Use DescribePlacementGroups with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use DescribePlacementGroups.

CLI

AWS CLI

To describe your placement groups

This example command describes all of your placement groups.

Command:

aws ec2 describe-placement-groups

Output:

{
    "PlacementGroups": [
        {
            "GroupName": "my-cluster",
            "State": "available",
            "Strategy": "cluster"
        },
        ...
    ]
}

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

PowerShell

Tools for PowerShell V4

Example 1: This example describes the specified placement group.

Get-EC2PlacementGroup -GroupName my-placement-group

Output:

GroupName             State        Strategy
---------             -----        --------
my-placement-group    available    cluster

• For API details, see DescribePlacementGroups in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V4).

Tools for PowerShell V5

Example 1: This example describes the specified placement group.

Get-EC2PlacementGroup -GroupName my-placement-group

Output:

GroupName             State        Strategy
---------             -----        --------
my-placement-group    available    cluster

• For API details, see DescribePlacementGroups in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V5).

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.