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AWS EC2 Describe Instance

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AWS EC2 Describe Instance

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AWS EC2 Describe Instance

Describes an AWS EC2 instance

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

 
              
- name: AWS EC2 Describe Instance

              
  uses: truemark/aws-ec2-describe-instance-action@v2
Learn more about this action in truemark/aws-ec2-describe-instance-action

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AWS EC2 Describe Instance Action

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This GitHub action will describe an EC2 instance and output the details

Example

      - name: Describe arm64 Instance
        id: ec2-describe-arm64
        uses: truemark/aws-ec2-describe-instance-action@v3
        with:
          instance-id: ${{ steps.ec2-arm64.outputs.instance-id }}
          region: "us-east-2"

Inputs

Name Type Required Description
instance-id string Yes Instance ID to describe
region string Yes AWS region to use

Outputs

Name Type Description
instance-id string The instance ID of the EC2 instance
image-id string The AMI used to launch the instance
instance-type string The instance type of the EC2 instance
private-dns-name string The private DNS name of the EC2 instance
private-ip-address string The private IP address of the EC2 instance
public-dns-name string The public DNS name of the EC2 instance
public-ip-address string The public IP address of the EC2 instance
state string The state of the EC2 instance
architecture string The architecture of the EC2 instance
instance-lifecycle string The instance lifecycle of the EC2 instance
json string The full JSON response from the API

Development

Install node version 16

Install the dependencies

$ npm install

Build the typescript and package it for distribution

$ npm run build && npm run package

Run the tests ✔️

$ npm test