Use DescribeLoadBalancerPolicies with a CLI

To describe all policies associated with a load balancer

This example describes all of the policies associated with the specified load balancer.

Command:

aws elb describe-load-balancer-policies --load-balancer-name my-load-balancer

Output:

{
  "PolicyDescriptions": [
    {
      "PolicyAttributeDescriptions": [
        {
          "AttributeName": "ProxyProtocol",
          "AttributeValue": "true"
        }
      ],
      "PolicyName": "my-ProxyProtocol-policy",
      "PolicyTypeName": "ProxyProtocolPolicyType"
    },
    {
        "PolicyAttributeDescriptions": [
            {
                "AttributeName": "CookieName",
                "AttributeValue": "my-app-cookie"
            }
        ],
        "PolicyName": "my-app-cookie-policy",
        "PolicyTypeName": "AppCookieStickinessPolicyType"
    },
    {
      "PolicyAttributeDescriptions": [
        {
          "AttributeName": "CookieExpirationPeriod",
          "AttributeValue": "60"
        }
      ],
      "PolicyName": "my-duration-cookie-policy",
      "PolicyTypeName": "LBCookieStickinessPolicyType"
    },
    .
    .
    .
  ]
}

To describe a specific policy associated with a load balancer

This example describes the specified policy associated with the specified load balancer.

Command:

aws elb describe-load-balancer-policies --load-balancer-name my-load-balancer --policy-name my-authentication-policy

Output:

{
  "PolicyDescriptions": [
      {
          "PolicyAttributeDescriptions": [
              {
                  "AttributeName": "PublicKeyPolicyName",
                  "AttributeValue": "my-PublicKey-policy"
              }
          ],
          "PolicyName": "my-authentication-policy",
          "PolicyTypeName": "BackendServerAuthenticationPolicyType"
      }
  ]
}

Example 1: This example describes the policies associated with the specified load balancer.

Get-ELBLoadBalancerPolicy -LoadBalancerName my-load-balancer

Output:

PolicyAttributeDescriptions             PolicyName                              PolicyTypeName
---------------------------             ----------                              --------------
{ProxyProtocol}                         my-ProxyProtocol-policy                 ProxyProtocolPolicyType
{CookieName}                            my-app-cookie-policy                    AppCookieStickinessPolicyType

Example 2: This example describes the attributes of the specified policy.

(Get-ELBLoadBalancerPolicy -LoadBalancerName my-load-balancer -PolicyName my-ProxyProtocol-policy).PolicyAttributeDescriptions

Output:

AttributeName    AttributeValue
-------------    --------------
ProxyProtocol    true

Example 3: This example describes the predefined policies, including the sample policies. The names of the sample policies have the ELBSample- prefix.

Get-ELBLoadBalancerPolicy

Output:

PolicyAttributeDescriptions             PolicyName                              PolicyTypeName
---------------------------             ----------                              --------------
{Protocol-SSLv2, Protocol-TLSv1, Pro... ELBSecurityPolicy-2015-05               SSLNegotiationPolicyType
{Protocol-SSLv2, Protocol-TLSv1, Pro... ELBSecurityPolicy-2015-03               SSLNegotiationPolicyType
{Protocol-SSLv2, Protocol-TLSv1, Pro... ELBSecurityPolicy-2015-02               SSLNegotiationPolicyType
{Protocol-SSLv2, Protocol-TLSv1, Pro... ELBSecurityPolicy-2014-10               SSLNegotiationPolicyType
{Protocol-SSLv2, Protocol-TLSv1, Pro... ELBSecurityPolicy-2014-01               SSLNegotiationPolicyType
{Protocol-SSLv2, Protocol-TLSv1, Pro... ELBSecurityPolicy-2011-08               SSLNegotiationPolicyType
{Protocol-SSLv2, Protocol-TLSv1, Pro... ELBSample-ELBDefaultCipherPolicy        SSLNegotiationPolicyType
{Protocol-SSLv2, Protocol-TLSv1, Pro... ELBSample-OpenSSLDefaultCipherPolicy    SSLNegotiationPolicyType