Finding AMI billing and usage details - Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
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Finding AMI billing and usage details

The following properties can help you verify AMI charges on your bill:

  • Platform details

  • Usage operation

  • AMI ID

Console
To find the AMI billing information for an AMI

  1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/ec2/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose AMIs.

  3. Select the AMI.

  4. On the Details tab, find Platform details and Usage operation.

To find the AMI billing information for an instance

  1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/ec2/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Instances.

  3. Select the instance.

  4. On the Details tab, expand Instance details and find Platform details and Usage operation.

Amazon CLI
To find the AMI billing information for an AMI

Use the describe-images command.

aws ec2 describe-images \
    --image-ids ami-0abcdef1234567890 \
    --query "Images[].{PlatformDetails:PlatformDetails,UsageOperation:UsageOperation}"

The following is example output for a Linux AMI.

[
    {
        "PlatformDetails": "Linux/UNIX",
        "UsageOperation": "RunInstances"
    }
]
To find the AMI billing information for an instance

Use the describe-instances command.

aws ec2 describe-instances \
    --instance-ids i-1234567890abcdef0 \
    --query "Reservations[].Instances[].{PlatformDetails:PlatformDetails,UsageOperation:UsageOperation}"

The following is example output for a Windows instance.

[
    {
        "PlatformDetails": "Windows",
        "UsageOperation": "RunInstances:0002"
    }
]
PowerShell
To find the AMI billing information for an AMI

Use the Get-EC2Image cmdlet.

Get-EC2Image `
    -ImageId ami-0abcdef1234567890 | `
    Format-List PlatformDetails, UsageOperation

The following is example output for a Linux AMI.

PlatformDetails : Linux/UNIX
UsageOperation  : RunInstances
To find the AMI billing information for an instance

Use the Get-EC2Instance cmdlet.

(Get-EC2Instance `
    -InstanceId i-1234567890abcdef0).Instances | `
    Format-List PlatformDetails, UsageOperation

The following is example output for a Windows instance.

PlatformDetails : Windows
UsageOperation  : RunInstances:0002