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NAME

       rds-describe-db-instances - List database instances

SYNOPSIS

        rds-describe-db-instances
           [DBInstanceIdentifier] [--marker  value ] [--max-records  value ]
            [General Options]

DESCRIPTION

           Returns information about the database instances for this account. If you
        pass in a DBInstanceIdentifier,it will return information only about that
        instance. Otherwise it will return information for all of your databases, up
        to --max-records.

ARGUMENTS

        DBInstanceIdentifier
           User-supplied database instance identifier, this is the unique key that
           identifies a database instance.  The identifier must be 1 to 63
           alphanumeric characters or hyphens, is case insensitive, and is not case
           preserving. You can also set this value using "--db-instance-identifier".

GENERAL OPTIONS

        --aws-credential-file VALUE
           Location of the file with your AWS credentials. Must not be specified in
           conjunction with --ec2-cert-file-path or --ec2-private-key-file-path.
           This value can be set by using the environment variable
           'AWS_CREDENTIAL_FILE'.

        -C, --ec2-cert-file-path VALUE
           Path to AWS X.509 certificate file. Must be specified in conjunction with
           --ec2-private-key-file-path and must not be specified in conjunction with
           --aws-credential-file. This value can be set by using the environment
           variable 'EC2_CERT'.

        --connection-timeout VALUE
           Specify a connection timeout VALUE (in seconds) for API calls. The
           default value is '30'.

        --debug
           If an error occurs while --debug is used, it will display information
           useful for debugging the problem. The default value is 'false'.

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

        --headers
           If you are displaying tabular or delimited results, it includes the
           column headers. If you are showing xml results, it returns the HTTP
           headers from the service request, if applicable. This is off by default.

        -I, --access-key-id VALUE
           Specify the AWS Access ID to use.

        -K, --ec2-private-key-file-path VALUE
           Path to AWS X.509 private key file. Must be specified in conjunction with
           --ec2-cert-file-path and must not be specified in conjunction with
           --aws-credential-file. This value can be set by using the environment
           variable 'EC2_PRIVATE_KEY'.

        --marker VALUE
           The marker provided in the previous request. If this parameter is
           specified the response includes only records beyond the marker, up to
           MaxRecords.

        --max-records VALUE
           Maximum number of records to return per page.

        --region VALUE
           Specify region VALUE as the web service region to use. This value can be
           set by using the environment variable 'EC2_REGION'.

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

        --service-sig-name VALUE
           Specify the service name to use when signing requests.  The default is
           "rds". This value can be set by using the environment variable
           'SERVICE_SIG_NAME'.

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

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

        --show-table, --show-long, --show-xml, --quiet
           Specify how 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. The xml is the raw return from the service, while 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 'RDS_URL'.

INPUT EXAMPLES

        Returns descriptions of all of your database instances.

        $PROMPT>rds-describe-db-instances

        Returns a description of a specific database instance, showing table headers

        $PROMPT>rds-describe-db-instances databaseInstance1 --headers

        Returns a full description of a specific database instance, showing table
        headers

        $PROMPT>rds-describe-db-instances databaseInstance1 --show-long --headers

OUTPUT

        This command returns a table that contains the following:
        * DBInstanceId - User-supplied database identifier, this is the unique key
        that identifies a database instance.
        * Created - When the instance was created, in UTC.
        * Class - The compute and memory capacity of the database instance.
        * Engine - Name of the database engine to be used for this database
        instance.
        * Storage - Initially allocated storage size specified in GBs.
        * Iops - Provisioned storage I/O operations per second.
        * Master Username - The master username for the instance.
        * Status - The current status of the instance.
        * Endpoint Address - Address of the database instance.
        * Port - Port used to connect to the database instance.
        * AZ - The instance's availability zone.
        * Backup Retention - The number of days for which automated backups and
        point-in-time restore are available.
        * PendingBackupRetention - Indicates a pending or in-progress change in the
        number of days for which automated backups and point-in-time restore are
        available.
        * PendingClass - The class to which the instance will be scaled during the
        next maintenance window, or to which it is currently being scaled if the
        --apply-immediately option was specified.
        * PendingCredentials - Indicates a pending or in-progress change of the
        master user password for the database instance. Always displayed as "****"
        for security reasons.
        * PendingStorage - The storage size to which the instance will be scaled
        during the next maintenance window, or to which it is currently being scaled
        if the --apply-immediately option was specified.
        * PendingIops - The storage I/O operations per second to which the instance
        will be provisioned during the next maintenance window, or to which it is
        currently being provisioned if the --apply-immediately option was specified.
        * PendingMulti-AZ - If true, the instance will be converted to run as a
        Multi-AZ deployment. If false, it will be converted to run as a standard
        (Single-AZ) deployment.
        * PendingVersion - Version of the database engine which will be deployed
        during the next maintenance window, or which is currently being deployed if
        the --apply-immediately option was specified.
        * DB Name - Name of the initial database created when the instance was
        created. This column appears only in the --show-long view.
        * Maintenance Window - The window during which patching and instance
        modifications will be performed. This column appears only in the --show-long
        view.
        * Backup Window - The window of time during which daily automated backups
        are taken. This column appears only in the --show-long view.
        * Latest Restorable Time - The latest time to which a database can be
        restored with point-in-time restore. This column appears only in the
        --show-long view.
        * Multi-AZ - Whether the instance is running as a Multi-AZ deployment.
        * Version - The database engine's version number.
        * Auto Minor Version Upgrade - Whether minor version upgrades will
        automatically be applied to the database instance during its maintenance
        window. This column appears only in the --show-long view.
        * Read Replica Source ID - The DB Instance which this DB Instance
        replicates.
        * License - No description available for this column.
        * Character Set - The character set that this DB Instance was created with,
        if applicable.
        * Name - Security Group name.
        * Status - Status of authorization.
        * Group Name - Name of database parameter group applied to.
        * Apply Status - Status of applying the parameter group. It can be either
        in-sync or pending-reboot.
        * Name - Subnet Group name.
        * Status - Status of the DB Subnet Group.
        * Name - The name of the associated option group.
        * Status - The status of the option group membership (e.g. in-sync,
        applying, pending, pending-maintenance).
        * Read Replica ID - The identifier of a DB Instance which acts as a read
        replica of this DB Instance.

OUTPUT EXAMPLES

        Output with column headers

SEE ALSO

         http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonRDS/2012-09-17/CommandLineReference/
         http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonRDS/latest/CommandLineReference