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describe-automation-executions

Description

Provides details about all active and terminated Automation executions.

See also: AWS API Documentation

describe-automation-executions 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: AutomationExecutionMetadataList

Synopsis

  describe-automation-executions
[--filters <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>]

Options

--filters (list)

Filters used to limit the scope of executions that are requested.

(structure)

A filter used to match specific automation executions. This is used to limit the scope of Automation execution information returned.

Key -> (string)

One or more keys to limit the results.

Values -> (list)

The values used to limit the execution information associated with the filter's key.

(string)

Shorthand Syntax:

Key=string,Values=string,string ...

JSON Syntax:

[
  {
    "Key": "DocumentNamePrefix"|"ExecutionStatus"|"ExecutionId"|"ParentExecutionId"|"CurrentAction"|"StartTimeBefore"|"StartTimeAfter"|"AutomationType"|"TagKey"|"TargetResourceGroup"|"AutomationSubtype"|"OpsItemId",
    "Values": ["string", ...]
  }
  ...
]

--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 the NextToken value in the starting-token argument of a subsequent command. Do not use the NextToken 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.

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. 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.

  • 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.

Examples

Note

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 describe an automation execution

The following describe-automation-executions example displays details about an Automation execution.

aws ssm describe-automation-executions \
    --filters Key=ExecutionId,Values=73c8eef8-f4ee-4a05-820c-e354fEXAMPLE

Output:

{
    "AutomationExecutionMetadataList": [
        {
            "AutomationExecutionId": "73c8eef8-f4ee-4a05-820c-e354fEXAMPLE",
            "DocumentName": "AWS-StartEC2Instance",
            "DocumentVersion": "1",
            "AutomationExecutionStatus": "Success",
            "ExecutionStartTime": 1583737233.748,
            "ExecutionEndTime": 1583737234.719,
            "ExecutedBy": "arn:aws:sts::29884EXAMPLE:assumed-role/mw_service_role/OrchestrationService",
            "LogFile": "",
            "Outputs": {},
            "Mode": "Auto",
            "Targets": [],
            "ResolvedTargets": {
                "ParameterValues": [],
                "Truncated": false
            },
            "AutomationType": "Local"
        }
    ]
}

For more information, see Running a Simple Automation Workflow in the AWS Systems Manager User Guide.

Output

AutomationExecutionMetadataList -> (list)

The list of details about each automation execution which has occurred which matches the filter specification, if any.

(structure)

Details about a specific Automation execution.

AutomationExecutionId -> (string)

The execution ID.

DocumentName -> (string)

The name of the Automation runbook used during execution.

DocumentVersion -> (string)

The document version used during the execution.

AutomationExecutionStatus -> (string)

The status of the execution.

ExecutionStartTime -> (timestamp)

The time the execution started.

ExecutionEndTime -> (timestamp)

The time the execution finished. This isn't populated if the execution is still in progress.

ExecutedBy -> (string)

The IAM role ARN of the user who ran the automation.

LogFile -> (string)

An S3 bucket where execution information is stored.

Outputs -> (map)

The list of execution outputs as defined in the Automation runbook.

key -> (string)

value -> (list)

(string)

Mode -> (string)

The Automation execution mode.

ParentAutomationExecutionId -> (string)

The execution ID of the parent automation.

CurrentStepName -> (string)

The name of the step that is currently running.

CurrentAction -> (string)

The action of the step that is currently running.

FailureMessage -> (string)

The list of execution outputs as defined in the Automation runbook.

TargetParameterName -> (string)

The list of execution outputs as defined in the Automation runbook.

Targets -> (list)

The targets defined by the user when starting the automation.

(structure)

An array of search criteria that targets managed nodes using a key-value pair that you specify.

Note

One or more targets must be specified for maintenance window Run Command-type tasks. Depending on the task, targets are optional for other maintenance window task types (Automation, Lambda, and Step Functions). For more information about running tasks that don't specify targets, see Registering maintenance window tasks without targets in the Amazon Web Services Systems Manager User Guide .

Supported formats include the following.

For all Systems Manager capabilities:
  • Key=tag-key,Values=tag-value-1,tag-value-2
For Automation and Change Manager:
  • Key=tag:tag-key,Values=tag-value
  • Key=ResourceGroup,Values=resource-group-name
  • Key=ParameterValues,Values=value-1,value-2,value-3
  • To target all instances in the Amazon Web Services Region:
    • Key=AWS::EC2::Instance,Values=*
    • Key=InstanceIds,Values=*
For Run Command and Maintenance Windows:
  • Key=InstanceIds,Values=instance-id-1,instance-id-2,instance-id-3
  • Key=tag:tag-key,Values=tag-value-1,tag-value-2
  • Key=resource-groups:Name,Values=resource-group-name
  • Additionally, Maintenance Windows support targeting resource types:
    • Key=resource-groups:ResourceTypeFilters,Values=resource-type-1,resource-type-2
For State Manager:
  • Key=InstanceIds,Values=instance-id-1,instance-id-2,instance-id-3
  • Key=tag:tag-key,Values=tag-value-1,tag-value-2
  • To target all instances in the Amazon Web Services Region:
    • Key=InstanceIds,Values=*

For more information about how to send commands that target managed nodes using Key,Value parameters, see Targeting multiple managed nodes in the Amazon Web Services Systems Manager User Guide .

Key -> (string)

User-defined criteria for sending commands that target managed nodes that meet the criteria.

Values -> (list)

User-defined criteria that maps to Key . For example, if you specified tag:ServerRole , you could specify value:WebServer to run a command on instances that include EC2 tags of ServerRole,WebServer .

Depending on the type of target, the maximum number of values for a key might be lower than the global maximum of 50.

(string)

TargetMaps -> (list)

The specified key-value mapping of document parameters to target resources.

(map)

key -> (string)

value -> (list)

(string)

ResolvedTargets -> (structure)

A list of targets that resolved during the execution.

ParameterValues -> (list)

A list of parameter values sent to targets that resolved during the Automation execution.

(string)

Truncated -> (boolean)

A boolean value indicating whether the resolved target list is truncated.

MaxConcurrency -> (string)

The MaxConcurrency value specified by the user when starting the automation.

MaxErrors -> (string)

The MaxErrors value specified by the user when starting the automation.

Target -> (string)

The list of execution outputs as defined in the Automation runbook.

AutomationType -> (string)

Use this filter with DescribeAutomationExecutions . Specify either Local or CrossAccount. CrossAccount is an Automation that runs in multiple Amazon Web Services Regions and Amazon Web Services accounts. For more information, see Running automations in multiple Amazon Web Services Regions and accounts in the Amazon Web Services Systems Manager User Guide .

AlarmConfiguration -> (structure)

The details for the CloudWatch alarm applied to your automation.

IgnorePollAlarmFailure -> (boolean)

When this value is true , your automation or command continues to run in cases where we can’t retrieve alarm status information from CloudWatch. In cases where we successfully retrieve an alarm status of OK or INSUFFICIENT_DATA, the automation or command continues to run, regardless of this value. Default is false .

Alarms -> (list)

The name of the CloudWatch alarm specified in the configuration.

(structure)

A CloudWatch alarm you apply to an automation or command.

Name -> (string)

The name of your CloudWatch alarm.

TriggeredAlarms -> (list)

The CloudWatch alarm that was invoked by the automation.

(structure)

The details about the state of your CloudWatch alarm.

Name -> (string)

The name of your CloudWatch alarm.

State -> (string)

The state of your CloudWatch alarm.

TargetLocationsURL -> (string)

A publicly accessible URL for a file that contains the TargetLocations body. Currently, only files in presigned Amazon S3 buckets are supported

AutomationSubtype -> (string)

The subtype of the Automation operation. Currently, the only supported value is ChangeRequest .

ScheduledTime -> (timestamp)

The date and time the Automation operation is scheduled to start.

Runbooks -> (list)

Information about the Automation runbooks that are run during a runbook workflow in Change Manager.

Note

The Automation runbooks specified for the runbook workflow can't run until all required approvals for the change request have been received.

(structure)

Information about an Automation runbook used in a runbook workflow in Change Manager.

Note

The Automation runbooks specified for the runbook workflow can't run until all required approvals for the change request have been received.

DocumentName -> (string)

The name of the Automation runbook used in a runbook workflow.

DocumentVersion -> (string)

The version of the Automation runbook used in a runbook workflow.

Parameters -> (map)

The key-value map of execution parameters, which were supplied when calling StartChangeRequestExecution .

key -> (string)

value -> (list)

(string)

TargetParameterName -> (string)

The name of the parameter used as the target resource for the rate-controlled runbook workflow. Required if you specify Targets .

Targets -> (list)

A key-value mapping to target resources that the runbook operation performs tasks on. Required if you specify TargetParameterName .

(structure)

An array of search criteria that targets managed nodes using a key-value pair that you specify.

Note

One or more targets must be specified for maintenance window Run Command-type tasks. Depending on the task, targets are optional for other maintenance window task types (Automation, Lambda, and Step Functions). For more information about running tasks that don't specify targets, see Registering maintenance window tasks without targets in the Amazon Web Services Systems Manager User Guide .

Supported formats include the following.

For all Systems Manager capabilities:
  • Key=tag-key,Values=tag-value-1,tag-value-2
For Automation and Change Manager:
  • Key=tag:tag-key,Values=tag-value
  • Key=ResourceGroup,Values=resource-group-name
  • Key=ParameterValues,Values=value-1,value-2,value-3
  • To target all instances in the Amazon Web Services Region:
    • Key=AWS::EC2::Instance,Values=*
    • Key=InstanceIds,Values=*
For Run Command and Maintenance Windows:
  • Key=InstanceIds,Values=instance-id-1,instance-id-2,instance-id-3
  • Key=tag:tag-key,Values=tag-value-1,tag-value-2
  • Key=resource-groups:Name,Values=resource-group-name
  • Additionally, Maintenance Windows support targeting resource types:
    • Key=resource-groups:ResourceTypeFilters,Values=resource-type-1,resource-type-2
For State Manager:
  • Key=InstanceIds,Values=instance-id-1,instance-id-2,instance-id-3
  • Key=tag:tag-key,Values=tag-value-1,tag-value-2
  • To target all instances in the Amazon Web Services Region:
    • Key=InstanceIds,Values=*

For more information about how to send commands that target managed nodes using Key,Value parameters, see Targeting multiple managed nodes in the Amazon Web Services Systems Manager User Guide .

Key -> (string)

User-defined criteria for sending commands that target managed nodes that meet the criteria.

Values -> (list)

User-defined criteria that maps to Key . For example, if you specified tag:ServerRole , you could specify value:WebServer to run a command on instances that include EC2 tags of ServerRole,WebServer .

Depending on the type of target, the maximum number of values for a key might be lower than the global maximum of 50.

(string)

TargetMaps -> (list)

A key-value mapping of runbook parameters to target resources. Both Targets and TargetMaps can't be specified together.

(map)

key -> (string)

value -> (list)

(string)

MaxConcurrency -> (string)

The MaxConcurrency value specified by the user when the operation started, indicating the maximum number of resources that the runbook operation can run on at the same time.

MaxErrors -> (string)

The MaxErrors value specified by the user when the execution started, indicating the maximum number of errors that can occur during the operation before the updates are stopped or rolled back.

TargetLocations -> (list)

Information about the Amazon Web Services Regions and Amazon Web Services accounts targeted by the current Runbook operation.

(structure)

The combination of Amazon Web Services Regions and Amazon Web Services accounts targeted by the current Automation execution.

Accounts -> (list)

The Amazon Web Services accounts targeted by the current Automation execution.

(string)

Regions -> (list)

The Amazon Web Services Regions targeted by the current Automation execution.

(string)

TargetLocationMaxConcurrency -> (string)

The maximum number of Amazon Web Services Regions and Amazon Web Services accounts allowed to run the Automation concurrently.

TargetLocationMaxErrors -> (string)

The maximum number of errors allowed before the system stops queueing additional Automation executions for the currently running Automation.

ExecutionRoleName -> (string)

The Automation execution role used by the currently running Automation. If not specified, the default value is AWS-SystemsManager-AutomationExecutionRole .

TargetLocationAlarmConfiguration -> (structure)

The details for the CloudWatch alarm you want to apply to an automation or command.

IgnorePollAlarmFailure -> (boolean)

When this value is true , your automation or command continues to run in cases where we can’t retrieve alarm status information from CloudWatch. In cases where we successfully retrieve an alarm status of OK or INSUFFICIENT_DATA, the automation or command continues to run, regardless of this value. Default is false .

Alarms -> (list)

The name of the CloudWatch alarm specified in the configuration.

(structure)

A CloudWatch alarm you apply to an automation or command.

Name -> (string)

The name of your CloudWatch alarm.

IncludeChildOrganizationUnits -> (boolean)

Indicates whether to include child organizational units (OUs) that are children of the targeted OUs. The default is false .

ExcludeAccounts -> (list)

Amazon Web Services accounts or organizational units to exclude as expanded targets.

(string)

Targets -> (list)

A list of key-value mappings to target resources. If you specify values for this data type, you must also specify a value for TargetParameterName .

This Targets parameter takes precedence over the StartAutomationExecution:Targets parameter if both are supplied.

(structure)

An array of search criteria that targets managed nodes using a key-value pair that you specify.

Note

One or more targets must be specified for maintenance window Run Command-type tasks. Depending on the task, targets are optional for other maintenance window task types (Automation, Lambda, and Step Functions). For more information about running tasks that don't specify targets, see Registering maintenance window tasks without targets in the Amazon Web Services Systems Manager User Guide .

Supported formats include the following.

For all Systems Manager capabilities:
  • Key=tag-key,Values=tag-value-1,tag-value-2
For Automation and Change Manager:
  • Key=tag:tag-key,Values=tag-value
  • Key=ResourceGroup,Values=resource-group-name
  • Key=ParameterValues,Values=value-1,value-2,value-3
  • To target all instances in the Amazon Web Services Region:
    • Key=AWS::EC2::Instance,Values=*
    • Key=InstanceIds,Values=*
For Run Command and Maintenance Windows:
  • Key=InstanceIds,Values=instance-id-1,instance-id-2,instance-id-3
  • Key=tag:tag-key,Values=tag-value-1,tag-value-2
  • Key=resource-groups:Name,Values=resource-group-name
  • Additionally, Maintenance Windows support targeting resource types:
    • Key=resource-groups:ResourceTypeFilters,Values=resource-type-1,resource-type-2
For State Manager:
  • Key=InstanceIds,Values=instance-id-1,instance-id-2,instance-id-3
  • Key=tag:tag-key,Values=tag-value-1,tag-value-2
  • To target all instances in the Amazon Web Services Region:
    • Key=InstanceIds,Values=*

For more information about how to send commands that target managed nodes using Key,Value parameters, see Targeting multiple managed nodes in the Amazon Web Services Systems Manager User Guide .

Key -> (string)

User-defined criteria for sending commands that target managed nodes that meet the criteria.

Values -> (list)

User-defined criteria that maps to Key . For example, if you specified tag:ServerRole , you could specify value:WebServer to run a command on instances that include EC2 tags of ServerRole,WebServer .

Depending on the type of target, the maximum number of values for a key might be lower than the global maximum of 50.

(string)

TargetsMaxConcurrency -> (string)

The maximum number of targets allowed to run this task in parallel. This TargetsMaxConcurrency takes precedence over the StartAutomationExecution:MaxConcurrency parameter if both are supplied.

TargetsMaxErrors -> (string)

The maximum number of errors that are allowed before the system stops running the automation on additional targets. This TargetsMaxErrors parameter takes precedence over the StartAutomationExecution:MaxErrors parameter if both are supplied.

OpsItemId -> (string)

The ID of an OpsItem that is created to represent a Change Manager change request.

AssociationId -> (string)

The ID of a State Manager association used in the Automation operation.

ChangeRequestName -> (string)

The name of the Change Manager change request.

NextToken -> (string)

The token to use when requesting the next set of items. If there are no additional items to return, the string is empty.