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Use DescribeUpdate with a CLI - AWS SDK Code Examples

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Use DescribeUpdate with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use DescribeUpdate.

CLI
AWS CLI

Example 1: To describe an update for a cluster

The following describe-update example describes an update for a cluster named.

aws eks describe-update \ --name my-eks-cluster \ --update-id 10bddb13-a71b-425a-b0a6-71cd03e59161

Output:

{ "update": { "id": "10bddb13-a71b-425a-b0a6-71cd03e59161", "status": "Successful", "type": "EndpointAccessUpdate", "params": [ { "type": "EndpointPublicAccess", "value": "false" }, { "type": "EndpointPrivateAccess", "value": "true" } ], "createdAt": "2024-03-14T10:01:26.297000-04:00", "errors": [] } }

For more information, see Updating an Amazon EKS cluster Kubernetes version in the Amazon EKS User Guide.

Example 2: To describe an update for a cluster

The following describe-update example describes an update for a cluster named.

aws eks describe-update \ --name my-eks-cluster \ --update-id e4994991-4c0f-475a-a040-427e6da52966

Output:

{ "update": { "id": "e4994991-4c0f-475a-a040-427e6da52966", "status": "Successful", "type": "AssociateEncryptionConfig", "params": [ { "type": "EncryptionConfig", "value": "[{\"resources\":[\"secrets\"],\"provider\":{\"keyArn\":\"arn:aws:kms:region-code:account:key/key\"}}]" } ], "createdAt": "2024-03-14T11:01:26.297000-04:00", "errors": [] } }

For more information, see Updating an Amazon EKS cluster Kubernetes version in the Amazon EKS User Guide.

Example 3: To describe an update for a cluster

The following describe-update example describes an update for a cluster named.

aws eks describe-update \ --name my-eks-cluster \ --update-id b5f0ba18-9a87-4450-b5a0-825e6e84496f

Output:

{ "update": { "id": "b5f0ba18-9a87-4450-b5a0-825e6e84496f", "status": "Successful", "type": "VersionUpdate", "params": [ { "type": "Version", "value": "1.29" }, { "type": "PlatformVersion", "value": "eks.1" } ], "createdAt": "2024-03-14T12:05:26.297000-04:00", "errors": [] } }

For more information, see Updating an Amazon EKS cluster Kubernetes version in the Amazon EKS User Guide.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This cmdlet returns descriptive information about an update against your Amazon EKS cluster or associated managed node group.

Get-EKSUpdate -Name "PROD" -UpdateId "ee708232-7d2e-4ed7-9270-d0b5176f0726"

Output:

CreatedAt : 12/25/2019 5:03:07 PM Errors : {} Id : ee708232-7d2e-4ed7-9270-d0b5176f0726 Params : {Amazon.EKS.Model.UpdateParam} Status : Successful Type : LoggingUpdate
  • For API details, see DescribeUpdate in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.

AWS CLI

Example 1: To describe an update for a cluster

The following describe-update example describes an update for a cluster named.

aws eks describe-update \ --name my-eks-cluster \ --update-id 10bddb13-a71b-425a-b0a6-71cd03e59161

Output:

{ "update": { "id": "10bddb13-a71b-425a-b0a6-71cd03e59161", "status": "Successful", "type": "EndpointAccessUpdate", "params": [ { "type": "EndpointPublicAccess", "value": "false" }, { "type": "EndpointPrivateAccess", "value": "true" } ], "createdAt": "2024-03-14T10:01:26.297000-04:00", "errors": [] } }

For more information, see Updating an Amazon EKS cluster Kubernetes version in the Amazon EKS User Guide.

Example 2: To describe an update for a cluster

The following describe-update example describes an update for a cluster named.

aws eks describe-update \ --name my-eks-cluster \ --update-id e4994991-4c0f-475a-a040-427e6da52966

Output:

{ "update": { "id": "e4994991-4c0f-475a-a040-427e6da52966", "status": "Successful", "type": "AssociateEncryptionConfig", "params": [ { "type": "EncryptionConfig", "value": "[{\"resources\":[\"secrets\"],\"provider\":{\"keyArn\":\"arn:aws:kms:region-code:account:key/key\"}}]" } ], "createdAt": "2024-03-14T11:01:26.297000-04:00", "errors": [] } }

For more information, see Updating an Amazon EKS cluster Kubernetes version in the Amazon EKS User Guide.

Example 3: To describe an update for a cluster

The following describe-update example describes an update for a cluster named.

aws eks describe-update \ --name my-eks-cluster \ --update-id b5f0ba18-9a87-4450-b5a0-825e6e84496f

Output:

{ "update": { "id": "b5f0ba18-9a87-4450-b5a0-825e6e84496f", "status": "Successful", "type": "VersionUpdate", "params": [ { "type": "Version", "value": "1.29" }, { "type": "PlatformVersion", "value": "eks.1" } ], "createdAt": "2024-03-14T12:05:26.297000-04:00", "errors": [] } }

For more information, see Updating an Amazon EKS cluster Kubernetes version in the Amazon EKS User Guide.

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