Use DescribeScheduledInstanceAvailability with an Amazon SDK or CLI

To describe an available schedule

This example describes a schedule that occurs every week on Sunday, starting on the specified date.

Command:

aws ec2 describe-scheduled-instance-availability --recurrence Frequency=Weekly,Interval=1,OccurrenceDays=[1] --first-slot-start-time-range EarliestTime=2016-01-31T00:00:00Z,LatestTime=2016-01-31T04:00:00Z

Output:

{
  "ScheduledInstanceAvailabilitySet": [
    {
        "AvailabilityZone": "us-west-2b",
        "TotalScheduledInstanceHours": 1219,
        "PurchaseToken": "eyJ2IjoiMSIsInMiOjEsImMiOi...",
        "MinTermDurationInDays": 366,
        "AvailableInstanceCount": 20,
        "Recurrence": {
            "OccurrenceDaySet": [
                1
            ],
            "Interval": 1,
            "Frequency": "Weekly",
            "OccurrenceRelativeToEnd": false
        },
        "Platform": "Linux/UNIX",
        "FirstSlotStartTime": "2016-01-31T00:00:00Z",
        "MaxTermDurationInDays": 366,
        "SlotDurationInHours": 23,
        "NetworkPlatform": "EC2-VPC",
        "InstanceType": "c4.large",
        "HourlyPrice": "0.095"
    },
    ...
  ]
}

To narrow the results, you can add filters that specify the operating system, network, and instance type.

Command:

--filters Name=platform,Values=Linux/UNIX Name=network-platform,Values=EC2-VPC Name=instance-type,Values=c4.large

Example 1: This example describes a schedule that occurs every week on Sunday, starting on the specified date.

Get-EC2ScheduledInstanceAvailability -Recurrence_Frequency Weekly -Recurrence_Interval 1 -Recurrence_OccurrenceDay 1 -FirstSlotStartTimeRange_EarliestTime 2016-01-31T00:00:00Z -FirstSlotStartTimeRange_LatestTime 2016-01-31T04:00:00Z

Output:

AvailabilityZone            : us-west-2b
AvailableInstanceCount      : 20
FirstSlotStartTime          : 1/31/2016 8:00:00 AM
HourlyPrice                 : 0.095
InstanceType                : c4.large
MaxTermDurationInDays       : 366
MinTermDurationInDays       : 366
NetworkPlatform             : EC2-VPC
Platform                    : Linux/UNIX
PurchaseToken               : eyJ2IjoiMSIsInMiOjEsImMiOi...
Recurrence                  : Amazon.EC2.Model.ScheduledInstanceRecurrence
SlotDurationInHours         : 23
TotalScheduledInstanceHours : 1219

...

Example 2: To narrow the results, you can add filters for criteria such as operating system, network, and instance type.

-Filter @{ Name="platform";Values="Linux/UNIX" },@{ Name="network-platform";Values="EC2-VPC" },@{ Name="instance-type";Values="c4.large" }