EC2-DESCRIBE...ABILITY-ZONES(1)
β¨ EC2-DESCRIBE...ABILITY-ZONES(1) β¨
okay bestie, welcome to the ec2-describe-availability-zones page from the User Commands manual, like, the whole thing, no skips π
πΈ NAME πΈ
ec2-describe-availability-zones β literally just lists your availability zones, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly π
π¦ SYNOPSIS π¦
ec2daz ([ec2-describe-availability-zones])
ec2daz [GENERAL OPTIONS] [ZONE [ZONE [...]]]
so there's a lil shortcut alias, ec2daz, bc typing the whole thing is giving carpal tunnel β¨
π GENERAL NOTES π
real talk, any command option or parameter can be handed a value of - and that means "hey, read the values for this option from stdin instead" π«Ά like she's flexible, she's accommodating, she's an icon.
π DESCRIPTION π
She lists the availability zones you have access to. that's it. that's the vibe. π
The ZONE parameter is where you say which zone(s) you want described. and if you don't specify any? no problem bestie, all your zones get returned by default, generous queen πΈ
π GENERAL OPTIONS π
-O,--aws-access-key KEYβ your AWS Access Key ID. if you don't pass it, she defaults to whatever's in theAWS_ACCESS_KEYenvironment variable (if it's set, obvs) π-W,--aws-secret-key KEYβ your AWS Secret Access Key. defaults to theAWS_SECRET_KEYenvironment variable (if set). keep this one secret bestie, fr fr π-T,--security-token TOKENβ AWS delegation token. defaults to theAWS_DELEGATION_TOKENenvironment variable (if set) ποΈ-K,--private-key KEYβ[DEPRECATED]specifyKEYas the private key to use. defaults to the value of theEC2_PRIVATE_KEYenvironment variable (if set), and it overrides the default. it's giving legacy, so like, noted π-C,--cert CERTβ[DEPRECATED]specifyCERTas the X509 certificate to use. defaults to the value of theEC2_CERTenvironment variable (if set), and it overrides the default. same energy, old school π-U,--url URLβ specifyURLas the web service URL to use. defaults tohttps://ec2.amazonaws.com(that's us-east-1) or to the value of theEC2_URLenvironment variable (if set). and yes, it overrides the default π--region REGIONβ specifyREGIONas the web service region to use. heads up, this one overrides the URL you set with the-U URLoption and theEC2_URLenvironment variable. it defaults to the region from theEC2_URLenvironment variable, or tous-east-1if that env var isn't set πΊοΈ-D,--auth-dry-runβ checks if you can do the thing instead of actually doing the thing. a little look-but-don't-touch moment π-v,--verboseβ verbose output, she tells you everything π£οΈ-?,--helpβ displays this help π-H,--headersβ displays column headers π--debugβ displays extra debugging information, for when you're in your detective era π--show-empty-fieldsβ indicates empty fields π³οΈ--hide-tagsβ does not display tags for tagged resources π·οΈ--connection-timeout TIMEOUTβ specify a connection timeoutTIMEOUT, in seconds β±οΈ--request-timeout TIMEOUTβ specify a request timeoutTIMEOUT, in seconds β
π SPECIFIC OPTIONS π
-F,--filter FILTERβ add a filter criterion for the result-set. narrow it down, be picky, you deserve it π
β SEE ALSO β
http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/2014-05-01/CommandLineReferencehttp://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/latest/CommandLineReference
go read those if you want the full lore, iykyk πβ¨
and that's the whole page bestie!! this one's from the EC2 API command line tools, version 1.6.14.1, api=2014-05 β vintage but iconic, like a limited edition drop ππ thanks for reading, mwah π«Ά
π¦ where this page comes from
- ubuntu jammy: ec2-api-tools 1.6.14.1-0ubuntu1
- ubuntu noble: ec2-api-tools 1.6.14.1-0ubuntu2
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms