# Describing an Amazon DocumentDB subnet group
<a name="document-db-subnet-group-describe"></a>

You can use the AWS Management Console or the AWS CLI to get the details of an Amazon DocumentDB subnet group.

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#### [ Using the AWS Management Console ]

The following procedure shows you how to get the details of an Amazon DocumentDB subnet group.

**To find the details of a subnet group**

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console, and open the Amazon DocumentDB console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/docdb](https://console.aws.amazon.com/docdb).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Subnet groups**. 
**Tip**  
If you don't see the navigation pane on the left side of your screen, choose the menu icon (![\[Hamburger menu icon with three horizontal lines.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/documentdb/latest/developerguide/images/docdb-menu-icon.png)) in the upper-left corner of the page.

1. To see the details of a subnet group, choose the name of that subnet group.  
![\[Screenshot: Showing the details of a subnet group.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/documentdb/latest/developerguide/images/docdb-subnet-group-details.png)

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#### [ Using the AWS CLI ]

To find the details of an Amazon DocumentDB subnet group, use the `describe-db-subnet-groups` operation with the following parameter.

**Parameter**
+ `--db-subnet=group-name`—Optional. If included, details for the named subnet group are listed. If omitted, details for up to 100 subnet groups are listed.

**Example**  
The following code lists details for the `sample-subnet-group` subnet group that we created in the [Creating an Amazon DocumentDB subnet group](document-db-subnet-group-create.md) section.  
For Linux, macOS, or Unix:  

```
aws docdb describe-db-subnet-groups \
    --db-subnet-group-name sample-subnet-group
```
For Windows:  

```
aws docdb describe-db-subnet-groups ^
    --db-subnet-group-name sample-subnet-group
```
Output from this operation looks something like the following (JSON format).  

```
{
    "DBSubnetGroup": {
        "DBSubnetGroupArn": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123SAMPLE012:subgrp:sample-subnet-group",
        "VpcId": "vpc-91280df6",
        "SubnetGroupStatus": "Complete",
        "DBSubnetGroupName": "sample-subnet-group",
        "Subnets": [
            {
                "SubnetAvailabilityZone": {
                    "Name": "us-east-1a"
                },
                "SubnetStatus": "Active",
                "SubnetIdentifier": "subnet-4e26d263"
            },
            {
                "SubnetAvailabilityZone": {
                    "Name": "us-east-1c"
                },
                "SubnetStatus": "Active",
                "SubnetIdentifier": "subnet-afc329f4"
            },
            {
                "SubnetAvailabilityZone": {
                    "Name": "us-east-1e"
                },
                "SubnetStatus": "Active",
                "SubnetIdentifier": "subnet-b3806e8f"
            }
        ],
        "DBSubnetGroupDescription": "A sample subnet group"
    }
}
```

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