name : describe-launch-configurations.rst **Example 1: To describe the specified launch configuration** This example describes the specified launch configuration. :: aws autoscaling describe-launch-configurations \ --launch-configuration-names my-launch-config Output:: { "LaunchConfigurations": [ { "LaunchConfigurationName": "my-launch-config", "LaunchConfigurationARN": "arn:aws:autoscaling:us-west-2:123456789012:launchConfiguration:98d3b196-4cf9-4e88-8ca1-8547c24ced8b:launchConfigurationName/my-launch-config", "ImageId": "ami-0528a5175983e7f28", "KeyName": "my-key-pair-uswest2", "SecurityGroups": [ "sg-05eaec502fcdadc2e" ], "ClassicLinkVPCSecurityGroups": [], "UserData": "", "InstanceType": "t2.micro", "KernelId": "", "RamdiskId": "", "BlockDeviceMappings": [ { "DeviceName": "/dev/xvda", "Ebs": { "SnapshotId": "snap-06c1606ba5ca274b1", "VolumeSize": 8, "VolumeType": "gp2", "DeleteOnTermination": true, "Encrypted": false } } ], "InstanceMonitoring": { "Enabled": true }, "CreatedTime": "2020-10-28T02:39:22.321Z", "EbsOptimized": false, "AssociatePublicIpAddress": true, "MetadataOptions": { "HttpTokens": "required", "HttpPutResponseHopLimit": 1, "HttpEndpoint": "disabled" } } ] } **Example 2: To describe a specified number of launch configurations** To return a specific number of launch configurations, use the ``--max-items`` option. :: aws autoscaling describe-launch-configurations \ --max-items 1 If the output includes a ``NextToken`` field, there are more launch configurations. To get the additional launch configurations, use the value of this field with the ``--starting-token`` option in a subsequent call as follows. :: aws autoscaling describe-launch-configurations \ --starting-token Z3M3LMPEXAMPLE