Request Parameters Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

GetInstanceProfile

Retrieves information about the specified instance profile, including the instance profile's path, GUID, ARN, and role. For more information about instance profiles, see Using instance profiles in the IAM User Guide.

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

InstanceProfileName

The name of the instance profile to get information about.

This parameter allows (through its regex pattern) a string of characters consisting of upper and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces. You can also include any of the following characters: _+=,.@-

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: [\w+=,.@-]+

Required: Yes

Response Elements

The following element is returned by the service.

InstanceProfile

A structure containing details about the instance profile.

Type: InstanceProfile object

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

NoSuchEntity

The request was rejected because it referenced a resource entity that does not exist. The error message describes the resource.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ServiceFailure

The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception or failure.

HTTP Status Code: 500

Examples

Example

This example illustrates one usage of GetInstanceProfile.

Sample Request


https://iam.amazonaws.com/?Action=GetInstanceProfile
&InstanceProfileName=Webserver
&Version=2010-05-08
&AUTHPARAMS

Sample Response


<GetInstanceProfileResponse xmlns="https://iam.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-05-08/">
<GetInstanceProfileResult>
  <InstanceProfile>
    <InstanceProfileId>AIPAD5ARO2C5EXAMPLE3G</InstanceProfileId>
    <Roles>
      <member>
        <Path>/application_abc/component_xyz/</Path>
        <Arn>arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/application_abc/component_xyz/S3Access</Arn>
        <RoleName>S3Access</RoleName>
        <AssumeRolePolicyDocument>
          {"Version":"2012-10-17","Statement":[{"Effect":"Allow",
          "Principal":{"Service":["ec2.amazonaws.com"]},"Action":["sts:AssumeRole"]}]}
        </AssumeRolePolicyDocument>
        <CreateDate>2012-05-09T15:45:35Z</CreateDate>
        <RoleId>AROACVYKSVTSZFEXAMPLE</RoleId>
      </member>
    </Roles>
    <InstanceProfileName>Webserver</InstanceProfileName>
    <Path>/application_abc/component_xyz/</Path>
    <Arn>arn:aws:iam::123456789012:instance-profile/application_abc/component_xyz/Webserver</Arn>
    <CreateDate>2012-05-09T16:11:10Z</CreateDate>
  </InstanceProfile>
</GetInstanceProfileResult>
<ResponseMetadata>
  <RequestId>37289fda-99f2-11e1-a4c3-27EXAMPLE804</RequestId>
</ResponseMetadata>
</GetInstanceProfileResponse>