list-checks¶

Description¶

List a filterable set of Checks

Synopsis¶

  list-checks
[--aws-service <value>]
[--language <value>]
[--pillar <value>]
[--source <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]

Options¶

--aws-service (string)

The aws service associated with the check

--language (string)

The ISO 639-1 code for the language that you want your checks to appear in.

Possible values:

en

ja

zh

fr

de

ko

zh_TW

it

es

pt_BR

id

--pillar (string)

The pillar of the check

Possible values:

cost_optimizing

performance

security

service_limits

fault_tolerance

operational_excellence

--source (string)

The source of the check

Possible values:

aws_config

compute_optimizer

cost_explorer

lse

manual

pse

rds

resilience

resilience_hub

security_hub

stir

ta_check

well_architected

--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.

Global Options¶

--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.

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 list Trusted Advisor checks

The following list-checks example lists all Trusted Advisor checks.

aws trustedadvisor list-checks

Output:

{
    "checkSummaries": [
        {
            "arn": "arn:aws:trustedadvisor:::check/1iG5NDGVre",
            "awsServices": [
                "EC2"
            ],
            "description": "Checks security groups for rules that allow unrestricted access to a resource. Unrestricted access increases opportunities for malicious activity (hacking, denial-of-service attacks, loss of data)",
            "id": "1iG5NDGVre",
            "metadata": {
                "0": "Region",
                "1": "Security Group Name",
                "2": "Security Group ID",
                "3": "Protocol",
                "4": "Port",
                "5": "Status",
                "6": "IP Range"
            },
            "name": "Security Groups - Unrestricted Access",
            "pillars": [
                "security"
            ],
            "source": "ta_check"
        },
        {
            "arn": "arn:aws:trustedadvisor:::check/1qazXsw23e",
            "awsServices": [
                "RDS"
            ],
            "description": "Checks your usage of RDS and provides recommendations on purchase of Reserved Instances to help reduce costs incurred from using RDS On-Demand. AWS generates these recommendations by analyzing your On-Demand usage for the past 30 days. We then simulate every combination of reservations in the generated category of usage in order to identify the best number of each type of Reserved Instance to purchase to maximize your savings. This check covers recommendations based on partial upfront payment option with 1-year or 3-year commitment. This check is not available to accounts linked in Consolidated Billing. Recommendations are only available for the Paying Account.",
            "id": "1qazXsw23e",
            "metadata": {
                "0": "Region",
                "1": "Family",
                "2": "Instance Type",
                "3": "License Model",
                "4": "Database Edition",
                "5": "Database Engine",
                "6": "Deployment Option",
                "7": "Recommended number of Reserved Instances to purchase",
                "8": "Expected Average Reserved Instance Utilization",
                "9": "Estimated Savings with Recommendation (monthly)"
                "10": "Upfront Cost of Reserved Instances",
                "11": "Estimated cost of Reserved Instances (monthly)",
                "12": "Estimated On-Demand Cost Post Recommended Reserved Instance Purchase (monthly)",
                "13": "Estimated Break Even (months)",
                "14": "Lookback Period (days)",
                "15": "Term (years)"
            },
            "name": "Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) Reserved Instance Optimization",
            "pillars": [
                "cost_optimizing"
            ],
            "source": "ta_check"
        },
        {
            "arn": "arn:aws:trustedadvisor:::check/1qw23er45t",
            "awsServices": [
                "Redshift"
            ],
            "description": "Checks your usage of Redshift and provides recommendations on purchase of Reserved Nodes to help reduce costs incurred from using Redshift On-Demand. AWS generates these recommendations by analyzing your On-Demand usage for the past 30 days. We then simulate every combination of reservations in the generated category of usage in order to identify the best number of each type of Reserved Nodes to purchase to maximize your savings. This check covers recommendations based on partial upfront payment option with 1-year or 3-year commitment. This check is not available to accounts linked in Consolidated Billing. Recommendations are only available for the Paying Account.",
            "id": "1qw23er45t",
            "metadata": {
                "0": "Region",
                "1": "Family",
                "2": "Node Type",
                "3": "Recommended number of Reserved Nodes to purchase",
                "4": "Expected Average Reserved Node Utilization",
                "5": "Estimated Savings with Recommendation (monthly)",
                "6": "Upfront Cost of Reserved Nodes",
                "7": "Estimated cost of Reserved Nodes (monthly)",
                "8": "Estimated On-Demand Cost Post Recommended Reserved Nodes Purchase (monthly)",
                "9": "Estimated Break Even (months)",
                "10": "Lookback Period (days)",
                "11": "Term (years)",
            },
            "name": "Amazon Redshift Reserved Node Optimization",
            "pillars": [
                "cost_optimizing"
            ],
            "source": "ta_check"
        },
    ],
    "nextToken": "REDACTED"
}

For more information, see Get started with the Trusted Advisor API in the AWS Trusted Advisor User Guide.

Output¶

checkSummaries -> (list)

The list of Checks

(structure)

A summary of an AWS Trusted Advisor Check

arn -> (string)

The ARN of the AWS Trusted Advisor Check

awsServices -> (list)

The AWS Services that the Check applies to

(string)

description -> (string)

A description of what the AWS Trusted Advisor Check is monitoring

id -> (string)

The unique identifier of the AWS Trusted Advisor Check

metadata -> (map)

The column headings for the metadata returned in the resource

key -> (string)

value -> (string)

name -> (string)

The name of the AWS Trusted Advisor Check

pillars -> (list)

The Recommendation pillars that the AWS Trusted Advisor Check falls under

(string)

source -> (string)

The source of the Recommendation

nextToken -> (string)

The token for the next set of results. Use the value returned in the previous response in the next request to retrieve the next set of results.

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