describe-db-instances¶

Description¶

Returns information about provisioned Amazon DocumentDB instances. This API supports pagination.

Synopsis¶

  describe-db-instances
[--db-instance-identifier <value>]
[--filters <value>]
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--starting-token <value>]
[--page-size <value>]
[--max-items <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]

Options¶

--db-instance-identifier (string)

The user-provided instance identifier. If this parameter is specified, information from only the specific instance is returned. This parameter isn’t case sensitive.

Constraints:

If provided, must match the identifier of an existing DBInstance .

--filters (list)

A filter that specifies one or more instances to describe.

Supported filters:

db-cluster-id - Accepts cluster identifiers and cluster Amazon Resource Names (ARNs). The results list includes only the information about the instances that are associated with the clusters that are identified by these ARNs.

db-instance-id - Accepts instance identifiers and instance ARNs. The results list includes only the information about the instances that are identified by these ARNs.

(structure)

A named set of filter values, used to return a more specific list of results. You can use a filter to match a set of resources by specific criteria, such as IDs.

Wildcards are not supported in filters.

Name -> (string)

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

Values -> (list)

One or more filter values. Filter values are case sensitive.

(string)

Shorthand Syntax:

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

JSON Syntax:

[
  {
    "Name": "string",
    "Values": ["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. The generated JSON skeleton is not stable between versions of the AWS CLI and there are no backwards compatibility guarantees in the JSON skeleton generated.

See ‘aws help’ for descriptions of global parameters.

Examples¶

Note

To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.

Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal’s quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .

To find information about provisioned Amazon DocumentDB instances

The following describe-db-instances example displays details for about the Amazon DocumentDB instance sample-cluster-instance. By omitting the --db-instance-identifier parameter you get information on up to 100 instances.

aws docdb describe-db-instances \
    --db-instance-identifier sample-cluster-instance

Output:

{
    "DBInstances": [
        {
            "Endpoint": {
                "HostedZoneId": "ZNKXH85TT8WVW",
                "Address": "sample-cluster-instance.corcjozrlsfc.us-west-2.docdb.amazonaws.com",
                "Port": 27017
            },
            "PreferredBackupWindow": "00:00-00:30",
            "DBInstanceStatus": "available",
            "DBInstanceClass": "db.r4.large",
            "EnabledCloudwatchLogsExports": [
                "audit"
            ],
            "DBInstanceIdentifier": "sample-cluster-instance",
            "DBSubnetGroup": {
                "Subnets": [
                    {
                        "SubnetStatus": "Active",
                        "SubnetIdentifier": "subnet-4e26d263",
                        "SubnetAvailabilityZone": {
                            "Name": "us-west-2a"
                        }
                    },
                    {
                        "SubnetStatus": "Active",
                        "SubnetIdentifier": "subnet-afc329f4",
                        "SubnetAvailabilityZone": {
                            "Name": "us-west-2c"
                        }
                    },
                    {
                        "SubnetStatus": "Active",
                        "SubnetIdentifier": "subnet-53ab3636",
                        "SubnetAvailabilityZone": {
                            "Name": "us-west-2d"
                        }
                    },
                    {
                        "SubnetStatus": "Active",
                        "SubnetIdentifier": "subnet-991cb8d0",
                        "SubnetAvailabilityZone": {
                            "Name": "us-west-2b"
                        }
                    }
                ],
                "DBSubnetGroupName": "default",
                "SubnetGroupStatus": "Complete",
                "DBSubnetGroupDescription": "default",
                "VpcId": "vpc-91280df6"
            },
            "InstanceCreateTime": "2019-03-15T20:36:06.338Z",
            "Engine": "docdb",
            "StorageEncrypted": false,
            "AutoMinorVersionUpgrade": true,
            "DBInstanceArn": "arn:aws:rds:us-west-2:123456789012:db:sample-cluster-instance",
            "PreferredMaintenanceWindow": "tue:08:39-tue:09:09",
            "VpcSecurityGroups": [
                {
                    "Status": "active",
                    "VpcSecurityGroupId": "sg-77186e0d"
                }
            ],
            "DBClusterIdentifier": "sample-cluster",
            "PendingModifiedValues": {},
            "BackupRetentionPeriod": 3,
            "PubliclyAccessible": false,
            "EngineVersion": "3.6.0",
            "PromotionTier": 1,
            "AvailabilityZone": "us-west-2c",
            "DbiResourceId": "db-A2GIKUV6KPOHITGGKI2NHVISZA"
        }
    ]
}

For more information, see Describing Amazon DocumentDB Instances in the Amazon DocumentDB Developer Guide.

Output¶

Marker -> (string)

An optional pagination token provided by a previous request. If this parameter is specified, the response includes only records beyond the marker, up to the value specified by MaxRecords .

DBInstances -> (list)

Detailed information about one or more instances.

(structure)

Detailed information about an instance.

DBInstanceIdentifier -> (string)

Contains a user-provided database identifier. This identifier is the unique key that identifies an instance.

DBInstanceClass -> (string)

Contains the name of the compute and memory capacity class of the instance.

Engine -> (string)

Provides the name of the database engine to be used for this instance.

DBInstanceStatus -> (string)

Specifies the current state of this database.

Endpoint -> (structure)

Specifies the connection endpoint.

Address -> (string)

Specifies the DNS address of the instance.

Port -> (integer)

Specifies the port that the database engine is listening on.

HostedZoneId -> (string)

Specifies the ID that Amazon Route 53 assigns when you create a hosted zone.

InstanceCreateTime -> (timestamp)

Provides the date and time that the instance was created.

PreferredBackupWindow -> (string)

Specifies the daily time range during which automated backups are created if automated backups are enabled, as determined by the BackupRetentionPeriod .

BackupRetentionPeriod -> (integer)

Specifies the number of days for which automatic snapshots are retained.

VpcSecurityGroups -> (list)

Provides a list of VPC security group elements that the instance belongs to.

(structure)

Used as a response element for queries on virtual private cloud (VPC) security group membership.

VpcSecurityGroupId -> (string)

The name of the VPC security group.

Status -> (string)

The status of the VPC security group.

AvailabilityZone -> (string)

Specifies the name of the Availability Zone that the instance is located in.

DBSubnetGroup -> (structure)

Specifies information on the subnet group that is associated with the instance, including the name, description, and subnets in the subnet group.

DBSubnetGroupName -> (string)

The name of the subnet group.

DBSubnetGroupDescription -> (string)

Provides the description of the subnet group.

VpcId -> (string)

Provides the virtual private cloud (VPC) ID of the subnet group.

SubnetGroupStatus -> (string)

Provides the status of the subnet group.

Subnets -> (list)

Detailed information about one or more subnets within a subnet group.

(structure)

Detailed information about a subnet.

SubnetIdentifier -> (string)

Specifies the identifier of the subnet.

SubnetAvailabilityZone -> (structure)

Specifies the Availability Zone for the subnet.

Name -> (string)

The name of the Availability Zone.

SubnetStatus -> (string)

Specifies the status of the subnet.

DBSubnetGroupArn -> (string)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the DB subnet group.

PreferredMaintenanceWindow -> (string)

Specifies the weekly time range during which system maintenance can occur, in Universal Coordinated Time (UTC).

PendingModifiedValues -> (structure)

Specifies that changes to the instance are pending. This element is included only when changes are pending. Specific changes are identified by subelements.

DBInstanceClass -> (string)

Contains the new DBInstanceClass for the instance that will be applied or is currently being applied.

AllocatedStorage -> (integer)

Contains the new AllocatedStorage size for then instance that will be applied or is currently being applied.

MasterUserPassword -> (string)

Contains the pending or currently in-progress change of the master credentials for the instance.

Port -> (integer)

Specifies the pending port for the instance.

BackupRetentionPeriod -> (integer)

Specifies the pending number of days for which automated backups are retained.

MultiAZ -> (boolean)

Indicates that the Single-AZ instance is to change to a Multi-AZ deployment.

EngineVersion -> (string)

Indicates the database engine version.

LicenseModel -> (string)

The license model for the instance.

Valid values: license-included , bring-your-own-license , general-public-license

Iops -> (integer)

Specifies the new Provisioned IOPS value for the instance that will be applied or is currently being applied.

DBInstanceIdentifier -> (string)

Contains the new DBInstanceIdentifier for the instance that will be applied or is currently being applied.

StorageType -> (string)

Specifies the storage type to be associated with the instance.

CACertificateIdentifier -> (string)

Specifies the identifier of the certificate authority (CA) certificate for the DB instance.

DBSubnetGroupName -> (string)

The new subnet group for the instance.

PendingCloudwatchLogsExports -> (structure)

A list of the log types whose configuration is still pending. These log types are in the process of being activated or deactivated.

LogTypesToEnable -> (list)

Log types that are in the process of being deactivated. After they are deactivated, these log types aren’t exported to CloudWatch Logs.

(string)

LogTypesToDisable -> (list)

Log types that are in the process of being enabled. After they are enabled, these log types are exported to Amazon CloudWatch Logs.

(string)

LatestRestorableTime -> (timestamp)

Specifies the latest time to which a database can be restored with point-in-time restore.

EngineVersion -> (string)

Indicates the database engine version.

AutoMinorVersionUpgrade -> (boolean)

Does not apply. This parameter does not apply to Amazon DocumentDB. Amazon DocumentDB does not perform minor version upgrades regardless of the value set.

PubliclyAccessible -> (boolean)

Not supported. Amazon DocumentDB does not currently support public endpoints. The value of PubliclyAccessible is always false .

StatusInfos -> (list)

The status of a read replica. If the instance is not a read replica, this is blank.

(structure)

Provides a list of status information for an instance.

StatusType -> (string)

This value is currently “read replication .”

Normal -> (boolean)

A Boolean value that is true if the instance is operating normally, or false if the instance is in an error state.

Status -> (string)

Status of the instance. For a StatusType of read replica, the values can be replicating , error, stopped , or terminated .

Message -> (string)

Details of the error if there is an error for the instance. If the instance is not in an error state, this value is blank.

DBClusterIdentifier -> (string)

Contains the name of the cluster that the instance is a member of if the instance is a member of a cluster.

StorageEncrypted -> (boolean)

Specifies whether or not the instance is encrypted.

KmsKeyId -> (string)

If StorageEncrypted is true , the KMS key identifier for the encrypted instance.

DbiResourceId -> (string)

The Amazon Web Services Region-unique, immutable identifier for the instance. This identifier is found in CloudTrail log entries whenever the KMS key for the instance is accessed.

CACertificateIdentifier -> (string)

The identifier of the CA certificate for this DB instance.

CopyTagsToSnapshot -> (boolean)

A value that indicates whether to copy tags from the DB instance to snapshots of the DB instance. By default, tags are not copied.

PromotionTier -> (integer)

A value that specifies the order in which an Amazon DocumentDB replica is promoted to the primary instance after a failure of the existing primary instance.

DBInstanceArn -> (string)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the instance.

EnabledCloudwatchLogsExports -> (list)

A list of log types that this instance is configured to export to CloudWatch Logs.

(string)

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