describe-vpcs¶

Description¶

Describes one or more of your VPCs.

Synopsis¶

  describe-vpcs
[--filters <value>]
[--vpc-ids <value>]
[--dry-run | --no-dry-run]
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--starting-token <value>]
[--page-size <value>]
[--max-items <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--cli-auto-prompt <value>]

Options¶

--filters (list)

One or more filters.

cidr - The primary IPv4 CIDR block of the VPC. The CIDR block you specify must exactly match the VPC’s CIDR block for information to be returned for the VPC. Must contain the slash followed by one or two digits (for example, /28 ).

cidr-block-association.cidr-block - An IPv4 CIDR block associated with the VPC.

cidr-block-association.association-id - The association ID for an IPv4 CIDR block associated with the VPC.

cidr-block-association.state - The state of an IPv4 CIDR block associated with the VPC.

dhcp-options-id - The ID of a set of DHCP options.

ipv6-cidr-block-association.ipv6-cidr-block - An IPv6 CIDR block associated with the VPC.

ipv6-cidr-block-association.ipv6-pool - The ID of the IPv6 address pool from which the IPv6 CIDR block is allocated.

ipv6-cidr-block-association.association-id - The association ID for an IPv6 CIDR block associated with the VPC.

ipv6-cidr-block-association.state - The state of an IPv6 CIDR block associated with the VPC.

isDefault - Indicates whether the VPC is the default VPC.

owner-id - The ID of the AWS account that owns the VPC.

state - The state of the VPC (pending | available ).

tag :<key> - The key/value combination of a tag assigned to the resource. Use the tag key in the filter name and the tag value as the filter value. For example, to find all resources that have a tag with the key Owner and the value TeamA , specify tag:Owner for the filter name and TeamA for the filter value.

tag-key - The key of a tag assigned to the resource. Use this filter to find all resources assigned a tag with a specific key, regardless of the tag value.

vpc-id - The ID of the VPC.

(structure)

A filter name and value pair that is used to return a more specific list of results from a describe operation. Filters can be used to match a set of resources by specific criteria, such as tags, attributes, or IDs. The filters supported by a describe operation are documented with the describe operation. For example:

DescribeAvailabilityZones

DescribeImages

DescribeInstances

DescribeKeyPairs

DescribeSecurityGroups

DescribeSnapshots

DescribeSubnets

DescribeTags

DescribeVolumes

DescribeVpcs

Name -> (string)

The name of the filter. Filter names are case-sensitive.

Values -> (list)

The filter values. Filter values are case-sensitive.

(string)

Shorthand Syntax:

Name=string,Values=string,string ...

JSON Syntax:

[
  {
    "Name": "string",
    "Values": ["string", ...]
  }
  ...
]

--vpc-ids (list)

One or more VPC IDs.

Default: Describes all your VPCs.

(string)

Syntax:

"string" "string" ...

--dry-run | --no-dry-run (boolean)

Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation . Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation .

--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml.

--starting-token (string)

A token to specify where to start paginating. This is the NextToken from a previously truncated response.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--page-size (integer)

The size of each page to get in the AWS service call. This does not affect the number of items returned in the command’s output. Setting a smaller page size results in more calls to the AWS service, retrieving fewer items in each call. This can help prevent the AWS service calls from timing out.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--max-items (integer)

The total number of items to return in the command’s output. If the total number of items available is more than the value specified, a NextToken is provided in the command’s output. To resume pagination, provide the NextToken value in the starting-token argument of a subsequent command. Do not use the NextToken response element directly outside of the AWS CLI.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. Similarly, if provided yaml-input it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.

--cli-auto-prompt (boolean) Automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.

See ‘aws help’ for descriptions of global parameters.

Examples¶

Example 1: To describe all of your VPCs

The following describe-vpcs example retrieves details about your VPCs.

aws ec2 describe-vpcs

Output:

{
    "Vpcs": [
        {
            "CidrBlock": "30.1.0.0/16",
            "DhcpOptionsId": "dopt-19edf471",
            "State": "available",
            "VpcId": "vpc-0e9801d129EXAMPLE",
            "OwnerId": "111122223333",
            "InstanceTenancy": "default",
            "CidrBlockAssociationSet": [
                {
                    "AssociationId": "vpc-cidr-assoc-062c64cfafEXAMPLE",
                    "CidrBlock": "30.1.0.0/16",
                    "CidrBlockState": {
                        "State": "associated"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "IsDefault": false,
            "Tags": [
                {
                    "Key": "Name",
                    "Value": "Not Shared"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "CidrBlock": "10.0.0.0/16",
            "DhcpOptionsId": "dopt-19edf471",
            "State": "available",
            "VpcId": "vpc-06e4ab6c6cEXAMPLE",
            "OwnerId": "222222222222",
            "InstanceTenancy": "default",
            "CidrBlockAssociationSet": [
                {
                    "AssociationId": "vpc-cidr-assoc-00b17b4eddEXAMPLE",
                    "CidrBlock": "10.0.0.0/16",
                    "CidrBlockState": {
                        "State": "associated"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "IsDefault": false,
            "Tags": [
                {
                    "Key": "Name",
                    "Value": "Shared VPC"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Example 2: To describe a specified VPC

The following describe-vpcs example retrieves details for the specified VPC.

aws ec2 describe-vpcs \
    --vpc-ids vpc-06e4ab6c6cEXAMPLE

Output:

{
    "Vpcs": [
        {
            "CidrBlock": "10.0.0.0/16",
            "DhcpOptionsId": "dopt-19edf471",
            "State": "available",
            "VpcId": "vpc-06e4ab6c6cEXAMPLE",
            "OwnerId": "111122223333",
            "InstanceTenancy": "default",
            "CidrBlockAssociationSet": [
                {
                    "AssociationId": "vpc-cidr-assoc-00b17b4eddEXAMPLE",
                    "CidrBlock": "10.0.0.0/16",
                    "CidrBlockState": {
                        "State": "associated"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "IsDefault": false,
            "Tags": [
                {
                    "Key": "Name",
                    "Value": "Shared VPC"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Output¶

Vpcs -> (list)

Information about one or more VPCs.

(structure)

Describes a VPC.

CidrBlock -> (string)

The primary IPv4 CIDR block for the VPC.

DhcpOptionsId -> (string)

The ID of the set of DHCP options you’ve associated with the VPC (or default if the default options are associated with the VPC).

State -> (string)

The current state of the VPC.

VpcId -> (string)

The ID of the VPC.

OwnerId -> (string)

The ID of the AWS account that owns the VPC.

InstanceTenancy -> (string)

The allowed tenancy of instances launched into the VPC.

Ipv6CidrBlockAssociationSet -> (list)

Information about the IPv6 CIDR blocks associated with the VPC.

(structure)

Describes an IPv6 CIDR block associated with a VPC.

AssociationId -> (string)

The association ID for the IPv6 CIDR block.

Ipv6CidrBlock -> (string)

The IPv6 CIDR block.

Ipv6CidrBlockState -> (structure)

Information about the state of the CIDR block.

State -> (string)

The state of the CIDR block.

StatusMessage -> (string)

A message about the status of the CIDR block, if applicable.

NetworkBorderGroup -> (string)

The name of the location from which we advertise the IPV6 CIDR block.

Ipv6Pool -> (string)

The ID of the IPv6 address pool from which the IPv6 CIDR block is allocated.

CidrBlockAssociationSet -> (list)

Information about the IPv4 CIDR blocks associated with the VPC.

(structure)

Describes an IPv4 CIDR block associated with a VPC.

AssociationId -> (string)

The association ID for the IPv4 CIDR block.

CidrBlock -> (string)

The IPv4 CIDR block.

CidrBlockState -> (structure)

Information about the state of the CIDR block.

State -> (string)

The state of the CIDR block.

StatusMessage -> (string)

A message about the status of the CIDR block, if applicable.

IsDefault -> (boolean)

Indicates whether the VPC is the default VPC.

Tags -> (list)

Any tags assigned to the VPC.

(structure)

Describes a tag.

Key -> (string)

The key of the tag.

Constraints: Tag keys are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 127 Unicode characters. May not begin with aws: .

Value -> (string)

The value of the tag.

Constraints: Tag values are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 255 Unicode characters.

NextToken -> (string)

The token to use to retrieve the next page of results. This value is null when there are no more results to return.

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