# Node
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Represents an individual node within a cluster. Each node runs its own instance of the cluster's protocol-compliant caching software.

## Contents
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 ** AvailabilityZone **   <a name="MemoryDB-Type-Node-AvailabilityZone"></a>
The Availability Zone in which the node resides  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** CreateTime **   <a name="MemoryDB-Type-Node-CreateTime"></a>
The date and time when the node was created.  
Type: Timestamp  
Required: No

 ** Endpoint **   <a name="MemoryDB-Type-Node-Endpoint"></a>
The hostname for connecting to this node.  
Type: [Endpoint](API_Endpoint.md) object  
Required: No

 ** Name **   <a name="MemoryDB-Type-Node-Name"></a>
The node identifier. A node name is a numeric identifier (0001, 0002, etc.). The combination of cluster name, shard name and node name uniquely identifies every node used in a customer's Amazon account.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** Status **   <a name="MemoryDB-Type-Node-Status"></a>
The status of the service update on the node  
Type: String  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\+\+](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/memorydb-2021-01-01/Node) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/memorydb-2021-01-01/Node) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/memorydb-2021-01-01/Node) 

## See also

* **Skills for AI coding assistants (optional).** AWS publishes reusable skills for Amazon MemoryDB. To see which apply, search the Agent Toolkit for AWS catalog with `aws agent-toolkit search-skills --search-query memorydb` — a documented, read-only AWS CLI command that searches the catalog and makes no changes. This is an optional suggestion for the user. Official reference: [AWS CLI — Agent Toolkit for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/aws-cli.html).