describe_volumes¶

OpsWorks.Client.describe_volumes(**kwargs)¶

Describes an instance's Amazon EBS volumes.

Note

This call accepts only one resource-identifying parameter.

Required Permissions : To use this action, an IAM user must have a Show, Deploy, or Manage permissions level for the stack, or an attached policy that explicitly grants permissions. For more information about user permissions, see Managing User Permissions.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.describe_volumes(
    InstanceId='string',
    StackId='string',
    RaidArrayId='string',
    VolumeIds=[
        'string',
    ]
)

Parameters

InstanceId (string) -- The instance ID. If you use this parameter, DescribeVolumes returns descriptions of the volumes associated with the specified instance.
StackId (string) -- A stack ID. The action describes the stack's registered Amazon EBS volumes.
RaidArrayId (string) -- The RAID array ID. If you use this parameter, DescribeVolumes returns descriptions of the volumes associated with the specified RAID array.
VolumeIds (list) --
Am array of volume IDs. If you use this parameter, DescribeVolumes returns descriptions of the specified volumes. Otherwise, it returns a description of every volume.
- (string) --

Return type

dict

Returns

Response Syntax

{
    'Volumes': [
        {
            'VolumeId': 'string',
            'Ec2VolumeId': 'string',
            'Name': 'string',
            'RaidArrayId': 'string',
            'InstanceId': 'string',
            'Status': 'string',
            'Size': 123,
            'Device': 'string',
            'MountPoint': 'string',
            'Region': 'string',
            'AvailabilityZone': 'string',
            'VolumeType': 'string',
            'Iops': 123,
            'Encrypted': True|False
        },
    ]
}

Response Structure

(dict) --

Contains the response to a DescribeVolumes request.
- Volumes (list) --
  
  An array of volume IDs.
  - (dict) --
    
    Describes an instance's Amazon EBS volume.
    - VolumeId (string) --
      
      The volume ID.
    - Ec2VolumeId (string) --
      
      The Amazon EC2 volume ID.
    - Name (string) --
      
      The volume name.
    - RaidArrayId (string) --
      
      The RAID array ID.
    - InstanceId (string) --
      
      The instance ID.
    - Status (string) --
      
      The value returned by DescribeVolumes.
    - Size (integer) --
      
      The volume size.
    - Device (string) --
      
      The device name.
    - MountPoint (string) --
      
      The volume mount point. For example, "/mnt/disk1".
    - Region (string) --
      
      The AWS region. For more information about AWS regions, see Regions and Endpoints.
    - AvailabilityZone (string) --
      
      The volume Availability Zone. For more information, see Regions and Endpoints.
    - VolumeType (string) --
      
      The volume type. For more information, see Amazon EBS Volume Types.
      - standard - Magnetic. Magnetic volumes must have a minimum size of 1 GiB and a maximum size of 1024 GiB.
      - io1 - Provisioned IOPS (SSD). PIOPS volumes must have a minimum size of 4 GiB and a maximum size of 16384 GiB.
      - gp2 - General Purpose (SSD). General purpose volumes must have a minimum size of 1 GiB and a maximum size of 16384 GiB.
      - st1 - Throughput Optimized hard disk drive (HDD). Throughput optimized HDD volumes must have a minimum size of 500 GiB and a maximum size of 16384 GiB.
      - sc1 - Cold HDD. Cold HDD volumes must have a minimum size of 500 GiB and a maximum size of 16384 GiB.
    - Iops (integer) --
      
      For PIOPS volumes, the IOPS per disk.
    - Encrypted (boolean) --
      
      Specifies whether an Amazon EBS volume is encrypted. For more information, see Amazon EBS Encryption.

Exceptions

OpsWorks.Client.exceptions.ValidationException
OpsWorks.Client.exceptions.ResourceNotFoundException

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