options
- associate-enclave-certificate-iam-role
- associate-iam-instance-profile
- associate-instance-event-window
- associate-ipam-byoasn
- associate-ipam-resource-discovery
- associate-nat-gateway-address
- associate-route-table
- associate-security-group-vpc
- associate-subnet-cidr-block
- associate-transit-gateway-multicast-domain
- associate-transit-gateway-policy-table
- associate-transit-gateway-route-table
- associate-trunk-interface
- associate-vpc-cidr-block
- attach-classic-link-vpc
- attach-internet-gateway
- attach-network-interface
- attach-verified-access-trust-provider
- attach-volume
- attach-vpn-gateway
- authorize-client-vpn-ingress
- authorize-security-group-egress
- authorize-security-group-ingress
- bundle-instance
- cancel-bundle-task
- cancel-capacity-reservation
- cancel-capacity-reservation-fleets
- cancel-conversion-task
- cancel-export-task
- cancel-image-launch-permission
- cancel-import-task
- cancel-reserved-instances-listing
- cancel-spot-fleet-requests
- cancel-spot-instance-requests
- confirm-product-instance
- copy-fpga-image
- copy-image
- copy-snapshot
- create-capacity-reservation
- create-capacity-reservation-by-splitting
- create-capacity-reservation-fleet
- create-carrier-gateway
- create-client-vpn-endpoint
- create-client-vpn-route
- create-coip-cidr
- create-coip-pool
- create-customer-gateway
- create-default-subnet
- create-default-vpc
- create-dhcp-options
- create-egress-only-internet-gateway
- create-fleet
- create-flow-logs
- create-fpga-image
- create-image
- create-instance-connect-endpoint
- create-instance-event-window
- create-instance-export-task
- create-internet-gateway
- create-ipam
- create-ipam-external-resource-verification-token
- create-ipam-pool
- create-ipam-resource-discovery
- create-ipam-scope
- create-key-pair
- create-launch-template
- create-launch-template-version
- create-local-gateway-route
- create-local-gateway-route-table
- create-local-gateway-route-table-virtual-interface-group-association
- create-local-gateway-route-table-vpc-association
- create-managed-prefix-list
- create-nat-gateway
- create-network-acl
- create-network-acl-entry
- create-network-insights-access-scope
- create-network-insights-path
- create-network-interface
- create-network-interface-permission
- create-placement-group
- create-public-ipv4-pool
- create-replace-root-volume-task
- create-reserved-instances-listing
- create-restore-image-task
- create-route
- create-route-table
- create-security-group
- create-snapshot
- create-snapshots
- create-spot-datafeed-subscription
- create-store-image-task
- create-subnet
- create-subnet-cidr-reservation
- create-tags
- create-traffic-mirror-filter
- create-traffic-mirror-filter-rule
- create-traffic-mirror-session
- create-traffic-mirror-target
- create-transit-gateway
- create-transit-gateway-connect
- create-transit-gateway-connect-peer
- create-transit-gateway-multicast-domain
- create-transit-gateway-peering-attachment
- create-transit-gateway-policy-table
- create-transit-gateway-prefix-list-reference
- create-transit-gateway-route
- create-transit-gateway-route-table
- create-transit-gateway-route-table-announcement
- create-transit-gateway-vpc-attachment
- create-verified-access-endpoint
- create-verified-access-group
- create-verified-access-instance
- create-verified-access-trust-provider
- create-volume
- create-vpc
- create-vpc-endpoint
- create-vpc-endpoint-connection-notification
- create-vpc-endpoint-service-configuration
- create-vpc-peering-connection
- create-vpn-connection
- create-vpn-connection-route
- create-vpn-gateway
- delete-carrier-gateway
- delete-client-vpn-endpoint
- delete-client-vpn-route
- delete-coip-cidr
- delete-coip-pool
- delete-customer-gateway
- delete-dhcp-options
- delete-egress-only-internet-gateway
- delete-fleets
- delete-flow-logs
- delete-fpga-image
- delete-instance-connect-endpoint
- delete-instance-event-window
- delete-internet-gateway
- delete-ipam
- delete-ipam-external-resource-verification-token
- delete-ipam-pool
- delete-ipam-resource-discovery
- delete-ipam-scope
- delete-key-pair
- delete-launch-template
- delete-launch-template-versions
- delete-local-gateway-route
- delete-local-gateway-route-table
- delete-local-gateway-route-table-virtual-interface-group-association
- delete-local-gateway-route-table-vpc-association
- delete-managed-prefix-list
- delete-nat-gateway
- delete-network-acl
- delete-network-acl-entry
- delete-network-insights-access-scope
- delete-network-insights-access-scope-analysis
- delete-network-insights-analysis
- delete-network-insights-path
- delete-network-interface
- delete-network-interface-permission
- delete-placement-group
- delete-public-ipv4-pool
- delete-queued-reserved-instances
- delete-route
- delete-route-table
- delete-security-group
- delete-snapshot
- delete-spot-datafeed-subscription
- delete-subnet
- delete-subnet-cidr-reservation
- delete-tags
- delete-traffic-mirror-filter
- delete-traffic-mirror-filter-rule
- delete-traffic-mirror-session
- delete-traffic-mirror-target
- delete-transit-gateway
- delete-transit-gateway-connect
- delete-transit-gateway-connect-peer
- delete-transit-gateway-multicast-domain
- delete-transit-gateway-peering-attachment
- delete-transit-gateway-policy-table
- delete-transit-gateway-prefix-list-reference
- delete-transit-gateway-route
- delete-transit-gateway-route-table
- delete-transit-gateway-route-table-announcement
- delete-transit-gateway-vpc-attachment
- delete-verified-access-endpoint
- delete-verified-access-group
- delete-verified-access-instance
- delete-verified-access-trust-provider
- delete-volume
- delete-vpc
- delete-vpc-endpoint-connection-notifications
- delete-vpc-endpoint-service-configurations
- delete-vpc-endpoints
- delete-vpc-peering-connection
- delete-vpn-connection
- delete-vpn-connection-route
- delete-vpn-gateway
- deprovision-byoip-cidr
- deprovision-ipam-byoasn
- deprovision-ipam-pool-cidr
- deprovision-public-ipv4-pool-cidr
- deregister-image
- deregister-instance-event-notification-attributes
- deregister-transit-gateway-multicast-group-members
- deregister-transit-gateway-multicast-group-sources
- describe-account-attributes
- describe-address-transfers
- describe-addresses
- describe-addresses-attribute
- describe-aggregate-id-format
- describe-availability-zones
- describe-aws-network-performance-metric-subscriptions
- describe-bundle-tasks
- describe-byoip-cidrs
- describe-capacity-block-offerings
- describe-capacity-reservation-billing-requests
- describe-capacity-reservation-fleets
- describe-capacity-reservations
- describe-carrier-gateways
- describe-classic-link-instances
- describe-client-vpn-authorization-rules
- describe-client-vpn-connections
- describe-client-vpn-endpoints
- describe-client-vpn-routes
- describe-client-vpn-target-networks
- describe-coip-pools
- describe-conversion-tasks
- describe-customer-gateways
- describe-dhcp-options
- describe-egress-only-internet-gateways
- describe-elastic-gpus
- describe-export-image-tasks
- describe-export-tasks
- describe-fast-launch-images
- describe-fast-snapshot-restores
- describe-fleet-history
- describe-fleet-instances
- describe-fleets
- describe-flow-logs
- describe-fpga-image-attribute
- describe-fpga-images
- describe-host-reservation-offerings
- describe-host-reservations
- describe-hosts
- describe-iam-instance-profile-associations
- describe-id-format
- describe-identity-id-format
- describe-image-attribute
- describe-images
- describe-import-image-tasks
- describe-import-snapshot-tasks
- describe-instance-attribute
- describe-instance-connect-endpoints
- describe-instance-credit-specifications
- describe-instance-event-notification-attributes
- describe-instance-event-windows
- describe-instance-image-metadata
- describe-instance-status
- describe-instance-topology
- describe-instance-type-offerings
- describe-instance-types
- describe-instances
- describe-internet-gateways
- describe-ipam-byoasn
- describe-ipam-external-resource-verification-tokens
- describe-ipam-pools
- describe-ipam-resource-discoveries
- describe-ipam-resource-discovery-associations
- describe-ipam-scopes
- describe-ipams
- describe-ipv6-pools
- describe-key-pairs
- describe-launch-template-versions
- describe-launch-templates
- describe-local-gateway-route-table-virtual-interface-group-associations
- describe-local-gateway-route-table-vpc-associations
- describe-local-gateway-route-tables
- describe-local-gateway-virtual-interface-groups
- describe-local-gateway-virtual-interfaces
- describe-local-gateways
- describe-locked-snapshots
- describe-mac-hosts
- describe-managed-prefix-lists
- describe-moving-addresses
- describe-nat-gateways
- describe-network-acls
- describe-network-insights-access-scope-analyses
- describe-network-insights-access-scopes
- describe-network-insights-analyses
- describe-network-insights-paths
- describe-network-interface-attribute
- describe-network-interface-permissions
- describe-network-interfaces
- describe-placement-groups
- describe-prefix-lists
- describe-principal-id-format
- describe-public-ipv4-pools
- describe-regions
- describe-replace-root-volume-tasks
- describe-reserved-instances
- describe-reserved-instances-listings
- describe-reserved-instances-modifications
- describe-reserved-instances-offerings
- describe-route-tables
- describe-scheduled-instance-availability
- describe-scheduled-instances
- describe-security-group-references
- describe-security-group-rules
- describe-security-group-vpc-associations
- describe-security-groups
- describe-snapshot-attribute
- describe-snapshot-tier-status
- describe-snapshots
- describe-spot-datafeed-subscription
- describe-spot-fleet-instances
- describe-spot-fleet-request-history
- describe-spot-fleet-requests
- describe-spot-instance-requests
- describe-spot-price-history
- describe-stale-security-groups
- describe-store-image-tasks
- describe-subnets
- describe-tags
- describe-traffic-mirror-filter-rules
- describe-traffic-mirror-filters
- describe-traffic-mirror-sessions
- describe-traffic-mirror-targets
- describe-transit-gateway-attachments
- describe-transit-gateway-connect-peers
- describe-transit-gateway-connects
- describe-transit-gateway-multicast-domains
- describe-transit-gateway-peering-attachments
- describe-transit-gateway-policy-tables
- describe-transit-gateway-route-table-announcements
- describe-transit-gateway-route-tables
- describe-transit-gateway-vpc-attachments
- describe-transit-gateways
- describe-trunk-interface-associations
- describe-verified-access-endpoints
- describe-verified-access-groups
- describe-verified-access-instance-logging-configurations
- describe-verified-access-instances
- describe-verified-access-trust-providers
- describe-volume-attribute
- describe-volume-status
- describe-volumes
- describe-volumes-modifications
- describe-vpc-attribute
- describe-vpc-classic-link
- describe-vpc-classic-link-dns-support
- describe-vpc-endpoint-connection-notifications
- describe-vpc-endpoint-connections
- describe-vpc-endpoint-service-configurations
- describe-vpc-endpoint-service-permissions
- describe-vpc-endpoint-services
- describe-vpc-endpoints
- describe-vpc-peering-connections
- describe-vpcs
- describe-vpn-connections
- describe-vpn-gateways
- detach-classic-link-vpc
- detach-internet-gateway
- detach-network-interface
- detach-verified-access-trust-provider
- detach-volume
- detach-vpn-gateway
- disable-address-transfer
- disable-aws-network-performance-metric-subscription
- disable-ebs-encryption-by-default
- disable-fast-launch
- disable-fast-snapshot-restores
- disable-image
- disable-image-block-public-access
- disable-image-deprecation
- disable-image-deregistration-protection
- disable-ipam-organization-admin-account
- disable-serial-console-access
- disable-snapshot-block-public-access
- disable-transit-gateway-route-table-propagation
- disable-vgw-route-propagation
- disable-vpc-classic-link
- disable-vpc-classic-link-dns-support
- disassociate-address
- disassociate-capacity-reservation-billing-owner
- disassociate-client-vpn-target-network
- disassociate-enclave-certificate-iam-role
- disassociate-iam-instance-profile
- disassociate-instance-event-window
- disassociate-ipam-byoasn
- disassociate-ipam-resource-discovery
- disassociate-nat-gateway-address
- disassociate-route-table
- disassociate-security-group-vpc
- disassociate-subnet-cidr-block
- disassociate-transit-gateway-multicast-domain
- disassociate-transit-gateway-policy-table
- disassociate-transit-gateway-route-table
- disassociate-trunk-interface
- disassociate-vpc-cidr-block
- enable-address-transfer
- enable-aws-network-performance-metric-subscription
- enable-ebs-encryption-by-default
- enable-fast-launch
- enable-fast-snapshot-restores
- enable-image
- enable-image-block-public-access
- enable-image-deprecation
- enable-image-deregistration-protection
- enable-ipam-organization-admin-account
- enable-reachability-analyzer-organization-sharing
- enable-serial-console-access
- enable-snapshot-block-public-access
- enable-transit-gateway-route-table-propagation
- enable-vgw-route-propagation
- enable-volume-io
- enable-vpc-classic-link
- enable-vpc-classic-link-dns-support
- export-client-vpn-client-certificate-revocation-list
- export-client-vpn-client-configuration
- export-image
- export-transit-gateway-routes
- get-associated-enclave-certificate-iam-roles
- get-associated-ipv6-pool-cidrs
- get-aws-network-performance-data
- get-capacity-reservation-usage
- get-coip-pool-usage
- get-console-output
- get-console-screenshot
- get-default-credit-specification
- get-ebs-default-kms-key-id
- get-ebs-encryption-by-default
- get-flow-logs-integration-template
- get-groups-for-capacity-reservation
- get-host-reservation-purchase-preview
- get-image-block-public-access-state
- get-instance-metadata-defaults
- get-instance-tpm-ek-pub
- get-instance-types-from-instance-requirements
- get-instance-uefi-data
- get-ipam-address-history
- get-ipam-discovered-accounts
- get-ipam-discovered-public-addresses
- get-ipam-discovered-resource-cidrs
- get-ipam-pool-allocations
- get-ipam-pool-cidrs
- get-ipam-resource-cidrs
- get-launch-template-data
- get-managed-prefix-list-associations
- get-managed-prefix-list-entries
- get-network-insights-access-scope-analysis-findings
- get-network-insights-access-scope-content
- get-password-data
- get-reserved-instances-exchange-quote
- get-security-groups-for-vpc
- get-serial-console-access-status
- get-snapshot-block-public-access-state
- get-spot-placement-scores
- get-subnet-cidr-reservations
- get-transit-gateway-attachment-propagations
- get-transit-gateway-multicast-domain-associations
- get-transit-gateway-policy-table-associations
- get-transit-gateway-policy-table-entries
- get-transit-gateway-prefix-list-references
- get-transit-gateway-route-table-associations
- get-transit-gateway-route-table-propagations
- get-verified-access-endpoint-policy
- get-verified-access-group-policy
- get-vpn-connection-device-sample-configuration
- get-vpn-connection-device-types
- get-vpn-tunnel-replacement-status
- import-client-vpn-client-certificate-revocation-list
- import-image
- import-key-pair
- import-snapshot
- list-images-in-recycle-bin
- list-snapshots-in-recycle-bin
- lock-snapshot
- modify-address-attribute
- modify-availability-zone-group
- modify-capacity-reservation
- modify-capacity-reservation-fleet
- modify-client-vpn-endpoint
- modify-default-credit-specification
- modify-ebs-default-kms-key-id
- modify-fleet
- modify-fpga-image-attribute
- modify-hosts
- modify-id-format
- modify-identity-id-format
- modify-image-attribute
- modify-instance-attribute
- modify-instance-capacity-reservation-attributes
- modify-instance-cpu-options
- modify-instance-credit-specification
- modify-instance-event-start-time
- modify-instance-event-window
- modify-instance-maintenance-options
- modify-instance-metadata-defaults
- modify-instance-metadata-options
- modify-instance-placement
- modify-ipam
- modify-ipam-pool
- modify-ipam-resource-cidr
- modify-ipam-resource-discovery
- modify-ipam-scope
- modify-launch-template
- modify-local-gateway-route
- modify-managed-prefix-list
- modify-network-interface-attribute
- modify-private-dns-name-options
- modify-reserved-instances
- modify-security-group-rules
- modify-snapshot-attribute
- modify-snapshot-tier
- modify-spot-fleet-request
- modify-subnet-attribute
- modify-traffic-mirror-filter-network-services
- modify-traffic-mirror-filter-rule
- modify-traffic-mirror-session
- modify-transit-gateway
- modify-transit-gateway-prefix-list-reference
- modify-transit-gateway-vpc-attachment
- modify-verified-access-endpoint
- modify-verified-access-endpoint-policy
- modify-verified-access-group
- modify-verified-access-group-policy
- modify-verified-access-instance
- modify-verified-access-instance-logging-configuration
- modify-verified-access-trust-provider
- modify-volume
- modify-volume-attribute
- modify-vpc-attribute
- modify-vpc-endpoint
- modify-vpc-endpoint-connection-notification
- modify-vpc-endpoint-service-configuration
- modify-vpc-endpoint-service-payer-responsibility
- modify-vpc-endpoint-service-permissions
- modify-vpc-peering-connection-options
- modify-vpc-tenancy
- modify-vpn-connection
- modify-vpn-connection-options
- modify-vpn-tunnel-certificate
- modify-vpn-tunnel-options
- monitor-instances
- move-address-to-vpc
- move-byoip-cidr-to-ipam
- move-capacity-reservation-instances
- provision-byoip-cidr
- provision-ipam-byoasn
- provision-ipam-pool-cidr
- provision-public-ipv4-pool-cidr
- purchase-capacity-block
- purchase-host-reservation
- purchase-reserved-instances-offering
- purchase-scheduled-instances
- reboot-instances
- register-image
- register-instance-event-notification-attributes
- register-transit-gateway-multicast-group-members
- register-transit-gateway-multicast-group-sources
- reject-capacity-reservation-billing-ownership
- reject-transit-gateway-multicast-domain-associations
- reject-transit-gateway-peering-attachment
- reject-transit-gateway-vpc-attachment
- reject-vpc-endpoint-connections
- reject-vpc-peering-connection
- release-address
- release-hosts
- release-ipam-pool-allocation
- replace-iam-instance-profile-association
- replace-network-acl-association
- replace-network-acl-entry
- replace-route
- replace-route-table-association
- replace-transit-gateway-route
- replace-vpn-tunnel
- report-instance-status
- request-spot-fleet
- request-spot-instances
- reset-address-attribute
- reset-ebs-default-kms-key-id
- reset-fpga-image-attribute
- reset-image-attribute
- reset-instance-attribute
- reset-network-interface-attribute
- reset-snapshot-attribute
- restore-address-to-classic
- restore-image-from-recycle-bin
- restore-managed-prefix-list-version
- restore-snapshot-from-recycle-bin
- restore-snapshot-tier
- revoke-client-vpn-ingress
- revoke-security-group-egress
- revoke-security-group-ingress
- run-instances
- run-scheduled-instances
- search-local-gateway-routes
- search-transit-gateway-multicast-groups
- search-transit-gateway-routes
- send-diagnostic-interrupt
- start-instances
- start-network-insights-access-scope-analysis
- start-network-insights-analysis
- start-vpc-endpoint-service-private-dns-verification
- stop-instances
- terminate-client-vpn-connections
- terminate-instances
- unassign-ipv6-addresses
- unassign-private-ip-addresses
- unassign-private-nat-gateway-address
- unlock-snapshot
- unmonitor-instances
- update-security-group-rule-descriptions-egress
- update-security-group-rule-descriptions-ingress
- wait
- withdraw-byoip-cidr