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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