Use DescribeSnapshotAttribute with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use DescribeSnapshotAttribute.

CLI

AWS CLI

To describe the snapshot attributes for a snapshot

The following describe-snapshot-attribute example lists the accounts with which a snapshot is shared.

aws ec2 describe-snapshot-attribute \
    --snapshot-id snap-01234567890abcedf \
    --attribute createVolumePermission

Output:

{
    "SnapshotId": "snap-01234567890abcedf",
    "CreateVolumePermissions": [
        {
            "UserId": "123456789012"
        }
    ]
}

For more information, see Share an Amazon EBS snapshot in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide.

• For API details, see DescribeSnapshotAttribute in AWS CLI Command Reference.

PowerShell

Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example describes the specified attribute of the specified snapshot.

Get-EC2SnapshotAttribute -SnapshotId snap-12345678 -Attribute ProductCodes

Output:

CreateVolumePermissions    ProductCodes    SnapshotId
-----------------------    ------------    ----------
{}                         {}              snap-12345678

Example 2: This example describes the specified attribute of the specified snapshot.

(Get-EC2SnapshotAttribute -SnapshotId snap-12345678 -Attribute CreateVolumePermission).CreateVolumePermissions

Output:

Group    UserId
-----    ------
all

• For API details, see DescribeSnapshotAttribute in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.

For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Create Amazon EC2 resources using an AWS SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.