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Describes the specified instances or all instances.
If you specify instance IDs, the output includes information for only the specified instances. If you specify filters, the output includes information for only those instances that meet the filter criteria. If you do not specify instance IDs or filters, the output includes information for all instances, which can affect performance. We recommend that you use pagination to ensure that the operation returns quickly and successfully.
If you specify an instance ID that is not valid, an error is returned. If you specify an instance that you do not own, it is not included in the output.
Recently terminated instances might appear in the returned results. This interval is usually less than one hour.
If you describe instances in the rare case where an Availability Zone is experiencing a service disruption and you specify instance IDs that are in the affected zone, or do not specify any instance IDs at all, the call fails. If you describe instances and specify only instance IDs that are in an unaffected zone, the call works normally.
We strongly recommend using only paginated requests. Unpaginated requests are susceptible to throttling and timeouts.
The order of the elements in the response, including those within nested structures, might vary. Applications should not assume the elements appear in a particular order.
For .NET Core this operation is only available in asynchronous form. Please refer to DescribeInstancesAsync.
Namespace: Amazon.EC2
Assembly: AWSSDK.EC2.dll
Version: 3.x.y.z
public virtual DescribeInstancesResponse DescribeInstances()
.NET Framework:
Supported in: 4.5, 4.0, 3.5