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EC2 managementAWS CLI

aws ec2 describe-instances

Retrieve instance metadata, tags, and state.

Command
aws ec2 describe-instances --instance-ids

Example usage

Query EC2 instances by ID or tag filters.

aws ec2 describe-instances --instance-ids <instance_id>
aws ec2 describe-instances --filters Name=tag:env,Values=prod

Related tags

EC2 managementclouds3ec2iam