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	"plain_text": "describe-volumes — AWS CLI 2.34.23 Command Reference\r\nArchived: 2026-04-05 18:28:42 UTC\r\nDescription¶\r\nDescribes the specified EBS volumes or all of your EBS volumes.\r\nIf you are describing a long list of volumes, we recommend that you paginate the output to make the list more\r\nmanageable. For more information, see Pagination .\r\nFor more information about EBS volumes, see Amazon EBS volumes in the Amazon EBS User Guide .\r\nWarning\r\nWe strongly recommend using only paginated requests. Unpaginated requests are susceptible to throttling and\r\ntimeouts.\r\nNote\r\nThe order of the elements in the response, including those within nested structures, might vary. Applications\r\nshould not assume the elements appear in a particular order.\r\nSee also: AWS API Documentation\r\ndescribe-volumes is a paginated operation. Multiple API calls may be issued in order to retrieve the entire data\r\nset of results. You can disable pagination by providing the --no-paginate argument. When using --output\r\ntext and the --query argument on a paginated response, the --query argument must extract data from the\r\nresults of the following query expressions: Volumes\r\nSynopsis¶\r\n describe-volumes\r\n[--volume-ids \u003cvalue\u003e]\r\n[--dry-run | --no-dry-run]\r\n[--filters \u003cvalue\u003e]\r\n[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]\r\n[--starting-token \u003cvalue\u003e]\r\n[--page-size \u003cvalue\u003e]\r\n[--max-items \u003cvalue\u003e]\r\n[--generate-cli-skeleton \u003cvalue\u003e]\r\n[--debug]\r\n[--endpoint-url \u003cvalue\u003e]\r\n[--no-verify-ssl]\r\nhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/describe-volumes.html\r\nPage 1 of 14\n\n[--no-paginate]\r\n[--output \u003cvalue\u003e]\r\n[--query \u003cvalue\u003e]\r\n[--profile \u003cvalue\u003e]\r\n[--region \u003cvalue\u003e]\r\n[--version \u003cvalue\u003e]\r\n[--color \u003cvalue\u003e]\r\n[--no-sign-request]\r\n[--ca-bundle \u003cvalue\u003e]\r\n[--cli-read-timeout \u003cvalue\u003e]\r\n[--cli-connect-timeout \u003cvalue\u003e]\r\n[--cli-binary-format \u003cvalue\u003e]\r\n[--no-cli-pager]\r\n[--cli-auto-prompt]\r\n[--no-cli-auto-prompt]\r\n[--cli-error-format \u003cvalue\u003e]\r\nOptions¶\r\n--volume-ids (list)\r\nThe volume IDs. If not specified, then all volumes are included in the response.\r\n(string)\r\nSyntax:\r\n--dry-run | --no-dry-run (boolean)\r\nChecks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request,\r\nand provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is\r\nDryRunOperation . Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation .\r\n--filters (list)\r\nThe filters.\r\nattachment.attach-time - The time stamp when the attachment initiated.\r\nattachment.delete-on-termination - Whether the volume is deleted on instance termination.\r\nattachment.device - The device name specified in the block device mapping (for example,\r\n/dev/sda1 ).\r\nattachment.instance-id - The ID of the instance the volume is attached to.\r\nattachment.status - The attachment state ( attaching | attached | detaching ).\r\navailability-zone - The Availability Zone in which the volume was created.\r\navailability-zone-id - The ID of the Availability Zone in which the volume was created.\r\ncreate-time - The time stamp when the volume was created.\r\nencrypted - Indicates whether the volume is encrypted ( true | false )\r\nhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/describe-volumes.html\r\nPage 2 of 14\n\nfast-restored - Indicates whether the volume was created from a snapshot that is enabled for\r\nfast snapshot restore ( true | false ).\r\nmulti-attach-enabled - Indicates whether the volume is enabled for Multi-Attach ( true |\r\nfalse )\r\noperator.managed - A Boolean that indicates whether this is a managed volume.\r\noperator.principal - The principal that manages the volume. Only valid for managed\r\nvolumes, where managed is true .\r\nsize - The size of the volume, in GiB.\r\nsnapshot-id - The snapshot from which the volume was created.\r\nstatus - The state of the volume ( creating | available | in-use | deleting | deleted\r\n| error ).\r\ntag :\u003ckey\u003e - The key/value combination of a tag assigned to the resource. Use the tag key in\r\nthe filter name and the tag value as the filter value. For example, to find all resources that have a\r\ntag with the key Owner and the value TeamA , specify tag:Owner for the filter name and\r\nTeamA for the filter value.\r\ntag-key - The key of a tag assigned to the resource. Use this filter to find all resources\r\nassigned a tag with a specific key, regardless of the tag value.\r\nvolume-id - The volume ID.\r\nvolume-type - The Amazon EBS volume type ( gp2 | gp3 | io1 | io2 | st1 | sc1 |\r\nstandard )\r\n(structure)\r\nA filter name and value pair that is used to return a more specific list of results from a\r\ndescribe operation. Filters can be used to match a set of resources by specific criteria, such as\r\ntags, attributes, or IDs.\r\nIf you specify multiple filters, the filters are joined with an AND , and the request returns\r\nonly results that match all of the specified filters.\r\nFor more information, see List and filter using the CLI and API in the Amazon EC2 User\r\nGuide .\r\nName -\u003e (string)\r\nThe name of the filter. Filter names are case-sensitive.\r\nValues -\u003e (list)\r\nThe filter values. Filter values are case-sensitive. If you specify multiple values for\r\na filter, the values are joined with an OR , and the request returns all results that\r\nmatch any of the specified values.\r\n(string)\r\nShorthand Syntax:\r\nhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/describe-volumes.html\r\nPage 3 of 14\n\nName=string,Values=string,string ...\r\nJSON Syntax:\r\n[\r\n {\r\n \"Name\": \"string\",\r\n \"Values\": [\"string\", ...]\r\n }\r\n ...\r\n]\r\n--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON\r\nstring follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton . If other arguments are provided on the\r\ncommand line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary\r\nvalues using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --\r\ncli-input-yaml .\r\n--starting-token (string)\r\nA token to specify where to start paginating. This is the NextToken from a previously truncated\r\nresponse.\r\nFor usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .\r\n--page-size (integer)\r\nThe size of each page to get in the AWS service call. This does not affect the number of items returned\r\nin the command’s output. Setting a smaller page size results in more calls to the AWS service, retrieving\r\nfewer items in each call. This can help prevent the AWS service calls from timing out.\r\nFor usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .\r\n--max-items (integer)\r\nThe total number of items to return in the command’s output. If the total number of items available is\r\nmore than the value specified, a NextToken is provided in the command’s output. To resume\r\npagination, provide the NextToken value in the starting-token argument of a subsequent command.\r\nDo not use the NextToken response element directly outside of the AWS CLI.\r\nFor usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .\r\n--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If\r\nprovided with no value or the value input , prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --\r\ncli-input-json . Similarly, if provided yaml-input it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --\r\ncli-input-yaml . If provided with the value output , it validates the command inputs and returns a sample\r\nhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/describe-volumes.html\r\nPage 4 of 14\n\noutput JSON for that command. The generated JSON skeleton is not stable between versions of the AWS CLI and\r\nthere are no backwards compatibility guarantees in the JSON skeleton generated.\r\nGlobal Options¶\r\n--debug (boolean)\r\nTurn on debug logging.\r\n--endpoint-url (string)\r\nOverride command’s default URL with the given URL.\r\n--no-verify-ssl (boolean)\r\nBy default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS\r\nCLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.\r\n--no-paginate (boolean)\r\nDisable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the\r\nfirst page of results.\r\n--output (string)\r\nThe formatting style for command output.\r\njson\r\ntext\r\ntable\r\nyaml\r\nyaml-stream\r\noff\r\n--query (string)\r\nA JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.\r\n--profile (string)\r\nUse a specific profile from your credential file.\r\n--region (string)\r\nThe region to use. Overrides config/env settings.\r\n--version (string)\r\nDisplay the version of this tool.\r\nhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/describe-volumes.html\r\nPage 5 of 14\n\n--color (string)\r\nTurn on/off color output.\r\non\r\noff\r\nauto\r\n--no-sign-request (boolean)\r\nDo not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.\r\n--ca-bundle (string)\r\nThe CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.\r\n--cli-read-timeout (int)\r\nThe maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not\r\ntimeout. The default value is 60 seconds.\r\n--cli-connect-timeout (int)\r\nThe maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not\r\ntimeout. The default value is 60 seconds.\r\n--cli-binary-format (string)\r\nThe formatting style to be used for binary blobs. The default format is base64. The base64 format expects binary\r\nblobs to be provided as a base64 encoded string. The raw-in-base64-out format preserves compatibility with AWS\r\nCLI V1 behavior and binary values must be passed literally. When providing contents from a file that map to a\r\nbinary blob fileb:// will always be treated as binary and use the file contents directly regardless of the cli-binary-format setting. When using file:// the file contents will need to properly formatted for the configured\r\ncli-binary-format .\r\nbase64\r\nraw-in-base64-out\r\n--no-cli-pager (boolean)\r\nDisable cli pager for output.\r\n--cli-auto-prompt (boolean)\r\nAutomatically prompt for CLI input parameters.\r\n--no-cli-auto-prompt (boolean)\r\nDisable automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.\r\nhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/describe-volumes.html\r\nPage 6 of 14\n\n--cli-error-format (string)\r\nThe formatting style for error output. By default, errors are displayed in enhanced format.\r\nlegacy\r\njson\r\nyaml\r\ntext\r\ntable\r\nenhanced\r\nExamples¶\r\nNote\r\nTo use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started\r\nguide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.\r\nUnless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to\r\nyour terminal’s quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .\r\nExample 1: To describe a volume\r\nThe following describe-volumes example describes the specified volumes in the current Region.\r\naws ec2 describe-volumes \\\r\n --volume-ids vol-049df61146c4d7901 vol-1234567890abcdef0\r\nOutput:\r\n{\r\n \"Volumes\": [\r\n {\r\n \"AvailabilityZone\": \"us-east-1a\",\r\n \"Attachments\": [\r\n {\r\n \"AttachTime\": \"2013-12-18T22:35:00.000Z\",\r\n \"InstanceId\": \"i-1234567890abcdef0\",\r\n \"VolumeId\": \"vol-049df61146c4d7901\",\r\n \"State\": \"attached\",\r\n \"DeleteOnTermination\": true,\r\n \"Device\": \"/dev/sda1\"\r\n }\r\n ],\r\n \"Encrypted\": true,\r\n \"KmsKeyId\": \"arn:aws:kms:us-east-2a:123456789012:key/8c5b2c63-b9bc-45a3-a87a-5513eEXAMPLE\r\nhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/describe-volumes.html\r\nPage 7 of 14\n\n\"VolumeType\": \"gp2\",\r\n \"VolumeId\": \"vol-049df61146c4d7901\",\r\n \"State\": \"in-use\",\r\n \"Iops\": 100,\r\n \"SnapshotId\": \"snap-1234567890abcdef0\",\r\n \"CreateTime\": \"2019-12-18T22:35:00.084Z\",\r\n \"Size\": 8\r\n },\r\n {\r\n \"AvailabilityZone\": \"us-east-1a\",\r\n \"Attachments\": [],\r\n \"Encrypted\": false,\r\n \"VolumeType\": \"gp2\",\r\n \"VolumeId\": \"vol-1234567890abcdef0\",\r\n \"State\": \"available\",\r\n \"Iops\": 300,\r\n \"SnapshotId\": \"\",\r\n \"CreateTime\": \"2020-02-27T00:02:41.791Z\",\r\n \"Size\": 100\r\n }\r\n ]\r\n}\r\nExample 2: To describe volumes that are attached to a specific instance\r\nThe following describe-volumes example describes all volumes that are both attached to the specified instance\r\nand set to delete when the instance terminates.\r\naws ec2 describe-volumes \\\r\n --region us-east-1 \\\r\n --filters Name=attachment.instance-id,Values=i-1234567890abcdef0 Name=attachment.delete-on-termin\r\nFor an example of the output for describe-volumes , see Example 1.\r\nExample 3: To describe available volumes in a specific Availability Zone\r\nThe following describe-volumes example describes all volumes that have a status of available and are in the\r\nspecified Availability Zone.\r\naws ec2 describe-volumes \\\r\n --filters Name=status,Values=available Name=availability-zone,Values=us-east-1a\r\nFor an example of the output for describe-volumes , see Example 1.\r\nExample 4: To describe volumes based on tags\r\nhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/describe-volumes.html\r\nPage 8 of 14\n\nThe following describe-volumes example describes all volumes that have the tag key Name and a value that\r\nbegins with Test . The output is then filtered with a query that displays only the tags and IDs of the volumes.\r\naws ec2 describe-volumes \\\r\n --filters Name=tag:Name,Values=Test* \\\r\n --query \"Volumes[*].{ID:VolumeId,Tag:Tags}\"\r\nOutput:\r\n[\r\n {\r\n \"Tag\": [\r\n {\r\n \"Value\": \"Test2\",\r\n \"Key\": \"Name\"\r\n }\r\n ],\r\n \"ID\": \"vol-1234567890abcdef0\"\r\n },\r\n {\r\n \"Tag\": [\r\n {\r\n \"Value\": \"Test1\",\r\n \"Key\": \"Name\"\r\n }\r\n ],\r\n \"ID\": \"vol-049df61146c4d7901\"\r\n }\r\n]\r\nFor additional examples using tag filters, see Working with tags in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.\r\nOutput¶\r\nNextToken -\u003e (string)\r\nThe token to include in another request to get the next page of items. This value is null when there\r\nare no more items to return.\r\nVolumes -\u003e (list)\r\nInformation about the volumes.\r\n(structure)\r\nDescribes a volume.\r\nhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/describe-volumes.html\r\nPage 9 of 14\n\nAvailabilityZoneId -\u003e (string)\r\nThe ID of the Availability Zone for the volume.\r\nOutpostArn -\u003e (string)\r\nThe Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Outpost.\r\nSourceVolumeId -\u003e (string)\r\nThe ID of the source volume from which the volume copy was created. Only for\r\nvolume copies.\r\nIops -\u003e (integer)\r\nThe number of I/O operations per second (IOPS). For gp3 , io1 , and io2\r\nvolumes, this represents the number of IOPS that are provisioned for the volume.\r\nFor gp2 volumes, this represents the baseline performance of the volume and the\r\nrate at which the volume accumulates I/O credits for bursting.\r\nTags -\u003e (list)\r\nAny tags assigned to the volume.\r\n(structure)\r\nDescribes a tag.\r\nKey -\u003e (string)\r\nThe key of the tag.\r\nConstraints: Tag keys are case-sensitive and accept a\r\nmaximum of 127 Unicode characters. May not begin with\r\naws: .\r\nValue -\u003e (string)\r\nThe value of the tag.\r\nConstraints: Tag values are case-sensitive and accept a\r\nmaximum of 256 Unicode characters.\r\nVolumeType -\u003e (string)\r\nThe volume type.\r\nPossible values:\r\nstandard\r\nhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/describe-volumes.html\r\nPage 10 of 14\n\nio1\r\nio2\r\ngp2\r\nsc1\r\nst1\r\ngp3\r\nFastRestored -\u003e (boolean)\r\nNote\r\nThis parameter is not returned by CreateVolume.\r\nIndicates whether the volume was created using fast snapshot restore.\r\nMultiAttachEnabled -\u003e (boolean)\r\nIndicates whether Amazon EBS Multi-Attach is enabled.\r\nThroughput -\u003e (integer)\r\nThe throughput that the volume supports, in MiB/s.\r\nSseType -\u003e (string)\r\nNote\r\nThis parameter is not returned by CreateVolume.\r\nReserved for future use.\r\nPossible values:\r\nsse-ebs\r\nsse-kms\r\nnone\r\nOperator -\u003e (structure)\r\nThe service provider that manages the volume.\r\nManaged -\u003e (boolean)\r\nIf true , the resource is managed by a service provider.\r\nPrincipal -\u003e (string)\r\nIf managed is true , then the principal is returned. The principal is\r\nthe service provider that manages the resource.\r\nhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/describe-volumes.html\r\nPage 11 of 14\n\nVolumeInitializationRate -\u003e (integer)\r\nThe Amazon EBS Provisioned Rate for Volume Initialization (volume\r\ninitialization rate) specified for the volume during creation, in MiB/s. If no volume\r\ninitialization rate was specified, the value is null .\r\nVolumeId -\u003e (string)\r\nThe ID of the volume.\r\nSize -\u003e (integer)\r\nThe size of the volume, in GiBs.\r\nSnapshotId -\u003e (string)\r\nThe snapshot from which the volume was created, if applicable.\r\nAvailabilityZone -\u003e (string)\r\nThe Availability Zone for the volume.\r\nState -\u003e (string)\r\nThe volume state.\r\nPossible values:\r\ncreating\r\navailable\r\nin-use\r\ndeleting\r\ndeleted\r\nerror\r\nCreateTime -\u003e (timestamp)\r\nThe time stamp when volume creation was initiated.\r\nAttachments -\u003e (list)\r\nNote\r\nThis parameter is not returned by CreateVolume.\r\nInformation about the volume attachments.\r\n(structure)\r\nDescribes volume attachment details.\r\nhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/describe-volumes.html\r\nPage 12 of 14\n\nDeleteOnTermination -\u003e (boolean)\r\nIndicates whether the EBS volume is deleted on instance\r\ntermination.\r\nAssociatedResource -\u003e (string)\r\nThe ARN of the Amazon Web Services-managed resource to\r\nwhich the volume is attached.\r\nInstanceOwningService -\u003e (string)\r\nThe service principal of the Amazon Web Services service\r\nthat owns the underlying resource to which the volume is\r\nattached.\r\nThis parameter is returned only for volumes that are attached\r\nto Amazon Web Services-managed resources.\r\nEbsCardIndex -\u003e (integer)\r\nThe index of the EBS card. 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