Use DescribeMaintenanceWindows with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use DescribeMaintenanceWindows.

CLI

AWS CLI

Example 1: To list all maintenance windows

The following describe-maintenance-windows example lists all maintenance windows in your AWS account in the current Region.

aws ssm describe-maintenance-windows

Output:

{
    "WindowIdentities": [
        {
            "WindowId": "mw-0ecb1226ddEXAMPLE",
            "Name": "MyMaintenanceWindow-1",
            "Enabled": true,
            "Duration": 2,
            "Cutoff": 1,
            "Schedule": "rate(180 minutes)",
            "NextExecutionTime": "2020-02-12T23:19:20.596Z"
        },
        {
            "WindowId": "mw-03eb9db428EXAMPLE",
            "Name": "MyMaintenanceWindow-2",
            "Enabled": true,
            "Duration": 3,
            "Cutoff": 1,
            "Schedule": "rate(7 days)",
            "NextExecutionTime": "2020-02-17T23:22:00.956Z"
        },
    ]
}

Example 2: To list all enabled maintenance windows

The following describe-maintenance-windows example lists all enabled maintenance windows.

aws ssm describe-maintenance-windows \
    --filters "Key=Enabled,Values=true"

Example 3: To list maintenance windows matching a specific name

This describe-maintenance-windows example lists all maintenance windows with the specified name.

aws ssm describe-maintenance-windows \
    --filters "Key=Name,Values=MyMaintenanceWindow"

For more information, see View Information About Maintenance Windows (AWS CLI) in the AWS Systems Manager User Guide.

• For API details, see DescribeMaintenanceWindows in AWS CLI Command Reference.

PowerShell

Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example lists all maintenance windows on your account.

Get-SSMMaintenanceWindowList

Output:

Cutoff   : 1
Duration : 4
Enabled  : True
Name     : My-First-Maintenance-Window
WindowId : mw-06d59c1a07c022145

• For API details, see DescribeMaintenanceWindows in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.

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.