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[ aws . trustedadvisor ]
List a filterable set of Checks
See also: AWS API Documentation
list-checks
is a paginated operation. Multiple API calls may be issued in order to retrieve the entire data set of results. You can disable pagination by providing the --no-paginate
argument.
When using --output text
and the --query
argument on a paginated response, the --query
argument must extract data from the results of the following query expressions: checkSummaries
list-checks
[--aws-service <value>]
[--language <value>]
[--pillar <value>]
[--source <value>]
[--cli-input-json <value>]
[--starting-token <value>]
[--page-size <value>]
[--max-items <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>]
--aws-service
(string)
The aws service associated with the check
--language
(string)
The ISO 639-1 code for the language that you want your checks to appear in.
Possible values:
en
ja
zh
fr
de
ko
zh_TW
it
es
pt_BR
id
--pillar
(string)
The pillar of the check
Possible values:
cost_optimizing
performance
security
service_limits
fault_tolerance
operational_excellence
--source
(string)
The source of the check
Possible values:
aws_config
compute_optimizer
cost_explorer
lse
manual
pse
rds
resilience
resilience_hub
security_hub
stir
ta_check
well_architected
--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.
--starting-token
(string)
A token to specify where to start paginating. This is the
NextToken
from a previously truncated response.For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .
--page-size
(integer)
The size of each page to get in the AWS service call. This does not affect the number of items returned in the command's output. Setting a smaller page size results in more calls to the AWS service, retrieving fewer items in each call. This can help prevent the AWS service calls from timing out.
For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .
--max-items
(integer)
The total number of items to return in the command's output. If the total number of items available is more than the value specified, a
NextToken
is provided in the command's output. To resume pagination, provide theNextToken
value in thestarting-token
argument of a subsequent command. Do not use theNextToken
response element directly outside of the AWS CLI.For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .
--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.
--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. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.
--output
(string)
The formatting style for command output.
--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.
--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.
To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.
Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal's quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .
To list Trusted Advisor checks
The following list-checks
example lists all Trusted Advisor checks.
aws trustedadvisor list-checks
Output:
{
"checkSummaries": [
{
"arn": "arn:aws:trustedadvisor:::check/1iG5NDGVre",
"awsServices": [
"EC2"
],
"description": "Checks security groups for rules that allow unrestricted access to a resource. Unrestricted access increases opportunities for malicious activity (hacking, denial-of-service attacks, loss of data)",
"id": "1iG5NDGVre",
"metadata": {
"0": "Region",
"1": "Security Group Name",
"2": "Security Group ID",
"3": "Protocol",
"4": "Port",
"5": "Status",
"6": "IP Range"
},
"name": "Security Groups - Unrestricted Access",
"pillars": [
"security"
],
"source": "ta_check"
},
{
"arn": "arn:aws:trustedadvisor:::check/1qazXsw23e",
"awsServices": [
"RDS"
],
"description": "Checks your usage of RDS and provides recommendations on purchase of Reserved Instances to help reduce costs incurred from using RDS On-Demand. AWS generates these recommendations by analyzing your On-Demand usage for the past 30 days. We then simulate every combination of reservations in the generated category of usage in order to identify the best number of each type of Reserved Instance to purchase to maximize your savings. This check covers recommendations based on partial upfront payment option with 1-year or 3-year commitment. This check is not available to accounts linked in Consolidated Billing. Recommendations are only available for the Paying Account.",
"id": "1qazXsw23e",
"metadata": {
"0": "Region",
"1": "Family",
"2": "Instance Type",
"3": "License Model",
"4": "Database Edition",
"5": "Database Engine",
"6": "Deployment Option",
"7": "Recommended number of Reserved Instances to purchase",
"8": "Expected Average Reserved Instance Utilization",
"9": "Estimated Savings with Recommendation (monthly)"
"10": "Upfront Cost of Reserved Instances",
"11": "Estimated cost of Reserved Instances (monthly)",
"12": "Estimated On-Demand Cost Post Recommended Reserved Instance Purchase (monthly)",
"13": "Estimated Break Even (months)",
"14": "Lookback Period (days)",
"15": "Term (years)"
},
"name": "Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) Reserved Instance Optimization",
"pillars": [
"cost_optimizing"
],
"source": "ta_check"
},
{
"arn": "arn:aws:trustedadvisor:::check/1qw23er45t",
"awsServices": [
"Redshift"
],
"description": "Checks your usage of Redshift and provides recommendations on purchase of Reserved Nodes to help reduce costs incurred from using Redshift On-Demand. AWS generates these recommendations by analyzing your On-Demand usage for the past 30 days. We then simulate every combination of reservations in the generated category of usage in order to identify the best number of each type of Reserved Nodes to purchase to maximize your savings. This check covers recommendations based on partial upfront payment option with 1-year or 3-year commitment. This check is not available to accounts linked in Consolidated Billing. Recommendations are only available for the Paying Account.",
"id": "1qw23er45t",
"metadata": {
"0": "Region",
"1": "Family",
"2": "Node Type",
"3": "Recommended number of Reserved Nodes to purchase",
"4": "Expected Average Reserved Node Utilization",
"5": "Estimated Savings with Recommendation (monthly)",
"6": "Upfront Cost of Reserved Nodes",
"7": "Estimated cost of Reserved Nodes (monthly)",
"8": "Estimated On-Demand Cost Post Recommended Reserved Nodes Purchase (monthly)",
"9": "Estimated Break Even (months)",
"10": "Lookback Period (days)",
"11": "Term (years)",
},
"name": "Amazon Redshift Reserved Node Optimization",
"pillars": [
"cost_optimizing"
],
"source": "ta_check"
},
],
"nextToken": "REDACTED"
}
For more information, see Get started with the Trusted Advisor API in the AWS Trusted Advisor User Guide.
checkSummaries -> (list)
The list of Checks
(structure)
A summary of an AWS Trusted Advisor Check
arn -> (string)
The ARN of the AWS Trusted Advisor CheckawsServices -> (list)
The AWS Services that the Check applies to
(string)
description -> (string)
A description of what the AWS Trusted Advisor Check is monitoringid -> (string)
The unique identifier of the AWS Trusted Advisor Checkmetadata -> (map)
The column headings for the metadata returned in the resource
key -> (string)
value -> (string)
name -> (string)
The name of the AWS Trusted Advisor Checkpillars -> (list)
The Recommendation pillars that the AWS Trusted Advisor Check falls under
(string)
source -> (string)
The source of the Recommendation
nextToken -> (string)
The token for the next set of results. Use the value returned in the previous response in the next request to retrieve the next set of results.