Use DescribeSnapshotAttribute
with a CLI
The following code examples show how to use DescribeSnapshotAttribute
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- CLI
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- AWS CLI
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To describe the snapshot attributes for a snapshot
The following
describe-snapshot-attribute
example lists the accounts with which a snapshot is shared.aws ec2 describe-snapshot-attribute \ --snapshot-id
snap-01234567890abcedf
\ --attributecreateVolumePermission
Output:
{ "SnapshotId": "snap-01234567890abcedf", "CreateVolumePermissions": [ { "UserId": "123456789012" } ] }
For more information, see Share an Amazon EBS snapshot in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide.
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For API details, see DescribeSnapshotAttribute
in AWS CLI Command Reference.
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- PowerShell
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- Tools for PowerShell
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Example 1: This example describes the specified attribute of the specified snapshot.
Get-EC2SnapshotAttribute -SnapshotId snap-12345678 -Attribute ProductCodes
Output:
CreateVolumePermissions ProductCodes SnapshotId ----------------------- ------------ ---------- {} {} snap-12345678
Example 2: This example describes the specified attribute of the specified snapshot.
(Get-EC2SnapshotAttribute -SnapshotId snap-12345678 -Attribute CreateVolumePermission).CreateVolumePermissions
Output:
Group UserId ----- ------ all
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For API details, see DescribeSnapshotAttribute in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.
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For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Create Amazon EC2 resources using an AWS SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.