describe-auto-scaling-instances¶

Description¶

Gets information about the Auto Scaling instances in the account and Region.

Synopsis¶

  describe-auto-scaling-instances
[--instance-ids <value>]
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--starting-token <value>]
[--page-size <value>]
[--max-items <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]

Options¶

--instance-ids (list)

The IDs of the instances. If you omit this parameter, all Auto Scaling instances are described. If you specify an ID that does not exist, it is ignored with no error.

Array Members: Maximum number of 50 items.

(string)

Syntax:

"string" "string" ...

--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.

See ‘aws help’ for descriptions of global parameters.

Examples¶

Example 1: To describe one or more instances

This example describes the specified instance.

aws autoscaling describe-auto-scaling-instances \
    --instance-ids i-06905f55584de02da

Output:

{
    "AutoScalingInstances": [
        {
            "InstanceId": "i-06905f55584de02da",
            "InstanceType": "t2.micro",
            "AutoScalingGroupName": "my-asg",
            "AvailabilityZone": "us-west-2b",
            "LifecycleState": "InService",
            "HealthStatus": "HEALTHY",
            "ProtectedFromScaleIn": false,
            "LaunchTemplate": {
                "LaunchTemplateId": "lt-1234567890abcde12",
                "LaunchTemplateName": "my-launch-template",
                "Version": "1"
            }
        }
    ]
}

Example 2: To describe one or more instances

This example uses the --max-items option to specify how many instances to return with this call.

aws autoscaling describe-auto-scaling-instances --max-items 1

If the output includes a NextToken field, there are more instances. To get the additional instances, use the value of this field with the --starting-token option in a subsequent call as follows.

aws autoscaling describe-auto-scaling-instances --starting-token Z3M3LMPEXAMPLE

Output:

{
    "AutoScalingInstances": [
        {
            "InstanceId": "i-06905f55584de02da",
            "InstanceType": "t2.micro",
            "AutoScalingGroupName": "my-asg",
            "AvailabilityZone": "us-west-2b",
            "LifecycleState": "InService",
            "HealthStatus": "HEALTHY",
            "ProtectedFromScaleIn": false,
            "LaunchTemplate": {
                "LaunchTemplateId": "lt-1234567890abcde12",
                "LaunchTemplateName": "my-launch-template",
                "Version": "1"
            }
        }
    ]
}

Output¶

AutoScalingInstances -> (list)

The instances.

(structure)

Describes an EC2 instance associated with an Auto Scaling group.

InstanceId -> (string)

The ID of the instance.

InstanceType -> (string)

The instance type of the EC2 instance.

AutoScalingGroupName -> (string)

The name of the Auto Scaling group for the instance.

AvailabilityZone -> (string)

The Availability Zone for the instance.

LifecycleState -> (string)

The lifecycle state for the instance. The Quarantined state is not used. For information about lifecycle states, see Instance lifecycle in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

Valid Values: Pending | Pending:Wait | Pending:Proceed | Quarantined | InService | Terminating | Terminating:Wait | Terminating:Proceed | Terminated | Detaching | Detached | EnteringStandby | Standby | Warmed:Pending | Warmed:Pending:Wait | Warmed:Pending:Proceed | Warmed:Terminating | Warmed:Terminating:Wait | Warmed:Terminating:Proceed | Warmed:Terminated | Warmed:Stopped | Warmed:Running

HealthStatus -> (string)

The last reported health status of this instance. “Healthy” means that the instance is healthy and should remain in service. “Unhealthy” means that the instance is unhealthy and Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling should terminate and replace it.

LaunchConfigurationName -> (string)

The launch configuration used to launch the instance. This value is not available if you attached the instance to the Auto Scaling group.

LaunchTemplate -> (structure)

The launch template for the instance.

LaunchTemplateId -> (string)

The ID of the launch template. To get the template ID, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplates API operation. New launch templates can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplate API.

Conditional: You must specify either a LaunchTemplateId or a LaunchTemplateName .

LaunchTemplateName -> (string)

The name of the launch template. To get the template name, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplates API operation. New launch templates can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplate API.

Conditional: You must specify either a LaunchTemplateId or a LaunchTemplateName .

Version -> (string)

The version number, $Latest , or $Default . To get the version number, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplateVersions API operation. New launch template versions can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplateVersion API. If the value is $Latest , Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects the latest version of the launch template when launching instances. If the value is $Default , Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects the default version of the launch template when launching instances. The default value is $Default .

ProtectedFromScaleIn -> (boolean)

Indicates whether the instance is protected from termination by Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling when scaling in.

WeightedCapacity -> (string)

The number of capacity units contributed by the instance based on its instance type.

Valid Range: Minimum value of 1. Maximum value of 999.

NextToken -> (string)

A string that indicates that the response contains more items than can be returned in a single response. To receive additional items, specify this string for the NextToken value when requesting the next set of items. This value is null when there are no more items to return.

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