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[ aws . stepfunctions ]

describe-state-machine

Description

Provides information about a state machine's definition, its IAM role Amazon Resource Name (ARN), and configuration. If the state machine ARN is a qualified state machine ARN, the response returned includes the Map state's label.

A qualified state machine ARN refers to a Distributed Map state defined within a state machine. For example, the qualified state machine ARN arn:partition:states:region:account-id:stateMachine:stateMachineName/mapStateLabel refers to a Distributed Map state with a label mapStateLabel in the state machine named stateMachineName .

Note

This operation is eventually consistent. The results are best effort and may not reflect very recent updates and changes.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Synopsis

  describe-state-machine
--state-machine-arn <value>
[--cli-input-json <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]

Options

--state-machine-arn (string)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the state machine to describe.

--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.

Global Options

--debug (boolean)

Turn on debug logging.

--endpoint-url (string)

Override command's default URL with the given URL.

--no-verify-ssl (boolean)

By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.

--no-paginate (boolean)

Disable automatic pagination.

--output (string)

The formatting style for command output.

  • json
  • text
  • table

--query (string)

A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.

--profile (string)

Use a specific profile from your credential file.

--region (string)

The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.

--version (string)

Display the version of this tool.

--color (string)

Turn on/off color output.

  • on
  • off
  • auto

--no-sign-request (boolean)

Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.

--ca-bundle (string)

The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.

--cli-read-timeout (int)

The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-connect-timeout (int)

The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

Output

stateMachineArn -> (string)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) that identifies the state machine.

name -> (string)

The name of the state machine.

A name must not contain:

  • white space
  • brackets < > { } [ ]
  • wildcard characters ? *
  • special characters " # % \ ^ | ~ ` $ & , ; : /
  • control characters (U+0000-001F , U+007F-009F )

To enable logging with CloudWatch Logs, the name should only contain 0-9, A-Z, a-z, - and _.

status -> (string)

The current status of the state machine.

definition -> (string)

The Amazon States Language definition of the state machine. See Amazon States Language .

roleArn -> (string)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the IAM role used when creating this state machine. (The IAM role maintains security by granting Step Functions access to Amazon Web Services resources.)

type -> (string)

The type of the state machine (STANDARD or EXPRESS ).

creationDate -> (timestamp)

The date the state machine is created.

loggingConfiguration -> (structure)

The LoggingConfiguration data type is used to set CloudWatch Logs options.

level -> (string)

Defines which category of execution history events are logged.

includeExecutionData -> (boolean)

Determines whether execution data is included in your log. When set to false , data is excluded.

destinations -> (list)

An array of objects that describes where your execution history events will be logged. Limited to size 1. Required, if your log level is not set to OFF .

(structure)

cloudWatchLogsLogGroup -> (structure)

An object describing a CloudWatch log group. For more information, see AWS::Logs::LogGroup in the CloudFormation User Guide.

logGroupArn -> (string)

The ARN of the the CloudWatch log group to which you want your logs emitted to. The ARN must end with :*

tracingConfiguration -> (structure)

Selects whether X-Ray tracing is enabled.

enabled -> (boolean)

When set to true , X-Ray tracing is enabled.

label -> (string)

A user-defined or an auto-generated string that identifies a Map state. This parameter is present only if the stateMachineArn specified in input is a qualified state machine ARN.