Search EC2 Instances by Tag:Name
Constantly navigating the console to find very specific bits of information can be a pain in the ass.
Here is a CLI query to search by Tag:Name, and format the output nicely as a table.
aws --profile devops --region us-east-1 \
ec2 describe-instances \
--filters "Name=tag:Name,Values=*bemo*" \
--query \
'Reservations[*].Instances[*].{Name:Tags[?Key==`Name`].Value|[0],Type:InstanceType,State:State.Name,PrivateIp:PrivateIpAddress}' \
--output table
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| DescribeInstances |
+-----------------------------------+------------------+----------+-------------+
| Name | PrivateIp | State | Type |
+-----------------------------------+------------------+----------+-------------+
| ECS-NODE-dev-bemo | 100.104.142.130 | running | t2.medium |
| dev-bemo-minder | 100.104.94.28 | running | t2.small |
| ECS-NODE-dev-bemo | 100.104.88.13 | running | t2.medium |
+-----------------------------------+------------------+----------+-------------+
12/12/17 UPDATE:
Recently found a tool called ‘awless’ - which is much easier than the awscli scripts above.
Written on September 30, 2017