Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Syntax Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

DescribeInstances

Retrieves information about a fleet's instances, including instance IDs, connection data, and status.

This operation can be used in the following ways:

To get information on all instances that are deployed to a fleet's home Region, provide the fleet ID.
To get information on all instances that are deployed to a fleet's remote location, provide the fleet ID and location name.
To get information on a specific instance in a fleet, provide the fleet ID and instance ID.

Use the pagination parameters to retrieve results as a set of sequential pages.

If successful, an Instance object is returned for each requested instance. Instances are not returned in any particular order.

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Request Syntax


{
   "FleetId": "string",
   "InstanceId": "string",
   "Limit": number,
   "Location": "string",
   "NextToken": "string"
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

Note

In the following list, the required parameters are described first.

FleetId

A unique identifier for the fleet to retrieve instance information for. You can use either the fleet ID or ARN value.

Type: String

Pattern: ^fleet-\S+|^arn:.*:fleet\/fleet-\S+

Required: Yes

InstanceId

A unique identifier for an instance to retrieve. Specify an instance ID or leave blank to retrieve all instances in the fleet.

Type: String

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9\.-]+

Required: No

Limit

The maximum number of results to return. Use this parameter with NextToken to get results as a set of sequential pages.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 1.

Required: No

Location

The name of a location to retrieve instance information for, in the form of an Amazon Region code such as us-west-2.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.

Pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9\-]+

Required: No

NextToken

A token that indicates the start of the next sequential page of results. Use the token that is returned with a previous call to this operation. To start at the beginning of the result set, do not specify a value.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.

Required: No

Response Syntax


{
   "Instances": [ 
      { 
         "CreationTime": number,
         "DnsName": "string",
         "FleetArn": "string",
         "FleetId": "string",
         "InstanceId": "string",
         "IpAddress": "string",
         "Location": "string",
         "OperatingSystem": "string",
         "Status": "string",
         "Type": "string"
      }
   ],
   "NextToken": "string"
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

Instances

A collection of objects containing properties for each instance returned.

Type: Array of Instance objects

NextToken

A token that indicates where to resume retrieving results on the next call to this operation. If no token is returned, these results represent the end of the list.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

InternalServiceException

The service encountered an unrecoverable internal failure while processing the request. Clients can retry such requests immediately or after a waiting period.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidRequestException

One or more parameter values in the request are invalid. Correct the invalid parameter values before retrying.

HTTP Status Code: 400

NotFoundException

THe requested resources was not found. The resource was either not created yet or deleted.

HTTP Status Code: 400

UnauthorizedException

The client failed authentication. Clients should not retry such requests.

HTTP Status Code: 400

UnsupportedRegionException

The requested operation is not supported in the Region specified.

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

Get instance data on a fleet's home Region

This example requests information on EC2 instances that are deployed in a fleet that resides in the user's default Region, which is currently set to us-west-2. This fleet might also deploy instances to remote locations, but this example only retrieves information on instances that are deployed in the fleet's home Region.

Sample Request


{
    "FleetId": "fleet-9999ffff-88ee-77dd-66cc-5555bbbb44aa",
    "Limit": "1"
}

Sample Response


{
    "Instances": [
        {
            "FleetId": "fleet-9999ffff-88ee-77dd-66cc-5555bbbb44aa",
            "FleetArn": "arn:aws:gamelift:us-west-2::fleet/fleet-9999ffff-88ee-77dd-66cc-5555bbbb44aa",
            "InstanceId": "i-11111111a222b333c,
            "IpAddress": "192.0.2.0",
            "DnsName": "ec2-192-0-2-0.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com",
            "OperatingSystem": "WIN_2012",
            "Type": "c4.large",
            "Status": "Active",
            "CreationTime": 1515032347.867,
            "Location": "us-west-2
        }
    ]
}

Get instance data on a fleet's remote location

This example requests information on EC2 instances that are deployed in a fleet that with a remote location in the Amazon Region sa-east-1. (The fleet's home Region is us-west-2 which is the user's default Region and so doesn't need to be explicitly named in the request.) This example only retrieves information on instances that are deployed in the sa-east-1 by the specified fleet.

Sample Request


{
    "FleetId": "fleet-9999ffff-88ee-77dd-66cc-5555bbbb44aa",
    "Location": "sa-east-1",
    "Limit": "2"
}

Sample Response


{
    "Instances": [
        {
            "FleetId": "fleet-9999ffff-88ee-77dd-66cc-5555bbbb44aa",
            "FleetArn": "arn:aws:gamelift:us-west-2::fleet/fleet-9999ffff-88ee-77dd-66cc-5555bbbb44aa",
            "InstanceId": "i-11111111a222b333c,
            "IpAddress": "192.0.2.0",
            "DnsName": "ec2-192-0-2-0.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com",
            "OperatingSystem": "WIN_2012",
            "Type": "c4.large",
            "Status": "Active",
            "CreationTime": 1515032347.867,
            "Location": "sa-east-1"
        },
        {
            "FleetId": "fleet-9999ffff-88ee-77dd-66cc-5555bbbb44aa",
            "FleetArn": "arn:aws:gamelift:us-east-2::fleet/fleet-9999ffff-88ee-77dd-66cc-5555bbbb44aa",
            "InstanceId": "i-12312311a222b444d,
            "IpAddress": "192.0.2.0",
            "DnsName": "ec2-192-0-2-0.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com",
            "OperatingSystem": "WIN_2012",
            "Type": "c4.large",
            "Status": "Active",
            "CreationTime": 1515032999.867,
            "Location": "sa-east-1"
        }
    ]
}