ec2-describe-reserved-instances-offerings

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud: 2009-03-01

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ec2-describe-reserved-instances-offerings

Syntax

ec2-describe-reserved-instances-offerings [--offering offering_id ...] [--instance-type instance_type ...] [--availability-zone zone ...] [--description description ...]

Description

Describes Reserved Instance offerings that are available for purchase. With Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances, you purchase the right to launch Amazon EC2 instances for a period of time (without getting insufficient capacity errors) and pay a lower usage rate for the actual time used. For more information about Reserved Instances, see

Reserving Amazon EC2 Instances for Long-Term Use.

Options

Option Description Required

--offering offering_id

Displays Reserved Instances with the specified offering IDs.

Example: 4b2293b4-5813-4cc8-9ce3-1957fc1dcfc8

No

--instance-type instance_type

Displays Reserved Instances of the specified instance type.

Example: m1.small

No

--availability-zone zone

Displays Reserved Instances within the specified Availability Zone.

Example: us-east-1a

No

--description description

Displays Reserved Instances with the specified product description.

Example: m1.small offering in us-east-1a

No

Output

Amazon EC2 returns a table that contains the following information:

  • OFFERING identifier

  • ID of the offer

  • The Availability Zone in which the Reserved Instance can be used

  • The instance type

  • The duration of the Reserved Instance

  • The purchase price of the Reserved Instance

  • The usage price of the Reserved Instance, per hour

  • The Reserved Instance description

Amazon EC2 displays errors on stderr.

Example

This example describes available Reserved Instance offerings.

PROMPT> ec2-describe-reserved-instances-offerings
OFFERING 4b2293b4-5813-4cc8-9ce3-1957fc1dcfc8 m1.small us-east-1a 1y 0.00 0.00 Linux/UNIX

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