Use DescribeVpnConnections with an AWS SDK or CLI - Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud

Use DescribeVpnConnections with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use DescribeVpnConnections.

CLI
AWS CLI

Example 1: To describe your VPN connections

The following describe-vpn-connections example describes all of your Site-to-Site VPN connections.

aws ec2 describe-vpn-connections

Output:

{
    "VpnConnections": [
        {
            "CustomerGatewayConfiguration": "...configuration information...",
            "CustomerGatewayId": "cgw-01234567abcde1234",
            "Category": "VPN",
            "State": "available",
            "Type": "ipsec.1",
            "VpnConnectionId": "vpn-1122334455aabbccd",
            "TransitGatewayId": "tgw-00112233445566aab",
            "Options": {
                "EnableAcceleration": false,
                "StaticRoutesOnly": true,
                "LocalIpv4NetworkCidr": "0.0.0.0/0",
                "RemoteIpv4NetworkCidr": "0.0.0.0/0",
                "TunnelInsideIpVersion": "ipv4"
            },
            "Routes": [],
            "Tags": [
                {
                    "Key": "Name",
                    "Value": "CanadaVPN"
                }
            ],
            "VgwTelemetry": [
                {
                    "AcceptedRouteCount": 0,
                    "LastStatusChange": "2020-07-29T10:35:11.000Z",
                    "OutsideIpAddress": "203.0.113.3",
                    "Status": "DOWN",
                    "StatusMessage": ""
                },
                {
                    "AcceptedRouteCount": 0,
                    "LastStatusChange": "2020-09-02T09:09:33.000Z",
                    "OutsideIpAddress": "203.0.113.5",
                    "Status": "UP",
                    "StatusMessage": ""
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

For more information, see How AWS Site-to-Site VPN works in the AWS Site-to-Site VPN User Guide.

Example 2: To describe your available VPN connections

The following describe-vpn-connections example describes your Site-to-Site VPN connections with a state of available.

aws ec2 describe-vpn-connections \
    --filters "Name=state,Values=available"

For more information, see How AWS Site-to-Site VPN works in the AWS Site-to-Site VPN User Guide.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example describes the specified VPN connection.

Get-EC2VpnConnection -VpnConnectionId vpn-12345678

Output:

CustomerGatewayConfiguration : [XML document]
CustomerGatewayId            : cgw-1a2b3c4d
Options                      : Amazon.EC2.Model.VpnConnectionOptions
Routes                       : {Amazon.EC2.Model.VpnStaticRoute}
State                        : available
Tags                         : {}
Type                         : ipsec.1
VgwTelemetry                 : {Amazon.EC2.Model.VgwTelemetry, Amazon.EC2.Model.VgwTelemetry}
VpnConnectionId              : vpn-12345678
VpnGatewayId                 : vgw-1a2b3c4d

Example 2: This example describes any VPN connection whose state is either pending or available.

$filter = New-Object Amazon.EC2.Model.Filter
$filter.Name = "state"
$filter.Values = @( "pending", "available" )

Get-EC2VpnConnection -Filter $filter

Example 3: This example describes all your VPN connections.

Get-EC2VpnConnection

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.