name : describe-availability-zones.rst **To describe your Availability Zones** The following example ``describe-availability-zones`` displays details for the Availability Zones that are available to you. The response includes Availability Zones only for the current Region. In this example, it uses the profiles default ``us-west-2`` (Oregon) Region. :: aws ec2 describe-availability-zones Output:: { "AvailabilityZones": [ { "State": "available", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required", "Messages": [], "RegionName": "us-west-2", "ZoneName": "us-west-2a", "ZoneId": "usw2-az1", "GroupName": "us-west-2", "NetworkBorderGroup": "us-west-2" }, { "State": "available", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required", "Messages": [], "RegionName": "us-west-2", "ZoneName": "us-west-2b", "ZoneId": "usw2-az2", "GroupName": "us-west-2", "NetworkBorderGroup": "us-west-2" }, { "State": "available", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required", "Messages": [], "RegionName": "us-west-2", "ZoneName": "us-west-2c", "ZoneId": "usw2-az3", "GroupName": "us-west-2", "NetworkBorderGroup": "us-west-2" }, { "State": "available", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required", "Messages": [], "RegionName": "us-west-2", "ZoneName": "us-west-2d", "ZoneId": "usw2-az4", "GroupName": "us-west-2", "NetworkBorderGroup": "us-west-2" }, { "State": "available", "OptInStatus": "opted-in", "Messages": [], "RegionName": "us-west-2", "ZoneName": "us-west-2-lax-1a", "ZoneId": "usw2-lax1-az1", "GroupName": "us-west-2-lax-1", "NetworkBorderGroup": "us-west-2-lax-1" } ] }