Returns information about provisioned Amazon DocumentDB instances. This API supports pagination.
See also: AWS API Documentation
describe-db-instances
is a paginated operation. Multiple API calls may be issued in order to retrieve the entire data set of results. You can disable pagination by providing the --no-paginate
argument.
When using --output text
and the --query
argument on a paginated response, the --query
argument must extract data from the results of the following query expressions: DBInstances
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>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]
[--cli-binary-format <value>]
[--no-cli-pager]
[--cli-auto-prompt]
[--no-cli-auto-prompt]
--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 theNextToken
value in thestarting-token
argument of a subsequent command. Do not use theNextToken
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.
--debug
(boolean)
Turn on debug logging.
--endpoint-url
(string)
Override command’s default URL with the given URL.
--no-verify-ssl
(boolean)
By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.
--no-paginate
(boolean)
Disable automatic pagination.
--output
(string)
The formatting style for command output.
json
text
table
yaml
yaml-stream
--query
(string)
A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.
--profile
(string)
Use a specific profile from your credential file.
--region
(string)
The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.
--version
(string)
Display the version of this tool.
--color
(string)
Turn on/off color output.
on
off
auto
--no-sign-request
(boolean)
Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.
--ca-bundle
(string)
The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.
--cli-read-timeout
(int)
The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.
--cli-connect-timeout
(int)
The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.
--cli-binary-format
(string)
The formatting style to be used for binary blobs. The default format is base64. The base64 format expects binary blobs to be provided as a base64 encoded string. The raw-in-base64-out format preserves compatibility with AWS CLI V1 behavior and binary values must be passed literally. When providing contents from a file that map to a binary blob fileb://
will always be treated as binary and use the file contents directly regardless of the cli-binary-format
setting. When using file://
the file contents will need to properly formatted for the configured cli-binary-format
.
base64
raw-in-base64-out
--no-cli-pager
(boolean)
Disable cli pager for output.
--cli-auto-prompt
(boolean)
Automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.
--no-cli-auto-prompt
(boolean)
Disable automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.
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.
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 alwaysfalse
.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, orfalse
if the instance is in an error state.Status -> (string)
Status of the instance. For a
StatusType
of read replica, the values can bereplicating
, error,stopped
, orterminated
.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
istrue
, 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)