Request Parameters Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

DescribeStackSet

Returns the description of the specified StackSet.

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

CallAs

[Service-managed permissions] Specifies whether you are acting as an account administrator in the organization's management account or as a delegated administrator in a member account.

By default, SELF is specified. Use SELF for stack sets with self-managed permissions.

If you are signed in to the management account, specify SELF.
If you are signed in to a delegated administrator account, specify DELEGATED_ADMIN.

Your AWS account must be registered as a delegated administrator in the management account. For more information, see Register a delegated administrator in the AWS CloudFormation User Guide.

Type: String

Valid Values: SELF | DELEGATED_ADMIN

Required: No

StackSetName

The name or unique ID of the stack set whose description you want.

Type: String

Required: Yes

Response Elements

The following element is returned by the service.

StackSet

The specified stack set.

Type: StackSet object

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

StackSetNotFound

The specified stack set doesn't exist.

HTTP Status Code: 404

Examples

DescribeStackSet

This example illustrates one usage of DescribeStackSet.

Sample Request


https://cloudformation.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
 ?Action=DescribeStackSet
 &Version=2010-05-15
 &StackSetName=stack-set-example
 &X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256
 &X-Amz-Credential=[Access key ID and scope]
 &X-Amz-Date=20170810T233349Z
 &X-Amz-SignedHeaders=content-type;host
 &X-Amz-Signature=[Signature]

Sample Response



<DescribeStackSetResponse xmlns="http://internal.amazon.com/coral/com.amazonaws.maestro.service.v20160713/">
  <DescribeStackSetResult>
    <StackSet>
      <Capabilities>
        <member>CAPABILITY_IAM</member>
      </Capabilities>
      <StackSetId>stack-set-example:c14cd6d1-cd17-40bd-82ed-ff97example</StackSetId>
      <TemplateBody>
        [details omitted]
      </TemplateBody>
      <StackSetName>stack-set-example</StackSetName>
      <Description>Enable AWS Config</Description>
      <Parameters>
        <member>
          <ParameterKey>AllSupported</ParameterKey>
          <UsePreviousValue>false</UsePreviousValue>
          <ParameterValue>true</ParameterValue>
        </member>
        <member>
          <ParameterKey>DeliveryChannelName</ParameterKey>
          <UsePreviousValue>false</UsePreviousValue>
          <ParameterValue><Generated></ParameterValue>
        </member>
        <member>
          <ParameterKey>Frequency</ParameterKey>
          <UsePreviousValue>false</UsePreviousValue>
          <ParameterValue>24hours</ParameterValue>
        </member>
        <member>
          <ParameterKey>IncludeGlobalResourceTypes</ParameterKey>
          <UsePreviousValue>false</UsePreviousValue>
          <ParameterValue>true</ParameterValue>
        </member>
        <member>
          <ParameterKey>NotificationEmail</ParameterKey>
          <UsePreviousValue>false</UsePreviousValue>
          <ParameterValue><None></ParameterValue>
        </member>
        <member>
          <ParameterKey>ResourceTypes</ParameterKey>
          <UsePreviousValue>false</UsePreviousValue>
          <ParameterValue><All></ParameterValue>
        </member>
        <member>
          <ParameterKey>TopicArn</ParameterKey>
          <UsePreviousValue>false</UsePreviousValue>
          <ParameterValue><New Topic></ParameterValue>
        </member>
      </Parameters>
      <Tags>
        <member>
          <Value>marketing</Value>
          <Key>business-unit</Key>
        </member>
      </Tags>
      <StackSetDriftDetectionDetails>
        <DriftDetectionStatus>COMPLETED</DriftDetectionStatus>
        <InSyncStackInstancesCount>5</InSyncStackInstancesCount>
        <FailedStackInstancesCount>0</FailedStackInstancesCount>
        <DriftStatus>IN_SYNC</DriftStatus>
        <TotalStackInstancesCount>5</TotalStackInstancesCount>
        <DriftedStackInstancesCount>0</DriftedStackInstancesCount>
        <InProgressStackInstancesCount>0</InProgressStackInstancesCount>
        <LastDriftCheckTimestamp>2019-12-03T20:00:27.877Z</LastDriftCheckTimestamp>
      </StackSetDriftDetectionDetails>
      <Status>ACTIVE</Status>
    </StackSet>
  </DescribeStackSetResult>
  <ResponseMetadata>
    <RequestId>48d13e76-794b-11e7-95e6-f946example</RequestId>
  </ResponseMetadata>
</DescribeStackSetResponse>

How to view which Regions a StackSet has stack instances deployed to.

Use the DescribeStackSets API to output a list of Regions. This list consists of Regions where a given StackSet has stack instances deployed.

In the following example, the StackSet named "MyStackSet" has stack instances deployed in Regions "us-east-1" and "us-west-2":


{
    "StackSet": {
        "StackSetName": "MyStackSet",
        //...
        "Regions": [
            "us-east-1",
            "us-west-2"
        ]
    }
}