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DescribeClusters - Amazon MemoryDB

DescribeClusters

Returns information about all provisioned clusters if no cluster identifier is specified, or about a specific cluster if a cluster name is supplied.

Request Syntax

{ "ClusterName": "string", "MaxResults": number, "NextToken": "string", "ShowShardDetails": boolean }

Request Parameters

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

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

ClusterName

The name of the cluster.

Type: String

Required: No

MaxResults

The maximum number of records to include in the response. If more records exist than the specified MaxResults value, a token is included in the response so that the remaining results can be retrieved.

Type: Integer

Required: No

NextToken

An optional argument to pass in case the total number of records exceeds the value of MaxResults. If nextToken is returned, there are more results available. The value of nextToken is a unique pagination token for each page. Make the call again using the returned token to retrieve the next page. Keep all other arguments unchanged.

Type: String

Required: No

ShowShardDetails

An optional flag that can be included in the request to retrieve information about the individual shard(s).

Type: Boolean

Required: No

Response Syntax

{ "Clusters": [ { "ACLName": "string", "ARN": "string", "AutoMinorVersionUpgrade": boolean, "AvailabilityMode": "string", "ClusterEndpoint": { "Address": "string", "Port": number }, "DataTiering": "string", "Description": "string", "Engine": "string", "EnginePatchVersion": "string", "EngineVersion": "string", "KmsKeyId": "string", "MaintenanceWindow": "string", "MultiRegionClusterName": "string", "Name": "string", "NodeType": "string", "NumberOfShards": number, "ParameterGroupName": "string", "ParameterGroupStatus": "string", "PendingUpdates": { "ACLs": { "ACLToApply": "string" }, "Resharding": { "SlotMigration": { "ProgressPercentage": number } }, "ServiceUpdates": [ { "ServiceUpdateName": "string", "Status": "string" } ] }, "SecurityGroups": [ { "SecurityGroupId": "string", "Status": "string" } ], "Shards": [ { "Name": "string", "Nodes": [ { "AvailabilityZone": "string", "CreateTime": number, "Endpoint": { "Address": "string", "Port": number }, "Name": "string", "Status": "string" } ], "NumberOfNodes": number, "Slots": "string", "Status": "string" } ], "SnapshotRetentionLimit": number, "SnapshotWindow": "string", "SnsTopicArn": "string", "SnsTopicStatus": "string", "Status": "string", "SubnetGroupName": "string", "TLSEnabled": boolean } ], "NextToken": "string" }

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

Clusters

A list of clusters

Type: Array of Cluster objects

NextToken

An optional argument to pass in case the total number of records exceeds the value of MaxResults. If nextToken is returned, there are more results available. The value of nextToken is a unique pagination token for each page. Make the call again using the returned token to retrieve the next page. Keep all other arguments unchanged.

Type: String

Errors

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

ClusterNotFoundFault

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidParameterCombinationException

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidParameterValueException

HTTP Status Code: 400

ServiceLinkedRoleNotFoundFault

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

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

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