Use DescribeAutoScalingInstances with an Amazon SDK or CLI

    /// <summary>
    /// Get data about the instances in an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="groupName">The name of the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group.</param>
    /// <returns>A list of Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling details.</returns>
    public async Task<List<AutoScalingInstanceDetails>> DescribeAutoScalingInstancesAsync(
        string groupName)
    {
        var groups = await DescribeAutoScalingGroupsAsync(groupName);
        var instanceIds = new List<string>();
        var instanceDetails = new List<AutoScalingInstanceDetails>();
        if (groups != null)
        {
            groups.ForEach(group =>
            {
                if (group.AutoScalingGroupName == groupName && group.Instances != null)
                {
                    group.Instances.ForEach(instance =>
                    {
                        instanceIds.Add(instance.InstanceId);
                    });
                }
            });

            var scalingGroupsRequest = new DescribeAutoScalingInstancesRequest
            {
                MaxRecords = 10,
                InstanceIds = instanceIds,
            };

            var response =
                await _amazonAutoScaling.DescribeAutoScalingInstancesAsync(
                    scalingGroupsRequest);
            if (response.AutoScalingInstances != null)
            {
                instanceDetails = response.AutoScalingInstances;
            }
        }

        return instanceDetails;
    }

        Aws::Client::ClientConfiguration clientConfig;
        // Optional: Set to the AWS Region (overrides config file).
        // clientConfig.region = "us-east-1";

    Aws::AutoScaling::AutoScalingClient autoScalingClient(clientConfig);

        Aws::AutoScaling::Model::DescribeAutoScalingInstancesRequest request;
        request.SetInstanceIds(instanceIDs);

        Aws::AutoScaling::Model::DescribeAutoScalingInstancesOutcome outcome =
                client.DescribeAutoScalingInstances(request);

        if (outcome.IsSuccess()) {
            const Aws::Vector<Aws::AutoScaling::Model::AutoScalingInstanceDetails> &instancesDetails =
                    outcome.GetResult().GetAutoScalingInstances();

        }
        else {
            std::cerr << "Error with AutoScaling::DescribeAutoScalingInstances. "
                      << outcome.GetError().GetMessage()
                      << std::endl;
            return false;
        }

Example 1: To describe one or more instances

This example describes the specified instance.

aws autoscaling describe-auto-scaling-instances \
    --instance-ids i-06905f55584de02da

Output:

{
    "AutoScalingInstances": [
        {
            "InstanceId": "i-06905f55584de02da",
            "InstanceType": "t2.micro",
            "AutoScalingGroupName": "my-asg",
            "AvailabilityZone": "us-west-2b",
            "LifecycleState": "InService",
            "HealthStatus": "HEALTHY",
            "ProtectedFromScaleIn": false,
            "LaunchTemplate": {
                "LaunchTemplateId": "lt-1234567890abcde12",
                "LaunchTemplateName": "my-launch-template",
                "Version": "1"
            }
        }
    ]
}

Example 2: To describe one or more instances

This example uses the --max-items option to specify how many instances to return with this call.

aws autoscaling describe-auto-scaling-instances \
    --max-items 1

If the output includes a NextToken field, there are more instances. To get the additional instances, use the value of this field with the --starting-token option in a subsequent call as follows.

aws autoscaling describe-auto-scaling-instances \
    --starting-token Z3M3LMPEXAMPLE

See example 1 for sample output.

Example 3: To describe instances that use launch configurations

This example uses the --query option to describe instances that use launch configurations.

aws autoscaling describe-auto-scaling-instances \
    --query 'AutoScalingInstances[?LaunchConfigurationName!=`null`]'

Output:

[
    {
        "InstanceId": "i-088c57934a6449037",
        "InstanceType": "t2.micro",
        "AutoScalingGroupName": "my-asg",
        "AvailabilityZone": "us-west-2c",
        "LifecycleState": "InService",
        "HealthStatus": "HEALTHY",
        "LaunchConfigurationName": "my-lc",
        "ProtectedFromScaleIn": false
    }
]

For more information, see Filter Amazon CLI output in the Amazon Command Line Interface User Guide.

    public static void describeAutoScalingInstance(AutoScalingClient autoScalingClient, String id) {
        try {
            DescribeAutoScalingInstancesRequest describeAutoScalingInstancesRequest = DescribeAutoScalingInstancesRequest
                    .builder()
                    .instanceIds(id)
                    .build();

            DescribeAutoScalingInstancesResponse response = autoScalingClient
                    .describeAutoScalingInstances(describeAutoScalingInstancesRequest);
            List<AutoScalingInstanceDetails> instances = response.autoScalingInstances();
            for (AutoScalingInstanceDetails instance : instances) {
                System.out.println("The instance lifecycle state is: " + instance.lifecycleState());
            }

        } catch (AutoScalingException e) {
            System.err.println(e.awsErrorDetails().errorMessage());
            System.exit(1);
        }
    }

suspend fun describeAutoScalingInstance(id: String) {
    val describeAutoScalingInstancesRequest =
        DescribeAutoScalingInstancesRequest {
            instanceIds = listOf(id)
        }

    AutoScalingClient { region = "us-east-1" }.use { autoScalingClient ->
        val response = autoScalingClient.describeAutoScalingInstances(describeAutoScalingInstancesRequest)
        response.autoScalingInstances?.forEach { group ->
            println("The instance lifecycle state is: ${group.lifecycleState}")
        }
    }
}

    public function describeAutoScalingInstances($instanceIds)
    {
        return $this->autoScalingClient->describeAutoScalingInstances([
            'InstanceIds' => $instanceIds
        ]);
    }

Example 1: This example lists the IDs of your Auto Scaling instances.

Get-ASAutoScalingInstance | format-table -property InstanceId

Output:

InstanceId
----------
i-12345678
i-87654321
i-abcd1234

Example 2: This example describes the specified Auto Scaling instance.

Get-ASAutoScalingInstance -InstanceId i-12345678

Output:

AutoScalingGroupName    : my-asg
AvailabilityZone        : us-west-2b
HealthStatus            : HEALTHY
InstanceId              : i-12345678
LaunchConfigurationName : my-lc
LifecycleState          : InService

Example 3: This example describes the specified two Auto Scaling instances.

Get-ASAutoScalingInstance -InstanceId @("i-12345678", "i-87654321")

Example 4: This example describes the Auto Scaling instances for the specified Auto Scaling group.

(Get-ASAutoScalingGroup -AutoScalingGroupName my-asg).Instances | Get-ASAutoScalingInstance

Example 5: This example describes all your Auto Scaling instances.

Get-ASAutoScalingInstance

Example 1: This example lists the IDs of your Auto Scaling instances.

Get-ASAutoScalingInstance | format-table -property InstanceId

Output:

InstanceId
----------
i-12345678
i-87654321
i-abcd1234

Example 2: This example describes the specified Auto Scaling instance.

Get-ASAutoScalingInstance -InstanceId i-12345678

Output:

AutoScalingGroupName    : my-asg
AvailabilityZone        : us-west-2b
HealthStatus            : HEALTHY
InstanceId              : i-12345678
LaunchConfigurationName : my-lc
LifecycleState          : InService

Example 3: This example describes the specified two Auto Scaling instances.

Get-ASAutoScalingInstance -InstanceId @("i-12345678", "i-87654321")

Example 4: This example describes the Auto Scaling instances for the specified Auto Scaling group.

(Get-ASAutoScalingGroup -AutoScalingGroupName my-asg).Instances | Get-ASAutoScalingInstance

Example 5: This example describes all your Auto Scaling instances.

Get-ASAutoScalingInstance

class AutoScalingWrapper:
    """Encapsulates Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling actions."""

    def __init__(self, autoscaling_client):
        """
        :param autoscaling_client: A Boto3 Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling client.
        """
        self.autoscaling_client = autoscaling_client


    def describe_instances(self, instance_ids: List[str]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
        """
        Gets information about instances.

        :param instance_ids: A list of instance IDs to look up.
        :return: A list of dictionaries with information about each instance,
                 or an empty list if none are found.
        :raises ClientError: If there is an error describing the instances.
        """
        try:
            paginator = self.autoscaling_client.get_paginator(
                "describe_auto_scaling_instances"
            )
            response_iterator = paginator.paginate(InstanceIds=instance_ids)

            instances = []
            for response in response_iterator:
                instances.extend(response.get("AutoScalingInstances", []))

            logger.info(f"Successfully described instances: {instance_ids}")

        except ClientError as err:
            error_code = err.response["Error"]["Code"]
            logger.error(
                f"Couldn't describe instances {instance_ids}. Error code: {error_code}, Message: {err.response['Error']['Message']}"
            )
            raise
        else:
            return instances

    pub async fn list_instances(&self) -> Result<Vec<String>, ScenarioError> {
        // The direct way to list instances is by using DescribeAutoScalingGroup's instances property. However, this returns a Vec<Instance>, as opposed to a Vec<AutoScalingInstanceDetails>.
        // Ok(self.get_group().await?.instances.unwrap_or_default().map(|i| i.instance_id.clone().unwrap_or_default()).filter(|id| !id.is_empty()).collect())

        // Alternatively, and for the sake of example, DescribeAutoScalingInstances returns a list that can be filtered by the client.
        self.autoscaling
            .describe_auto_scaling_instances()
            .into_paginator()
            .items()
            .send()
            .try_collect()
            .await
            .map(|items| {
                items
                    .into_iter()
                    .filter(|i| {
                        i.auto_scaling_group_name.as_deref()
                            == Some(self.auto_scaling_group_name.as_str())
                    })
                    .map(|i| i.instance_id.unwrap_or_default())
                    .filter(|id| !id.is_empty())
                    .collect::<Vec<String>>()
            })
            .map_err(|err| ScenarioError::new("Failed to get list of auto scaling instances", &err))
    }