Use DescribeInstanceInformation with a CLI - AWS SDK Code Examples

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Use DescribeInstanceInformation with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use DescribeInstanceInformation.

CLI
AWS CLI

Example 1: To describe managed instance information

The following describe-instance-information example retrieves details of each of your managed instances.

aws ssm describe-instance-information

Example 2: To describe information about a specific managed instance

The following describe-instance-information example shows details of the managed instance i-028ea792daEXAMPLE.

aws ssm describe-instance-information \
    --filters "Key=InstanceIds,Values=i-028ea792daEXAMPLE"

Example 3: To describe information about managed instances with a specific tag key

The following describe-instance-information example shows details for managed instances that have the tag key DEV.

aws ssm describe-instance-information \
    --filters "Key=tag-key,Values=DEV"

Output:

{
    "InstanceInformationList": [
        {
            "InstanceId": "i-028ea792daEXAMPLE",
            "PingStatus": "Online",
            "LastPingDateTime": 1582221233.421,
            "AgentVersion": "2.3.842.0",
            "IsLatestVersion": true,
            "PlatformType": "Linux",
            "PlatformName": "SLES",
            "PlatformVersion": "15.1",
            "ResourceType": "EC2Instance",
            "IPAddress": "192.0.2.0",
            "ComputerName": "ip-198.51.100.0.us-east-2.compute.internal",
            "AssociationStatus": "Success",
            "LastAssociationExecutionDate": 1582220806.0,
            "LastSuccessfulAssociationExecutionDate": 1582220806.0,
            "AssociationOverview": {
                "DetailedStatus": "Success",
                "InstanceAssociationStatusAggregatedCount": {
                    "Success": 2
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}

For more information, see Managed Instances in the AWS Systems Manager User Guide.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example shows details of each of your instances.

Get-SSMInstanceInformation

Output:

ActivationId                           :
AgentVersion                           : 2.0.672.0
AssociationOverview                    : Amazon.SimpleSystemsManagement.Model.InstanceAggregatedAssociationOverview
AssociationStatus                      : Success
ComputerName                           : ip-172-31-44-222.us-west-2.compute.internal
IamRole                                :
InstanceId                             : i-0cb2b964d3e14fd9f
IPAddress                              : 172.31.44.222
IsLatestVersion                        : True
LastAssociationExecutionDate           : 2/24/2017 3:18:09 AM
LastPingDateTime                       : 2/24/2017 3:35:03 AM
LastSuccessfulAssociationExecutionDate : 2/24/2017 3:18:09 AM
Name                                   :
PingStatus                             : ConnectionLost
PlatformName                           : Amazon Linux AMI
PlatformType                           : Linux
PlatformVersion                        : 2016.09
RegistrationDate                       : 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM
ResourceType                           : EC2Instance

Example 2: This example shows how to use the -Filter parameter to filter results to only those AWS Systems Manager instances in region us-east-1 with an AgentVersion of 2.2.800.0. You can find a list of valid -Filter key values in the InstanceInformation API reference topic (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/APIReference/API_InstanceInformation.html#systemsmanager-Type-InstanceInformation-ActivationId).

$Filters = @{
    Key="AgentVersion"
    Values="2.2.800.0"
}
Get-SSMInstanceInformation -Region us-east-1 -Filter $Filters

Output:

ActivationId                           : 
AgentVersion                           : 2.2.800.0
AssociationOverview                    : Amazon.SimpleSystemsManagement.Model.InstanceAggregatedAssociationOverview
AssociationStatus                      : Success
ComputerName                           : EXAMPLE-EXAMPLE.WORKGROUP
IamRole                                : 
InstanceId                             : i-EXAMPLEb0792d98ce
IPAddress                              : 10.0.0.01
IsLatestVersion                        : False
LastAssociationExecutionDate           : 8/16/2018 12:02:50 AM
LastPingDateTime                       : 8/16/2018 7:40:27 PM
LastSuccessfulAssociationExecutionDate : 8/16/2018 12:02:50 AM
Name                                   : 
PingStatus                             : Online
PlatformName                           : Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Datacenter
PlatformType                           : Windows
PlatformVersion                        : 10.0.14393
RegistrationDate                       : 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM
ResourceType                           : EC2Instance

ActivationId                           : 
AgentVersion                           : 2.2.800.0
AssociationOverview                    : Amazon.SimpleSystemsManagement.Model.InstanceAggregatedAssociationOverview
AssociationStatus                      : Success
ComputerName                           : EXAMPLE-EXAMPLE.WORKGROUP
IamRole                                : 
InstanceId                             : i-EXAMPLEac7501d023
IPAddress                              : 10.0.0.02
IsLatestVersion                        : False
LastAssociationExecutionDate           : 8/16/2018 12:00:20 AM
LastPingDateTime                       : 8/16/2018 7:40:35 PM
LastSuccessfulAssociationExecutionDate : 8/16/2018 12:00:20 AM
Name                                   : 
PingStatus                             : Online
PlatformName                           : Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Datacenter
PlatformType                           : Windows
PlatformVersion                        : 10.0.14393
RegistrationDate                       : 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM
ResourceType                           : EC2Instance

Example 3: This example shows how to use the -InstanceInformationFilterList parameter to filter results to only those AWS Systems Manager instances in region us-east-1 with PlatformTypes of Windows or Linux. You can find a list of valid -InstanceInformationFilterList key values in the InstanceInformationFilter API reference topic (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/APIReference/API_InstanceInformationFilter.html).

$Filters = @{
   Key="PlatformTypes"
   ValueSet=("Windows","Linux")
}
Get-SSMInstanceInformation -Region us-east-1 -InstanceInformationFilterList $Filters

Output:

ActivationId                           : 
AgentVersion                           : 2.2.800.0
AssociationOverview                    : Amazon.SimpleSystemsManagement.Model.InstanceAggregatedAssociationOverview
AssociationStatus                      : Success
ComputerName                           : EXAMPLE-EXAMPLE.WORKGROUP
IamRole                                : 
InstanceId                             : i-EXAMPLEb0792d98ce
IPAddress                              : 10.0.0.27
IsLatestVersion                        : False
LastAssociationExecutionDate           : 8/16/2018 12:02:50 AM
LastPingDateTime                       : 8/16/2018 7:40:27 PM
LastSuccessfulAssociationExecutionDate : 8/16/2018 12:02:50 AM
Name                                   : 
PingStatus                             : Online
PlatformName                           : Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS
PlatformType                           : Linux
PlatformVersion                        : 18.04
RegistrationDate                       : 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM
ResourceType                           : EC2Instance

ActivationId                           : 
AgentVersion                           : 2.2.800.0
AssociationOverview                    : Amazon.SimpleSystemsManagement.Model.InstanceAggregatedAssociationOverview
AssociationStatus                      : Success
ComputerName                           : EXAMPLE-EXAMPLE.WORKGROUP
IamRole                                : 
InstanceId                             : i-EXAMPLEac7501d023
IPAddress                              : 10.0.0.100
IsLatestVersion                        : False
LastAssociationExecutionDate           : 8/16/2018 12:00:20 AM
LastPingDateTime                       : 8/16/2018 7:40:35 PM
LastSuccessfulAssociationExecutionDate : 8/16/2018 12:00:20 AM
Name                                   : 
PingStatus                             : Online
PlatformName                           : Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Datacenter
PlatformType                           : Windows
PlatformVersion                        : 10.0.14393
RegistrationDate                       : 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM
ResourceType                           : EC2Instance

Example 4: This example lists ssm managed instances and exports InstanceId, PingStatus, LastPingDateTime and PlatformName to a csv file.

Get-SSMInstanceInformation | Select-Object InstanceId, PingStatus, LastPingDateTime, PlatformName | Export-Csv Instance-details.csv -NoTypeInformation