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Reputation: 1893

How can I get list of only running instances when using ec2-describe-tags

How can I get list of only running instances when using ec2-describe-tags. I am using my command like this:

ec2-describe-tags --filter "resource-type=instance" --filter "value=somevalue" --filter "key=key"

Upvotes: 46

Views: 47979

Answers (2)

jonatan
jonatan

Reputation: 9951

Expanding on John Rotenstein's answer you can definitely do this with describe-instances.

This will list Name tag and IP of all running instances whose Name tag contains a specific word:

name_tag=mongodb
aws ec2 describe-instances --filter "Name=tag-key,Values=Name" "Name=tag-value,Values=*$name_tag*" "Name=instance-state-name,Values=running" --query "Reservations[*].Instances[*][Tags[?Key=='Name'].Value[],NetworkInterfaces[0].PrivateIpAddresses[0].PrivateIpAddress]" --output text

Output:

10.100.2.10
mongodb0
10.100.2.11
mongodb1
10.100.2.12
mongodb2

A bonus here is that leaving name_tag empty lists all running instances.

Upvotes: 23

John Rotenstein
John Rotenstein

Reputation: 269101

It is easy using the aws-cli:

aws ec2 describe-instances --query 'Reservations[*].Instances[*].[InstanceId]' --filters Name=instance-state-name,Values=running --output text

Upvotes: 68

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