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aws ec2

CLI for AWS EC2. Provides secure and resizable computing capacity in the AWS cloud to enable faster development and deployment of applications. More information: https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/ec2/index.html.
  • Display information about a specific instance:
    aws ec2 describe-instances --instance-ids {{instance_id}}
  • Display information about all instances:
    aws ec2 describe-instances
  • Display information about all EC2 volumes:
    aws ec2 describe-volumes
  • Delete an EC2 volume:
    aws ec2 delete-volume --volume-id {{volume_id}}
  • Create a snapshot from an EC2 volume:
    aws ec2 create-snapshot --volume-id {{volume_id}}
  • List available AMIs (Amazon Machine Images):
    aws ec2 describe-images
  • Show list of all available EC2 commands:
    aws ec2 help
  • Show help for specific EC2 subcommand:
    aws ec2 {{subcommand}} help

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