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DescribeStackSetOperation - AWS CloudFormation
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DescribeStackSetOperation

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Returns the description of the specified StackSet operation.

Request Parameters

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

CallAs

[Service-managed permissions] Specifies whether you are acting as an account administrator in the organization's management account or as a delegated administrator in a member account.

By default, SELF is specified. Use SELF for stack sets with self-managed permissions.

  • If you are signed in to the management account, specify SELF.

  • If you are signed in to a delegated administrator account, specify DELEGATED_ADMIN.

    Your AWS account must be registered as a delegated administrator in the management account. For more information, see Register a delegated administrator in the AWS CloudFormation User Guide.

Type: String

Valid Values: SELF | DELEGATED_ADMIN

Required: No

OperationId

The unique ID of the stack set operation.

Type: String

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

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9][-a-zA-Z0-9]*

Required: Yes

StackSetName

The name or the unique stack ID of the stack set for the stack operation.

Type: String

Required: Yes

Response Elements

The following element is returned by the service.

StackSetOperation

The specified stack set operation.

Type: StackSetOperation object

Errors

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

OperationNotFound

The specified ID refers to an operation that doesn't exist.

HTTP Status Code: 404

StackSetNotFound

The specified stack set doesn't exist.

HTTP Status Code: 404

Examples

Describing an Update Stack Set Operation

The following example returns information about a successful update of a stack set and its associated stack instances.

Sample Request

https://cloudformation.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
 ?Action=DescribeStackSetOperation
 &Version=2010-05-15
 &StackSetName=stack-set-example
 &OperationId=61806005-bde9-46f1-949d-6791example
 &X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256
 &X-Amz-Credential=[Access key ID and scope]
 &X-Amz-Date=20170810T233349Z
 &X-Amz-SignedHeaders=content-type;host
 &X-Amz-Signature=[Signature]

Sample Response


<DescribeStackSetOperationResponse xmlns="http://internal.amazon.com/coral/com.amazonaws.maestro.service.v20160713/">
  <DescribeStackSetOperationResult>
    <StackSetOperation>
      <StackSetId>stack-set-example:c14cd6d1-cd17-40bd-82ed-ff97example</StackSetId>
      <CreationTimestamp>2017-08-04T18:01:29.508Z</CreationTimestamp>
      <OperationId>ddf16f54-ad62-4d9b-b0ab-3ed8e9example</OperationId>
      <Action>UPDATE</Action>
      <OperationPreferences>
        <FailureToleranceCount>0</FailureToleranceCount>
        <MaxConcurrentCount>1</MaxConcurrentCount>
        <RegionOrder/>
      </OperationPreferences>
      <EndTimestamp>2017-08-04T18:03:43.672Z</EndTimestamp>
      <Status>SUCCEEDED</Status>
    </StackSetOperation>
  </DescribeStackSetOperationResult>
  <ResponseMetadata>
    <RequestId>20133b62-7e1a-11e7-838a-a182example</RequestId>
  </ResponseMetadata>
</DescribeStackSetOperationResponse>

Describing a Drift Detection Stack Set Operation

The following example returns information about a drift detection operation run on a stack set.

Sample Request


https://cloudformation.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
 ?Action=DescribeStackSetOperation
 &Version=2010-05-15
 &StackSetName=stack-set-drift-example
 &OperationId=9cc082fa-df4c-45cd-b9a8-7e5example
 &X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256
 &X-Amz-Credential=[Access key ID and scope]
 &X-Amz-Date=20191203T201942Z
 &X-Amz-SignedHeaders=content-type;host
 &X-Amz-Signature=[Signature]

Sample Response

<DescribeStackSetOperationResponse xmlns="http://internal.amazon.com/coral/com.amazonaws.maestro.service.v20160713/">
  <DescribeStackSetOperationResult>
    <StackSetOperation>
      <ExecutionRoleName>AWSCloudFormationStackSetExecutionRole</ExecutionRoleName>
      <AdministrationRoleARN>arn:aws:iam::012345678910:role/AWSCloudFormationStackSetAdministrationRole</AdministrationRoleARN>
      <StackSetId>stack-set-drift-example:bd1f4017-d4f9-432e-a73f-8c22eb708dd5</StackSetId>
      <OperationPreferences>
        <RegionOrder/>
      </OperationPreferences>
      <StackSetDriftDetectionDetails>
        <InSyncStackInstancesCount>2</InSyncStackInstancesCount>
        <FailedStackInstancesCount>0</FailedStackInstancesCount>
        <DriftStatus>DRIFTED</DriftStatus>
        <TotalStackInstancesCount>7</TotalStackInstancesCount>
        <DriftedStackInstancesCount>1</DriftedStackInstancesCount>
        <InProgressStackInstancesCount>4</InProgressStackInstancesCount>
        <LastDriftCheckTimestamp>2019-12-04T20:34:28.543Z</LastDriftCheckTimestamp>
      </StackSetDriftDetectionDetails>
      <CreationTimestamp>2019-12-04T20:33:13.673Z</CreationTimestamp>
      <OperationId>9cc082fa-df4c-45cd-b9a8-7e5example</OperationId>
      <Action>DETECT_DRIFT</Action>
      <Status>RUNNING</Status>
    </StackSetOperation>
  </DescribeStackSetOperationResult>
  <ResponseMetadata>
    <RequestId>e81844dc-6121-4b59-923a-e2417example</RequestId>
  </ResponseMetadata>
</DescribeStackSetOperationResponse>

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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