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Use DescribeInstanceAssociationsStatus with a CLI

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Use DescribeInstanceAssociationsStatus with a CLI - AWS Systems Manager

The following code examples show how to use DescribeInstanceAssociationsStatus.

CLI
AWS CLI

To describe the status of an instance's associations

This example shows details of the associations for an instance.

Command:

aws ssm describe-instance-associations-status --instance-id "i-1234567890abcdef0"

Output:

{ "InstanceAssociationStatusInfos": [ { "AssociationId": "8dfe3659-4309-493a-8755-0123456789ab", "Name": "AWS-GatherSoftwareInventory", "DocumentVersion": "1", "AssociationVersion": "1", "InstanceId": "i-1234567890abcdef0", "ExecutionDate": 1550501886.0, "Status": "Success", "ExecutionSummary": "1 out of 1 plugin processed, 1 success, 0 failed, 0 timedout, 0 skipped. ", "AssociationName": "Inventory-Association" }, { "AssociationId": "5c5a31f6-6dae-46f9-944c-0123456789ab", "Name": "AWS-UpdateSSMAgent", "DocumentVersion": "1", "AssociationVersion": "1", "InstanceId": "i-1234567890abcdef0", "ExecutionDate": 1550505828.548, "Status": "Success", "DetailedStatus": "Success", "AssociationName": "UpdateSSMAgent" } ] }
PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example shows details of the associations for an instance.

Get-SSMInstanceAssociationsStatus -InstanceId "i-0000293ffd8c57862"

Output:

AssociationId : d8617c07-2079-4c18-9847-1655fc2698b0 DetailedStatus : Pending DocumentVersion : 1 ErrorCode : ExecutionDate : 2/20/2015 8:31:11 AM ExecutionSummary : temp_status_change InstanceId : i-0000293ffd8c57862 Name : AWS-UpdateSSMAgent OutputUrl : Status : Pending

Example 2: This example checks the instance association status for the given instance id and further, displays the execution status of those associations

Get-SSMInstanceAssociationsStatus -InstanceId i-012e3cb4df567e8aa | ForEach-Object {Get-SSMAssociationExecution -AssociationId .AssociationId}

Output:

AssociationId : 512a34a5-c678-1234-1234-12345678db9e AssociationVersion : 2 CreatedTime : 3/2/2019 8:53:29 AM DetailedStatus : ExecutionId : 512a34a5-c678-1234-1234-12345678db9e LastExecutionDate : 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM ResourceCountByStatus : {Success=9} Status : Success
AWS CLI

To describe the status of an instance's associations

This example shows details of the associations for an instance.

Command:

aws ssm describe-instance-associations-status --instance-id "i-1234567890abcdef0"

Output:

{ "InstanceAssociationStatusInfos": [ { "AssociationId": "8dfe3659-4309-493a-8755-0123456789ab", "Name": "AWS-GatherSoftwareInventory", "DocumentVersion": "1", "AssociationVersion": "1", "InstanceId": "i-1234567890abcdef0", "ExecutionDate": 1550501886.0, "Status": "Success", "ExecutionSummary": "1 out of 1 plugin processed, 1 success, 0 failed, 0 timedout, 0 skipped. ", "AssociationName": "Inventory-Association" }, { "AssociationId": "5c5a31f6-6dae-46f9-944c-0123456789ab", "Name": "AWS-UpdateSSMAgent", "DocumentVersion": "1", "AssociationVersion": "1", "InstanceId": "i-1234567890abcdef0", "ExecutionDate": 1550505828.548, "Status": "Success", "DetailedStatus": "Success", "AssociationName": "UpdateSSMAgent" } ] }

For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Using this service with an AWS SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.

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