DescribeInstancesResponse

This example describes the specified instance.

To describe an Amazon EC2 instance

var client = new AmazonEC2Client();
var response = client.DescribeInstances(new DescribeInstancesRequest 
{
    InstanceIds = new List<string> {
        "i-1234567890abcdef0"
    }
});


            

This example describes the instances with the t2.micro instance type.

To describe the instances with a specific instance type

var client = new AmazonEC2Client();
var response = client.DescribeInstances(new DescribeInstancesRequest 
{
    Filters = new List<Filter> {
        new Filter {
            Name = "instance-type",
            Values = new List<string> {
                "t2.micro"
            }
        }
    }
});


            

This example describes the instances with the Purpose=test tag.

To describe the instances with a specific tag

var client = new AmazonEC2Client();
var response = client.DescribeInstances(new DescribeInstancesRequest 
{
    Filters = new List<Filter> {
        new Filter {
            Name = "tag:Purpose",
            Values = new List<string> {
                "test"
            }
        }
    }
});