Use GetInstanceProfile with an AWS SDK or CLI - AWS SDK Code Examples

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Use GetInstanceProfile with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use GetInstanceProfile.

CLI
AWS CLI

To get information about an instance profile

The following get-instance-profile command gets information about the instance profile named ExampleInstanceProfile.

aws iam get-instance-profile \ --instance-profile-name ExampleInstanceProfile

Output:

{ "InstanceProfile": { "InstanceProfileId": "AID2MAB8DPLSRHEXAMPLE", "Roles": [ { "AssumeRolePolicyDocument": "<URL-encoded-JSON>", "RoleId": "AIDGPMS9RO4H3FEXAMPLE", "CreateDate": "2013-01-09T06:33:26Z", "RoleName": "Test-Role", "Path": "/", "Arn": "arn:aws:iam::336924118301:role/Test-Role" } ], "CreateDate": "2013-06-12T23:52:02Z", "InstanceProfileName": "ExampleInstanceProfile", "Path": "/", "Arn": "arn:aws:iam::336924118301:instance-profile/ExampleInstanceProfile" } }

For more information, see Using instance profiles in the AWS IAM User Guide.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example returns details of the instance profile named ec2instancerole that is defined in the current AWS account.

Get-IAMInstanceProfile -InstanceProfileName ec2instancerole

Output:

Arn : arn:aws:iam::123456789012:instance-profile/ec2instancerole CreateDate : 2/17/2015 2:49:04 PM InstanceProfileId : HH36PTZQJUR32EXAMPLE1 InstanceProfileName : ec2instancerole Path : / Roles : {ec2instancerole}