Requests a description of a set of instances.
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You must specify at least one of the parameters. |
Required Permissions: To use this action, an IAM user must have a Show, Deploy, or Manage permissions level for the stack, or an attached policy that explicitly grants permissions. For more information on user permissions, see Managing User Permissions.

C# |
DescribeInstancesResponse DescribeInstances( DescribeInstancesRequest request )

- request (DescribeInstancesRequest)
- Container for the necessary parameters to execute the DescribeInstances service method.

The response from the DescribeInstances service method, as returned by OpsWorks.

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ResourceNotFoundException |
Indicates that a resource was not found.
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ValidationException |
Indicates that a request was invalid.
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