Use UpdateGroup with a CLI

To update the description for a resource group

The following update-group example updates the description for the specified resource group.

aws resource-groups update-group \
    --group-name tbq-WebServer \
    --description "Resource group for all web server resources."

Output:

{
    "Group": {
        "GroupArn": "arn:aws:resource-groups:us-west-2:123456789012:group/tbq-WebServer",
        "Name": "tbq-WebServer"
        "Description": "Resource group for all web server resources."
    }
}

For more information, see Update Groups in the AWS Resource Groups User Guide.

Example 1: This example updates the description of the group

Update-RGGroup -GroupName auto-yes -Description "Instances auto-remove"

Output:

Description             GroupArn                                                      Name
-----------             --------                                                      ----
Instances to be cleaned arn:aws:resource-groups:eu-west-1:123456789012:group/auto-yes auto-yes