Example output: aws ec2 describe-instances

aws ec2 describe-instances

{
   "Reservations": [
       {
           "Groups": [],
           "Instances": [
               {
               "AmiLaunchIndex": 0,
               "ImageId": "ami-0abcdef1234567890,
               "InstanceId": "i-1234567890abcdef0,
               "InstanceType": "t2.micro",
               "KeyName": "MyKeyPair",
               "LaunchTime": "2018-05-10T08:05:20.000Z",
               "Monitoring": {
                   "State": "disabled"
               },
               "Placement": {
                   "AvailabilityZone": "us-east-2a",
                   "GroupName": "",
                   "Tenancy": "default"
               },
               "PrivateDnsName": "ip-10-0-0-157.us-east-2.compute.internal",
               "PrivateIpAddress": "10.0.0.157",
               "ProductCodes": [],
               "PublicDnsName": "",
               "State": {
                   "Code": 0,
                   "Name": "pending"
               },
               "StateTransitionReason": "",
               "SubnetId": "subnet-04a636d18e83cfacb",
               "VpcId": "vpc-1234567890abcdef0",
               "Architecture": "x86_64",
               "BlockDeviceMappings": [],
               "ClientToken": "",
               "EbsOptimized": false,
               "Hypervisor": "xen",
               "NetworkInterfaces": [
                   {
                       "Attachment": {
                           "AttachTime": "2018-05-10T08:05:20.000Z",
                           "AttachmentId": "eni-attach-0e325c07e928a0405",
                           "DeleteOnTermination": true,
                           "DeviceIndex": 0,
                           "Status": "attaching"
                       },
                       "Description": "",
                       "Groups": [
                           {
                               "GroupName": "MySecurityGroup",
                               "GroupId": "sg-0598c7d356eba48d7"
                           }
                       ],
                       "Ipv6Addresses": [],
                       "MacAddress": "0a:ab:58:e0:67:e2",
                       "NetworkInterfaceId": "eni-0c0a29997760baee7",
                       "OwnerId": "123456789012",
                       "PrivateDnsName": "ip-10-0-0-157.us-east-2.compute.internal",
                       "PrivateIpAddress": "10.0.0.157"
                       "PrivateIpAddresses": [
                           {
                               "Primary": true,
                               "PrivateDnsName": "ip-10-0-0-157.us-east-2.compute.internal",
                               "PrivateIpAddress": "10.0.0.157"
                           }
                       ],
                       "SourceDestCheck": true,
                       "Status": "in-use",
                       "SubnetId": "subnet-04a636d18e83cfacb",
                       "VpcId": "vpc-1234567890abcdef0",
                       "InterfaceType": "interface"
                   }
               ],
               "RootDeviceName": "/dev/xvda",
               "RootDeviceType": "ebs",
               "SecurityGroups": [
                   {
                       "GroupName": "MySecurityGroup",
                       "GroupId": "sg-0598c7d356eba48d7"
                   }
               ],
               "SourceDestCheck": true,
               "StateReason": {
                   "Code": "pending",
                   "Message": "pending"
               },
               "Tags": [],
               "VirtualizationType": "hvm",
               "CpuOptions": {
                   "CoreCount": 1,
                   "ThreadsPerCore": 1
               },
               "CapacityReservationSpecification": {
                   "CapacityReservationPreference": "open"
               },
               "MetadataOptions": {
                   "State": "pending",
                   "HttpTokens": "optional",
                   "HttpPutResponseHopLimit": 1,
                   "HttpEndpoint": "enabled"
               }
           }
       ],
       "OwnerId": "123456789012"
       "ReservationId": "r-02a3f596d91211712",
   }
}

See also

• aws ec2 describe-instances, InstanceLifecycle, PrivateIpAddress
• AWS EC2, AWS::EC2, aws ec2 [ describe-instances | describe-instance-status | run-instances | terminate-instances | stop-instances | tags | describe-vpcs | describe-addresses | describe-availability-zones | describe-subnets | import-key-pair | create-key-pair | create-vpc | create-internet-gateway | modify-instance-attribute | ec2-instance-connect | get-console-output]