DescribeChangeSet - AWS CloudFormation
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DescribeChangeSet

Returns the inputs for the change set and a list of changes that AWS CloudFormation will make if you execute the change set. For more information, see Updating Stacks Using Change Sets in the AWS CloudFormation User Guide.

Request Parameters

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

ChangeSetName

The name or Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the change set that you want to describe.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1600.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z][-a-zA-Z0-9]*|arn:[-a-zA-Z0-9:/]*

Required: Yes

NextToken

A string (provided by the DescribeChangeSet response output) that identifies the next page of information that you want to retrieve.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.

Required: No

StackName

If you specified the name of a change set, specify the stack name or ID (ARN) of the change set you want to describe.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1.

Pattern: ([a-zA-Z][-a-zA-Z0-9]*)|(arn:\b(aws|aws-us-gov|aws-cn)\b:[-a-zA-Z0-9:/._+]*)

Required: No

Response Elements

The following elements are returned by the service.

Capabilities.member.N

If you execute the change set, the list of capabilities that were explicitly acknowledged when the change set was created.

Type: Array of strings

Valid Values: CAPABILITY_IAM | CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM | CAPABILITY_AUTO_EXPAND

Changes.member.N

A list of Change structures that describes the resources AWS CloudFormation changes if you execute the change set.

Type: Array of Change objects

ChangeSetId

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the change set.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1.

Pattern: arn:[-a-zA-Z0-9:/]*

ChangeSetName

The name of the change set.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z][-a-zA-Z0-9]*

CreationTime

The start time when the change set was created, in UTC.

Type: Timestamp

Description

Information about the change set.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.

ExecutionStatus

If the change set execution status is AVAILABLE, you can execute the change set. If you can't execute the change set, the status indicates why. For example, a change set might be in an UNAVAILABLE state because AWS CloudFormation is still creating it or in an OBSOLETE state because the stack was already updated.

Type: String

Valid Values: UNAVAILABLE | AVAILABLE | EXECUTE_IN_PROGRESS | EXECUTE_COMPLETE | EXECUTE_FAILED | OBSOLETE

IncludeNestedStacks

Verifies if IncludeNestedStacks is set to True.

Type: Boolean

NextToken

If the output exceeds 1 MB, a string that identifies the next page of changes. If there is no additional page, this value is null.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.

NotificationARNs.member.N

The ARNs of the Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) topics that will be associated with the stack if you execute the change set.

Type: Array of strings

Array Members: Maximum number of 5 items.

Parameters.member.N

A list of Parameter structures that describes the input parameters and their values used to create the change set. For more information, see the Parameter data type.

Type: Array of Parameter objects

ParentChangeSetId

Specifies the change set ID of the parent change set in the current nested change set hierarchy.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1.

Pattern: arn:[-a-zA-Z0-9:/]*

RollbackConfiguration

The rollback triggers for AWS CloudFormation to monitor during stack creation and updating operations, and for the specified monitoring period afterwards.

Type: RollbackConfiguration object

RootChangeSetId

Specifies the change set ID of the root change set in the current nested change set hierarchy.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1.

Pattern: arn:[-a-zA-Z0-9:/]*

StackId

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the stack that's associated with the change set.

Type: String

StackName

The name of the stack that's associated with the change set.

Type: String

Status

The current status of the change set, such as CREATE_IN_PROGRESS, CREATE_COMPLETE, or FAILED.

Type: String

Valid Values: CREATE_PENDING | CREATE_IN_PROGRESS | CREATE_COMPLETE | DELETE_PENDING | DELETE_IN_PROGRESS | DELETE_COMPLETE | DELETE_FAILED | FAILED

StatusReason

A description of the change set's status. For example, if your attempt to create a change set failed, AWS CloudFormation shows the error message.

Type: String

Tags.member.N

If you execute the change set, the tags that will be associated with the stack.

Type: Array of Tag objects

Array Members: Maximum number of 50 items.

Errors

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

ChangeSetNotFound

The specified change set name or ID doesn't exit. To view valid change sets for a stack, use the ListChangeSets operation.

HTTP Status Code: 404

Examples

DescribeChangeSet

This example illustrates one usage of DescribeChangeSet.

Sample Request


https://cloudformation.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
 ?Action=DescribeChangeSet
 &ChangeSetName=arn:aws:cloudformation:us-east-1:123456789012:changeSet/SampleChangeSet/12a3b456-0e10-4ce0-9052-5d484a8c4e5b
 &Version=2010-05-15
 &X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256
 &X-Amz-Credential=[Access key ID and scope]
 &X-Amz-Date=20160316T233349Z
 &X-Amz-SignedHeaders=content-type;host
 &X-Amz-Signature=[Signature]

Sample Response


<DescribeChangeSetResponse xmlns="http://cloudformation.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-05-15/">
  <DescribeChangeSetResult>
    <StackId>arn:aws:cloudformation:us-east-1:123456789012:stack/SampleStack/12a3b456-0e10-4ce0-9052-5d484a8c4e5b</StackId>
    <Status>CREATE_COMPLETE</Status>
    <ChangeSetId>arn:aws:cloudformation:us-east-1:123456789012:changeSet/SampleChangeSet-direct/12a3b456-0e10-4ce0-9052-5d484a8c4e5b</ChangeSetId>
    <StackName>SampleStack</StackName>
    <ChangeSetName>SampleChangeSet-direct</ChangeSetName>
    <NotificationARNs/>
    <CreationTime>2016-03-17T23:35:25.813Z</CreationTime>
    <Capabilities/>
    <Parameters>
      <member>
        <ParameterValue>testing</ParameterValue>
        <ParameterKey>Purpose</ParameterKey>
      </member>
      <member>
        <ParameterValue>MyKeyName</ParameterValue>
        <ParameterKey>KeyPairName</ParameterKey>
      </member>
      <member>
        <ParameterValue>t2.micro</ParameterValue>
        <ParameterKey>InstanceType</ParameterKey>
      </member>
    </Parameters>
    <Changes>
      <member>
        <ResourceChange>
          <Replacement>False</Replacement>
          <Scope>
            <member>Tags</member>
          </Scope>
          <Details>
            <member>
              <ChangeSource>DirectModification</ChangeSource>
              <Target>
                <RequiresRecreation>Never</RequiresRecreation>
                <Attribute>Tags</Attribute>
              </Target>
              <Evaluation>Static</Evaluation>
            </member>
          </Details>
          <LogicalResourceId>MyEC2Instance</LogicalResourceId>
          <Action>Modify</Action>
          <PhysicalResourceId>i-1abc23d4</PhysicalResourceId>
          <ResourceType>AWS::EC2::Instance</ResourceType>
        </ResourceChange>
        <Type>Resource</Type>
      </member>
    </Changes>
  </DescribeChangeSetResult>    
  <ResponseMetadata>
    <RequestId>b9b4b068-3a41-11e5-94eb-example</RequestId>
  </ResponseMetadata>
</DescribeChangeSetResponse>

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: