EC2-DESCRIBE...ABILITY-ZONES(1)

πŸ“¦ version 1.6.14.1, in ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble

✨ EC2-DESCRIBE...ABILITY-ZONES(1) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the ec2-describe-availability-zones page from the User Commands manual, like, the whole thing, no skips πŸ’–


🌸 NAME 🌸

ec2-describe-availability-zones β€” literally just lists your availability zones, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly πŸ’…


πŸ¦‹ SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

 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 ✨


πŸŽ€ GENERAL NOTES πŸŽ€

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" 🫢 like she's flexible, she's accommodating, she's an icon.


🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

She lists the availability zones you have access to. that's it. that's the vibe. πŸ‘‘

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 🌸


πŸ’… GENERAL OPTIONS πŸ’…

  • -O, --aws-access-key KEY β€” your AWS Access Key ID. if you don't pass it, she defaults to whatever's in the AWS_ACCESS_KEY environment variable (if it's set, obvs) πŸ”‘
  • -W, --aws-secret-key KEY β€” your AWS Secret Access Key. defaults to the AWS_SECRET_KEY environment variable (if set). keep this one secret bestie, fr fr πŸ™ˆ
  • -T, --security-token TOKEN β€” AWS delegation token. defaults to the AWS_DELEGATION_TOKEN environment variable (if set) 🎟️
  • -K, --private-key KEY β€” [DEPRECATED] specify KEY as the private key to use. defaults to the value of the EC2_PRIVATE_KEY environment variable (if set), and it overrides the default. it's giving legacy, so like, noted πŸ’€
  • -C, --cert CERT β€” [DEPRECATED] specify CERT as the X509 certificate to use. defaults to the value of the EC2_CERT environment variable (if set), and it overrides the default. same energy, old school πŸ“œ
  • -U, --url URL β€” specify URL as the web service URL to use. defaults to https://ec2.amazonaws.com (that's us-east-1) or to the value of the EC2_URL environment variable (if set). and yes, it overrides the default 🌐
  • --region REGION β€” specify REGION as the web service region to use. heads up, this one overrides the URL you set with the -U URL option and the EC2_URL environment variable. it defaults to the region from the EC2_URL environment variable, or to us-east-1 if that env var isn't set πŸ—ΊοΈ
  • -D, --auth-dry-run β€” checks if you can do the thing instead of actually doing the thing. a little look-but-don't-touch moment πŸ‘€
  • -v, --verbose β€” verbose output, she tells you everything πŸ—£οΈ
  • -?, --help β€” displays this help πŸ†˜
  • -H, --headers β€” displays column headers πŸ“‹
  • --debug β€” displays extra debugging information, for when you're in your detective era πŸ”
  • --show-empty-fields β€” indicates empty fields πŸ•³οΈ
  • --hide-tags β€” does not display tags for tagged resources 🏷️
  • --connection-timeout TIMEOUT β€” specify a connection timeout TIMEOUT, in seconds ⏱️
  • --request-timeout TIMEOUT β€” specify a request timeout TIMEOUT, in seconds βŒ›

πŸ“ SPECIFIC OPTIONS πŸ“

  • -F, --filter FILTER β€” add a filter criterion for the result-set. narrow it down, be picky, you deserve it πŸ’–

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

go read those if you want the full lore, iykyk πŸ“šβœ¨


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 πŸ‘‘πŸ’œ thanks for reading, mwah 🫢

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