**Example 1: To describe a Spot Instance request**
The following ``describe-spot-instance-requests`` example describes the specified Spot Instance request. ::
aws ec2 describe-spot-instance-requests \
--spot-instance-request-ids sir-08b93456
Output::
{
"SpotInstanceRequests": [
{
"CreateTime": "2018-04-30T18:14:55.000Z",
"InstanceId": "i-1234567890abcdef1",
"LaunchSpecification": {
"InstanceType": "t2.micro",
"ImageId": "ami-003634241a8fcdec0",
"KeyName": "my-key-pair",
"SecurityGroups": [
{
"GroupName": "default",
"GroupId": "sg-e38f24a7"
}
],
"BlockDeviceMappings": [
{
"DeviceName": "/dev/sda1",
"Ebs": {
"DeleteOnTermination": true,
"SnapshotId": "snap-0e54a519c999adbbd",
"VolumeSize": 8,
"VolumeType": "standard",
"Encrypted": false
}
}
],
"NetworkInterfaces": [
{
"DeleteOnTermination": true,
"DeviceIndex": 0,
"SubnetId": "subnet-049df61146c4d7901"
}
],
"Placement": {
"AvailabilityZone": "us-east-2b",
"Tenancy": "default"
},
"Monitoring": {
"Enabled": false
}
},
"LaunchedAvailabilityZone": "us-east-2b",
"ProductDescription": "Linux/UNIX",
"SpotInstanceRequestId": "sir-08b93456",
"SpotPrice": "0.010000"
"State": "active",
"Status": {
"Code": "fulfilled",
"Message": "Your Spot request is fulfilled.",
"UpdateTime": "2018-04-30T18:16:21.000Z"
},
"Tags": [],
"Type": "one-time",
"InstanceInterruptionBehavior": "terminate"
}
]
}
**Example 2: To describe Spot Instance requests based on filters**
The following ``describe-spot-instance-requests`` example uses filters to scope the results to Spot Instance requests with the specified instance type in the specified Availability Zone. The example uses the ``--query`` parameter to display only the instance IDs. ::
aws ec2 describe-spot-instance-requests \
--filters Name=launch.instance-type,Values=m3.medium Name=launched-availability-zone,Values=us-east-2a \
--query "SpotInstanceRequests[*].[InstanceId]" \
--output text
Output::
i-057750d42936e468a
i-001efd250faaa6ffa
i-027552a73f021f3bd
...
For additional examples using filters, see `Listing and filtering your resources <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/Using_Filtering.html#Filtering_Resources_CLI>`__ in the *Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide*.
**Example 3: To describe Spot Instance requests based on tags**
The following ``describe-spot-instance-requests`` example uses tag filters to scope the results to Spot Instance requests that have the tag ``cost-center=cc123``. ::
aws ec2 describe-spot-instance-requests \
--filters Name=tag:cost-center,Values=cc123
For an example of the output for ``describe-spot-instance-requests``, see Example 1.
For additional examples using tag filters, see `Working with tags <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/Using_Tags.html#Using_Tags_CLI>`__ in the *Amazon EC2 User Guide*.