Use GetInstanceProfile with an Amazon SDK or CLI - Amazon Identity and Access Management
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Use GetInstanceProfile with an Amazon SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use GetInstanceProfile.

CLI
Amazon CLI

To get information about an instance profile

The following get-instance-profile command gets information about the instance profile named ExampleInstanceProfile.

aws iam get-instance-profile \ --instance-profile-name ExampleInstanceProfile

Output:

{ "InstanceProfile": { "InstanceProfileId": "AID2MAB8DPLSRHEXAMPLE", "Roles": [ { "AssumeRolePolicyDocument": "<URL-encoded-JSON>", "RoleId": "AIDGPMS9RO4H3FEXAMPLE", "CreateDate": "2013-01-09T06:33:26Z", "RoleName": "Test-Role", "Path": "/", "Arn": "arn:aws:iam::336924118301:role/Test-Role" } ], "CreateDate": "2013-06-12T23:52:02Z", "InstanceProfileName": "ExampleInstanceProfile", "Path": "/", "Arn": "arn:aws:iam::336924118301:instance-profile/ExampleInstanceProfile" } }

For more information, see Using instance profiles in the Amazon IAM User Guide.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example returns details of the instance profile named ec2instancerole that is defined in the current Amazon account.

Get-IAMInstanceProfile -InstanceProfileName ec2instancerole

Output:

Arn : arn:aws:iam::123456789012:instance-profile/ec2instancerole CreateDate : 2/17/2015 2:49:04 PM InstanceProfileId : HH36PTZQJUR32EXAMPLE1 InstanceProfileName : ec2instancerole Path : / Roles : {ec2instancerole}
  • For API details, see GetInstanceProfile in Amazon Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.

For a complete list of Amazon SDK developer guides and code examples, see Using IAM with an Amazon SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.