Use GetInstanceProfile with a 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.

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}

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}