ec2-describe-regions

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Syntax

ec2-describe-regions [region-name...]

Describes Availability Zones that are currently available to the account.

Option Description Required

Option	Description	Required
`region`	Name of a region. Example: `us-east-1`	No

region

Name of a region.

Example: us-east-1

Amazon EC2 returns a table that contains the following information:

Amazon EC2 displays errors on stderr.

This example displays the regions that are available to the account.

PROMPT> ec2-describe-regions

REGION        us-east-1        us-east-1.ec2.amazonaws.com
REGION        eu-west-1        eu-west-1.ec2.amazonaws.com