Use DescribeVolumeAttribute with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use DescribeVolumeAttribute.

CLI

AWS CLI

To describe a volume attribute

This example command describes the autoEnableIo attribute of the volume with the ID vol-049df61146c4d7901.

Command:

aws ec2 describe-volume-attribute --volume-id vol-049df61146c4d7901 --attribute autoEnableIO

Output:

{
    "AutoEnableIO": {
        "Value": false
    },
    "VolumeId": "vol-049df61146c4d7901"
}

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

PowerShell

Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example describes the specified attribute of the specified volume.

Get-EC2VolumeAttribute -VolumeId vol-12345678 -Attribute AutoEnableIO

Output:

AutoEnableIO    ProductCodes    VolumeId
------------    ------------    --------
False           {}              vol-12345678

• For API details, see DescribeVolumeAttribute in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.

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.