GetInstanceProfile
Retrieves information about the specified instance profile, including the instance profile's path, GUID, ARN, and role. For more information about instance profiles, see Using instance profiles in the IAM User Guide.
Request Parameters
For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.
- InstanceProfileName
-
The name of the instance profile to get information about.
This parameter allows (through its regex pattern
) a string of characters consisting of upper and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces. You can also include any of the following characters: _+=,.@- Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.
Pattern:
[\w+=,.@-]+Required: Yes
Response Elements
The following element is returned by the service.
- InstanceProfile
-
A structure containing details about the instance profile.
Type: InstanceProfile object
Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.
- NoSuchEntity
-
The request was rejected because it referenced a resource entity that does not exist. The error message describes the resource.
HTTP Status Code: 404
- ServiceFailure
-
The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception or failure.
HTTP Status Code: 500
Examples
Example
This example illustrates one usage of GetInstanceProfile.
Sample Request
https://iam.amazonaws.com/?Action=GetInstanceProfile
&InstanceProfileName=Webserver
&Version=2010-05-08
&AUTHPARAMSSample Response
<GetInstanceProfileResponse xmlns="https://iam.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-05-08/">
<GetInstanceProfileResult>
<InstanceProfile>
<InstanceProfileId>AIPAD5ARO2C5EXAMPLE3G</InstanceProfileId>
<Roles>
<member>
<Path>/application_abc/component_xyz/</Path>
<Arn>arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/application_abc/component_xyz/S3Access</Arn>
<RoleName>S3Access</RoleName>
<AssumeRolePolicyDocument>
{"Version":"2012-10-17","Statement":[{"Effect":"Allow",
"Principal":{"Service":["ec2.amazonaws.com"]},"Action":["sts:AssumeRole"]}]}
</AssumeRolePolicyDocument>
<CreateDate>2012-05-09T15:45:35Z</CreateDate>
<RoleId>AROACVYKSVTSZFEXAMPLE</RoleId>
</member>
</Roles>
<InstanceProfileName>Webserver</InstanceProfileName>
<Path>/application_abc/component_xyz/</Path>
<Arn>arn:aws:iam::123456789012:instance-profile/application_abc/component_xyz/Webserver</Arn>
<CreateDate>2012-05-09T16:11:10Z</CreateDate>
</InstanceProfile>
</GetInstanceProfileResult>
<ResponseMetadata>
<RequestId>37289fda-99f2-11e1-a4c3-27EXAMPLE804</RequestId>
</ResponseMetadata>
</GetInstanceProfileResponse>See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
