DescribeStackEvents
Returns all stack related events for a specified stack in reverse chronological order. For more information about a stack's event history, see Understand CloudFormation stack creation events in the AWS CloudFormation User Guide.
Note
You can list events for stacks that have failed to create or have been deleted by specifying the unique stack identifier (stack ID).
Request Parameters
For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.
- NextToken
-
A string that identifies the next page of events that you want to retrieve.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.
Required: No
- StackName
-
The name or the unique stack ID that's associated with the stack, which aren't always interchangeable:
-
Running stacks: You can specify either the stack's name or its unique stack ID.
-
Deleted stacks: You must specify the unique stack ID.
Default: There is no default value.
Type: String
Required: No
-
Response Elements
The following elements are returned by the service.
- NextToken
-
If the output exceeds 1 MB in size, a string that identifies the next page of events. If no additional page exists, this value is null.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.
- StackEvents.member.N
-
A list of
StackEvents
structures.Type: Array of StackEvent objects
Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.
Examples
DescribeStackEvents
This example illustrates one usage of DescribeStackEvents.
Sample Request
https://cloudformation.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
?Action=DescribeStackEvents
&StackName=MyStack
&Version=2010-05-15
&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256
&X-Amz-Credential=[Access key ID and scope]
&X-Amz-Date=20160316T233349Z
&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=content-type;host
&X-Amz-Signature=[Signature]
Sample Response
<DescribeStackEventsResponse xmlns="http://cloudformation.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-05-15/">
<DescribeStackEventsResult>
<StackEvents>
<member>
<Timestamp>2016-03-15T20:54:31.809Z</Timestamp>
<ResourceStatus>CREATE_COMPLETE</ResourceStatus>
<StackId>arn:aws:cloudformation:us-east-1:123456789012:stack/SampleStack/12a3b456-0e10-4ce0-9052-5d484a8c4e5b</StackId>
<EventId>1dedea10-eaf0-11e5-8451-500c5242948e</EventId>
<LogicalResourceId>SampleStack</LogicalResourceId>
<StackName>SampleStack</StackName>
<PhysicalResourceIdI>arn:aws:cloudformation:us-east-1:123456789012:stack/SampleStack/12a3b456-0e10-4ce0-9052-5d484a8c4e5b</PhysicalResourceId>
<ResourceType>AWS::CloudFormation::Stack</ResourceType>
</member>
<member>
<Timestamp>2016-03-15T20:54:30.174Z</Timestamp>
<ResourceStatus>CREATE_COMPLETE</ResourceStatus>
<StackId>arn:aws:cloudformation:us-east-1:123456789012:stack/SampleStack/12a3b456-0e10-4ce0-9052-5d484a8c4e5b</StackId>
<EventId>MyEC2Instance-CREATE_COMPLETE-2016-03-15T20:54:30.174Z</EventId>
<LogicalResourceId>MyEC2Instance</LogicalResourceId>
<StackName>SampleStack</StackName>
<PhysicalResourceId>i-1abc23d4</PhysicalResourceId>
<ResourceProperties>{"ImageId":ami-8fcee4e5",...}</ResourceProperties>
<ResourceType>AWS::EC2::Instance</ResourceType>
</member>
<member>
<Timestamp>2016-03-15T20:53:17.660Z</Timestamp>
<ResourceStatus>CREATE_IN_PROGRESS</ResourceStatus>
<StackId>arn:aws:cloudformation:us-east-1:123456789012:stack/SampleStack/12a3b456-0e10-4ce0-9052-5d484a8c4e5b</StackId>
<EventId>MyEC2Instance-CREATE_IN_PROGRESS-2016-03-15T20:53:17.660Z</EventId>
<LogicalResourceId>MyEC2Instance</LogicalResourceId>
<ResourceStatusReason>Resource creation Initiated</ResourceStatusReason>
<StackName>SampleStack</StackName>
<PhysicalResourceId>i-1abc23d4</PhysicalResourceId>
<ResourceProperties>{"ImageId":ami-8fcee4e5",...}</ResourceProperties>
<ResourceType>AWS::EC2::Instance</ResourceType>
</member>
<member>
<Timestamp>2016-03-15T20:53:16.516Z</Timestamp>
<ResourceStatus>CREATE_IN_PROGRESS</ResourceStatus>
<StackId>arn:aws:cloudformation:us-east-1:123456789012:stack/SampleStack/12a3b456-0e10-4ce0-9052-5d484a8c4e5b</StackId>
<EventId>MyEC2Instance-CREATE_IN_PROGRESS-2016-03-15T20:53:16.516Z</EventId>
<LogicalResourceId>MyEC2Instance</LogicalResourceId>
<StackName>SampleStack</StackName>
<PhysicalResourceId/>
<ResourceProperties>{"ImageId":ami-8fcee4e5",...}</ResourceProperties>
<ResourceType>AWS::EC2::Instance</ResourceType>
</member>
<member>
<Timestamp>2016-03-15T20:53:11.231Z</Timestamp>
<ResourceStatus>CREATE_IN_PROGRESS</ResourceStatus>
<StackId>arn:aws:cloudformation:us-east-1:123456789012:stack/SampleStack/12a3b456-0e10-4ce0-9052-5d484a8c4e5b</StackId>
<EventId>edbf2ac0-eaef-11e5-adeb-500c28903236</EventId>
<LogicalResourceId>SampleStack</LogicalResourceId>
<ResourceStatusReason>User Initiated</ResourceStatusReason>
<StackName>SampleStack</StackName>
<PhysicalResourceIdI>arn:aws:cloudformation:us-east-1:123456789012:stack/SampleStack/12a3b456-0e10-4ce0-9052-5d484a8c4e5b</PhysicalResourceId>
<ResourceType>AWS::CloudFormation::Stack</ResourceType>
</member>
</StackEvents>
</DescribeStackEventsResult>
<ResponseMetadata>
<RequestId>b9b4b068-3a41-11e5-94eb-example</RequestId>
</ResponseMetadata>
</DescribeStackEventsResponse>
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: