SYNOPSIS

euca-describe-instances [--show-empty-fields] [-U URL] [--region USER@REGION] [-I KEY_ID] [-S KEY] [--security-token TOKEN] [--filter NAME=VALUE] [--debug] [--debugger] [--version] [-h] [INSTANCE [INSTANCE ...]]

DESCRIPTION

Show information about instances

positional arguments:

INSTANCE

limit results to specific instances

optional arguments:

--show-empty-fields

show empty values as "(nil)"

-U URL, --url URL

compute service endpoint URL

--region USER@REGION

region and/or user names to search when looking up config file data

-I KEY_ID, --access-key-id KEY_ID

-S KEY, --secret-key KEY

--security-token TOKEN

--filter NAME=VALUE

restrict results to those that meet criteria

--debug

show debugging output

--debugger

launch interactive debugger on error

--version

show the program's version and exit

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

allowed filter names:

architecture

CPU architecture association.allocation-id [VPC only] allocation ID bound to a network interface's elastic IP address association.association-id [VPC only] association ID returned when an elastic IP was associated with a network interface association.ip-owner-id [VPC only] ID of the owner of the elastic IP address associated with a network interface association.public-ip [VPC only] address of the elastic IP address bound to a network interface availability-zone block-device-mapping.attach-time volume attachment time block-device-mapping.delete-on-termination whether a volume is deleted upon instance termination block-device-mapping.device-name

volume device name (e.g.

/dev/sdf) block-device-mapping.status volume status block-device-mapping.volume-id volume ID

client-token

idempotency token provided at instance run time

dns-name

public DNS name

group-id

security group ID

group-name

security group name

hypervisor

hypervisor type iam-instance-profile.arn ARN of the instance's instance profile

image-id

machine image ID

instance.group-id

security group ID

instance.group-name

security group name instance-id instance-lifecycle whether this is a spot instance instance-state-code numeric code identifying instance state instance-state-name instance state instance-type ip-address public IP address kernel-id kernel image ID key-name key pair name provided at instance launch time launch-index launch index within a reservation launch-time instance launch time monitoring-state monitoring state ("enabled" or "disabled") network-interface.addresses.association.ip-owner-id [VPC only] ID of the owner of the private IP address associated with a network interface network-interface.addresses.association.public-ip [VPC only] ID of the association of an elastic IP address with a network interface network-interface.addresses.primary [VPC only] whether the IP address of the VPC network interface is the primary private IP address ("true" or "false") network-interface.addresses.private-ip-address [VPC only] network interface's private IP address network-interface.attachment.device-index [VPC only] device index to which a network interface is attached network-interface.attachment.attach-time [VPC only] time a network interface was attached to an instance network-interface.attachment.attachment-id [VPC only] ID of a network interface's attachment network-interface.attachment.delete-on-termination [VPC only] whether a network interface attachment is deleted when an instance is terminated ("true" or "false") network-interface.attachment.instance-owner-id [VPC only] ID of the instance to which a network interface is attached network-interface.attachment.status [VPC only] network interface's attachment status network-interface.availability-zone [VPC only] network interface's availability zone network-interface.description [VPC only] description of a network interface network-interface.group-id [VPC only] network interface's security group ID network-interface.group-name [VPC only] network interface's security group name network-interface.mac-address [VPC only] network interface's hardware address network-interface.network-interface.id [VPC only] ID of a network interface network-interface.owner-id [VPC only] ID of a network interface's owner network-interface.private-dns-name [VPC only] network interface's private DNS name network-interface.requester-id [VPC only] network interface's requester ID network-interface.requester-managed [VPC only] whether the network interface is managed by the service network-interface.source-destination-check [VPC only] whether source/destination checking is enabled for a network interface ("true" or "false") network-interface.status [VPC only] network interface's status network-interface.subnet-id [VPC only] ID of a network interface's subnet network-interface.vpc-id [VPC only] ID of a network interface's VPC

owner-id

instance owner's account ID placement-group-name platform "windows" for Windows instances private-dns-name private-ip-address product-code product-code.type type of product code ("devpay" or "marketplace")

ramdisk-id

ramdisk image ID

reason

reason for the instance's current state

requester-id

ID of the entity that launched an instance reservation-id root-device-name root device name (e.g. /dev/sda1) root-device-type root device type ("ebs" or "instance-store") spot-instance-request-id state-reason-code reason code for the most recent state change state-reason-message message describing the most recent state change

subnet-id

[VPC only] ID of the subnet the instance is in

tag-key

name of any tag assigned to the instance

tag-value

value of any tag assigned to the instance

tag:KEY

specific tag key/value combination virtualization-type vpc-id [VPC only] ID of the VPC the instance is in