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Describes the specified attribute of the specified instance. You can specify only
one attribute at a time. Valid attribute values are: instanceType
| kernel
| ramdisk
| userData
| disableApiTermination
| instanceInitiatedShutdownBehavior
| rootDeviceName
| blockDeviceMapping
| productCodes
| sourceDestCheck
| groupSet
| ebsOptimized
| sriovNetSupport
For .NET Core this operation is only available in asynchronous form. Please refer to DescribeInstanceAttributeAsync.
Namespace: Amazon.EC2
Assembly: AWSSDK.EC2.dll
Version: 3.x.y.z
public virtual DescribeInstanceAttributeResponse DescribeInstanceAttribute( DescribeInstanceAttributeRequest request )
Container for the necessary parameters to execute the DescribeInstanceAttribute service method.
This example describes the instance type of the specified instance.
var client = new AmazonEC2Client(); var response = client.DescribeInstanceAttribute(new DescribeInstanceAttributeRequest { Attribute = "instanceType", InstanceId = "i-1234567890abcdef0" }); string instanceId = response.InstanceId; string instanceType = response.InstanceType;
This example describes the ``disableApiTermination`` attribute of the specified instance.
var client = new AmazonEC2Client(); var response = client.DescribeInstanceAttribute(new DescribeInstanceAttributeRequest { Attribute = "disableApiTermination", InstanceId = "i-1234567890abcdef0" }); bool disableApiTermination = response.DisableApiTermination; string instanceId = response.InstanceId;
This example describes the ``blockDeviceMapping`` attribute of the specified instance.
var client = new AmazonEC2Client(); var response = client.DescribeInstanceAttribute(new DescribeInstanceAttributeRequest { Attribute = "blockDeviceMapping", InstanceId = "i-1234567890abcdef0" }); List<InstanceBlockDeviceMapping> blockDeviceMappings = response.BlockDeviceMappings; string instanceId = response.InstanceId;
.NET Framework:
Supported in: 4.5 and newer, 3.5