EC2-DESCRIBE...NCE-ATTRIBUTE(1)

📦 version 1.6.14.1, in ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble

✨ NAME ✨

ec2-describe-instance-attribute — bestie, it describes an instance attribute 💅 (yes, the manpage is EC2-DESCRIBE...NCE-ATTRIBUTE(1), the terminal just ✂️ truncated the middle of the name, iconic behaviour honestly)

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ec2dinatt ([ec2-describe-instance-attribute, ec2diatt])
ec2dinatt [GENERAL OPTIONS] INSTANCE [SPECIFIC OPTIONS]

🫶 GENERAL NOTES 🫶

Okay so real quick, before we get into it: any command option or parameter can be handed a value of - and that means "hey, read the values for this option from stdin". Little < energy, love that for us.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

It describes an instance attribute. That's the whole vibe. Only one attribute can be specified per call — so no, you can't just pile them all in there, one at a time babes, the API said so.

✨ GENERAL OPTIONS ✨

  • -O, --aws-access-key KEY — your AWS Access Key ID, the whole point of getting in. Defaults to whatever AWS_ACCESS_KEY environment variable is set to (if it's set, obviously).
  • -W, --aws-secret-key KEY — the AWS Secret Access Key. Shhh 🤫. Defaults to the value of the AWS_SECRET_KEY environment variable (if set).
  • -T, --security-token TOKEN — the AWS delegation token. Defaults to the value of the AWS_DELEGATION_TOKEN environment variable (if set).
  • -K, --private-key KEY — [DEPRECATED] specify KEY as the private key to use. Defaults to the value of the EC2_PRIVATE_KEY environment variable (if set). Overrides the default. It's giving legacy, ngl.
  • -C, --cert CERT — [DEPRECATED] specify CERT as the X509 certificate to use. Defaults to the value of the EC2_CERT environment variable (if set). Overrides the default. Same energy, also old.
  • -U, --url URL — specify URL as the web service URL to use. Defaults to 'https://ec2.amazonaws.com' (that's us-east-1 bestie) or to the value of the EC2_URL environment variable (if set). Overrides the default.
  • --region REGION — specify REGION as the web service region to use. This one overrides the URL you gave with the "-U URL" option and the EC2_URL environment variable. It defaults to the region specified by the EC2_URL environment variable, or us-east-1 if that env var isn't set at all.
  • -D, --auth-dry-run — vibe check only: it checks whether you can perform the requested action instead of actually doing it. No commitment, just ✨permission✨.
  • -v, --verbose — verbose output, she talks more.
  • -?, --help — display this help.
  • -H, --headers — display column headers, because reading unlabelled columns is a crime fr fr.
  • --debug — display additional debugging information 🐛.
  • --show-empty-fields — indicate empty fields. Empty is still information, okay?
  • --hide-tags — do not display tags for tagged resources.
  • --connection-timeout TIMEOUT — specify a connection timeout TIMEOUT, in seconds.
  • --request-timeout TIMEOUT — specify a request timeout TIMEOUT, in seconds.

🎀 SPECIFIC OPTIONS 🎀

Reminder bestie: only one attribute per call. Pick your fighter.
  • -b, --block-device-mapping — describes the block-device-mapping associated with the instance.
  • -t, --instance-type — describes the instance type of the instance. The t2.micro to my heart.
  • --disable-api-termination — describes a value indicating whether API termination is disabled for the instance.
  • --instance-initiated-shutdown-behavior — describes the behavior of the instance for an instance initiated shutdown (i.e. 'shutdown -h now').
  • --kernel — describes the ID of the kernel associated with the instance.
  • --ramdisk — describes the ID of the ramdisk associated with the instance.
  • --root-device-name — show the root device associated with the specified instance.
  • --user-data — describes the user data associated with the instance.
  • -g, --group-id — describes the security groups associated with a VPC instance. Heads up: VPC security groups are associated with instances, not reservations, and can be set on a running instance. Iconic flexibility 💅.
  • --source-dest-check — describes a value indicating whether or not the source/dest check flag is set on the instance. Setting this flag to false enables virtual forwarding, fyi.
  • -p, --product-code — describe the product code associated with the specified INSTANCE.
  • --ebs-optimized — provides dedicated throughput to Amazon EBS and a software stack optimized for EBS I/O. Additional usage charges apply when using this option 💀 so like, be aware.
  • --sriov — describe SR-IOV network support for the specified INSTANCE.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

and that's the whole page bestie, you ate 💖✨ this little love letter came to you from the EC2 API command line tools, version 1.6.14.1, api=2014-05 — dated, yes, but she's still serving 🦋👑 periodt.

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