**Example 1: To describe all of your enabled Regions** The following ``describe-regions`` example describes all of the Regions that are enabled for your account. :: aws ec2 describe-regions Output:: { "Regions": [ { "Endpoint": "ec2.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "eu-north-1", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "ap-south-1", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "eu-west-3", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "eu-west-2", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "eu-west-1", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.ap-northeast-3.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "ap-northeast-3", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.ap-northeast-2.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "ap-northeast-2", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "ap-northeast-1", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.sa-east-1.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "sa-east-1", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "ca-central-1", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "ap-southeast-1", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "ap-southeast-2", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "eu-central-1", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.us-east-1.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "us-east-1", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.us-east-2.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "us-east-2", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.us-west-1.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "us-west-1", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.us-west-2.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "us-west-2", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" } ] } For more information, see `Regions and Zones <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-regions-availability-zones.html>`__ in the *Amazon EC2 User Guide*. **Example 2: To describe enabled Regions with an endpoint whose name contains a specific string** The following ``describe-regions`` example describes all Regions that you have enabled that have the string "us" in the endpoint. :: aws ec2 describe-regions \ --filters "Name=endpoint,Values=*us*" Output:: { "Regions": [ { "Endpoint": "ec2.us-east-1.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "us-east-1" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.us-east-2.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "us-east-2" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.us-west-1.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "us-west-1" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.us-west-2.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "us-west-2" } ] } For more information, see `Regions and Zones <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-regions-availability-zones.html>`__ in the *Amazon EC2 User Guide*. **Example 3: To describe all Regions** The following ``describe-regions`` example describes all available Regions, including Regions that are disabled. :: aws ec2 describe-regions \ --all-regions Output:: { "Regions": [ { "Endpoint": "ec2.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "eu-north-1", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "ap-south-1", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "eu-west-3", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "eu-west-2", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "eu-west-1", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.ap-northeast-3.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "ap-northeast-3", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.me-south-1.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "me-south-1", "OptInStatus": "not-opted-in" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.ap-northeast-2.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "ap-northeast-2", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "ap-northeast-1", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.sa-east-1.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "sa-east-1", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "ca-central-1", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.ap-east-1.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "ap-east-1", "OptInStatus": "not-opted-in" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "ap-southeast-1", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "ap-southeast-2", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "eu-central-1", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.us-east-1.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "us-east-1", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.us-east-2.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "us-east-2", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.us-west-1.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "us-west-1", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" }, { "Endpoint": "ec2.us-west-2.amazonaws.com", "RegionName": "us-west-2", "OptInStatus": "opt-in-not-required" } ] } For more information, see `Regions and Zones <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-regions-availability-zones.html>`__ in the *Amazon EC2 User Guide*. **Example 4: To list the Region names only** The following ``describe-regions`` example uses the ``--query`` parameter to filter the output and return only the names of the Regions as text. :: aws ec2 describe-regions \ --all-regions \ --query "Regions[].{Name:RegionName}" \ --output text Output:: eu-north-1 ap-south-1 eu-west-3 eu-west-2 eu-west-1 ap-northeast-3 ap-northeast-2 me-south-1 ap-northeast-1 sa-east-1 ca-central-1 ap-east-1 ap-southeast-1 ap-southeast-2 eu-central-1 us-east-1 us-east-2 us-west-1 us-west-2 For more information, see `Regions and Zones <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-regions-availability-zones.html>`__ in the *Amazon EC2 User Guide*.