NAME

       as-describe-auto-scaling-instances   -  Describes  the  specified  Auto
       Scaling instances.

SYNOPSIS

        as-describe-auto-scaling-instances
           [InstanceIds [InstanceIds ...] ] [--max-records  value ]
            [General Options]

DESCRIPTION

           Describes the specified Auto Scaling instances,  if  the  instances
       exist.

ARGUMENTS

        InstanceIds
           Optional     list     of     instances     to     be     described.
       If
           this list is omitted, all instances are described.
           The list of requested instances cannot be greater than 50 items.
                        If unknown instances are requested, they  are  ignored
       with no
           error.

SPECIFIC OPTIONS

        --max-records VALUE
           Maximum number of instances that will be described with each call
           (default = 20, max = 50).

GENERAL OPTIONS

        --aws-credential-file VALUE
           Location  of  the file with your AWS credentials. This value can be
       set by
           using the environment variable 'AWS_CREDENTIAL_FILE'.

        -C, --ec2-cert-file-path VALUE
           Path to the file holding the X.509 certificate. This value  can  be
       set by
           using the environment variable 'EC2_CERT'.

        --connection-timeout VALUE
           Connection timeout (in seconds). The default value is '30'.

        --delimiter VALUE
           The delimiter to use when displaying delimited (long) results.

        -H, --headers
           For displaying tabular or delimited results, it includes the column
           headers.  For  displaying  XML results, it returns the HTTP headers
       from the
           service request, if applicable. This is off by default.

        -I, --access-key-id VALUE
           The AWS access ID to use.

        -K, --ec2-private-key-file-path VALUE
           Path to the file holding the X.509 private key. This value  can  be
       set by
           using the environment variable 'EC2_PRIVATE_KEY'.

        --region VALUE
           Amazon  EC2  region  to  use.  This  value  can be set by using the
       environment
           variable 'EC2_REGION'.

        -S, --secret-key VALUE
           The AWS Secret Key to use.

        --show-empty-fields
           Shows empty fields and rows, using a (nil) value. The default is to
       not
           show empty fields or columns.

        --show-request
           Displays  the  URL  the  tools  used  to  call the AWS Service. The
       default
           value is 'false'.

        --show-table, --show-long, --show-xml, --quiet
           The way in which the  results  are  displayed:  tabular,  delimited
       (long),
           XML  or  no  output  (quiet). Tabular shows a subset of the data in
       fixed
           column-width form, while long shows  all  of  the  returned  values
       delimited
           by a character, XML is the raw return from the service and quiet
           suppresses   all  standard  output.  The  default  is  tabular,  or
       'show-table'.

        -U, --url VALUE
           This option will override the URL for the service call with  VALUE.
       This
           value can be set by using the environment variable
           'AWS_AUTO_SCALING_URL'.

INPUT EXAMPLES

        Describes all of the user's instances, if any exist.

        $PROMPT> as-describe-auto-scaling-instances

        Describes more of the the user's instances if any exist.

        $PROMPT> as-describe-auto-scaling-instances --token token-1

        Describes  user's  instances  'test-instance' and 'test-instance-2' if
       they
        exist.

        $PROMPT>      as-describe-auto-scaling-instances       test-instance-1
       test-instance-2

OUTPUT

        This command returns a table that contains the following:
        * INSTANCE-ID - ID of the instance.
        * GROUP-NAME - Name of the Auto Scaling group.
        * AVAILABILITY-ZONE - Availability zone associated with the instance.
        * STATE - Instance state (Pending/InService/Terminating).
        * STATUS - Health status of the instance (Healthy/Unhealthy).
        * LAUNCH-CONFIG - Associated launch configuration.

OUTPUT EXAMPLES

        This is example output for an Auto Scaling instance.

SEE ALSO

         http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AutoScaling//DeveloperGuide/
         http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AutoScaling/latest/DeveloperGuide/

Auto Scaling command line tools  1.0.61.0AS-DESCRIBE-AUTO-SCALING-INSTANCES(1)