name : describe-auto-scaling-instances.rst **Example 1: To describe one or more instances** This example describes the specified instance. :: aws autoscaling describe-auto-scaling-instances \ --instance-ids i-06905f55584de02da Output:: { "AutoScalingInstances": [ { "InstanceId": "i-06905f55584de02da", "InstanceType": "t2.micro", "AutoScalingGroupName": "my-asg", "AvailabilityZone": "us-west-2b", "LifecycleState": "InService", "HealthStatus": "HEALTHY", "ProtectedFromScaleIn": false, "LaunchTemplate": { "LaunchTemplateId": "lt-1234567890abcde12", "LaunchTemplateName": "my-launch-template", "Version": "1" } } ] } **Example 2: To describe one or more instances** This example uses the ``--max-items`` option to specify how many instances to return with this call. :: aws autoscaling describe-auto-scaling-instances \ --max-items 1 If the output includes a ``NextToken`` field, there are more instances. To get the additional instances, use the value of this field with the ``--starting-token`` option in a subsequent call as follows. :: aws autoscaling describe-auto-scaling-instances \ --starting-token Z3M3LMPEXAMPLE See example 1 for sample output. **Example 3: To describe instances that use launch configurations** This example uses the ``--query`` option to describe instances that use launch configurations. :: aws autoscaling describe-auto-scaling-instances \ --query 'AutoScalingInstances[?LaunchConfigurationName!=`null`]' Output:: [ { "InstanceId": "i-088c57934a6449037", "InstanceType": "t2.micro", "AutoScalingGroupName": "my-asg", "AvailabilityZone": "us-west-2c", "LifecycleState": "InService", "HealthStatus": "HEALTHY", "LaunchConfigurationName": "my-lc", "ProtectedFromScaleIn": false } ] For more information, see `Filter AWS CLI output <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-usage-filter.html>`__ in the *AWS Command Line Interface User Guide*.