List the AWS FIS actions using the AWS CLI

You can use the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) to view information about the actions that AWS FIS supports.

Prerequisite

Install the AWS CLI on your computer. To get started, see the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide. For more information about the commands for AWS FIS, see fis in the AWS CLI Command Reference.

Example: List the names of all actions

You can list the names of all actions using the list-actions command as follows.

aws fis list-actions --query "actions[*].[id]" --output text | sort

The following is example output.

aws:cloudwatch:assert-alarm-state
aws:dynamodb:global-table-pause-replication
aws:ebs:pause-volume-io
aws:ec2:api-insufficient-instance-capacity-error
aws:ec2:asg-insufficient-instance-capacity-error 
aws:ec2:reboot-instances
aws:ec2:send-spot-instance-interruptions
aws:ec2:stop-instances
aws:ec2:terminate-instances
aws:ecs:drain-container-instances
aws:ecs:stop-task
aws:eks:inject-kubernetes-custom-resource
aws:eks:terminate-nodegroup-instances
aws:elasticache:interrupt-cluster-az-power
aws:fis:inject-api-internal-error
aws:fis:inject-api-throttle-error
aws:fis:inject-api-unavailable-error
aws:fis:wait
aws:network:disrupt-connectivity
aws:network:route-table-disrupt-cross-region-connectivity
aws:network:transit-gateway-disrupt-cross-region-connectivity
aws:rds:failover-db-cluster
aws:rds:reboot-db-instances
aws:s3:bucket-pause-replication
aws:ssm:send-command
aws:ssm:start-automation-execution

Example: View information about an action

After you have the name of an action, you can view detailed information about the action using the get-action command as follows.

aws fis get-action --id aws:ec2:reboot-instances

The following is example output.

{
    "action": {
        "id": "aws:ec2:reboot-instances",
        "description": "Reboot the specified EC2 instances.",
        "targets": {
            "Instances": {
                "resourceType": "aws:ec2:instance"
            }
        },
        "tags": {}
    }
}