InstanceStatus - Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
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InstanceStatus

Describes the status of an instance.

Contents

attachedEbsStatus

Reports impaired functionality that stems from an attached Amazon EBS volume that is unreachable and unable to complete I/O operations.

Type: EbsStatusSummary object

Required: No

availabilityZone

The Availability Zone of the instance.

Type: String

Required: No

availabilityZoneId

The ID of the Availability Zone of the instance.

Type: String

Required: No

eventsSet

Any scheduled events associated with the instance.

Type: Array of InstanceStatusEvent objects

Required: No

instanceId

The ID of the instance.

Type: String

Required: No

instanceState

The intended state of the instance. DescribeInstanceStatus requires that an instance be in the running state.

Type: InstanceState object

Required: No

instanceStatus

Reports impaired functionality that stems from issues internal to the instance, such as impaired reachability.

Type: InstanceStatusSummary object

Required: No

operator

The service provider that manages the instance.

Type: OperatorResponse object

Required: No

outpostArn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Outpost.

Type: String

Required: No

systemStatus

Reports impaired functionality that stems from issues related to the systems that support an instance, such as hardware failures and network connectivity problems.

Type: InstanceStatusSummary object

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: