**Example 1: To describe a volume** The following ``describe-volumes`` example describes the specified volumes in the current Region. :: aws ec2 describe-volumes \ --volume-ids vol-049df61146c4d7901 vol-1234567890abcdef0 Output:: { "Volumes": [ { "AvailabilityZone": "us-east-1a", "Attachments": [ { "AttachTime": "2013-12-18T22:35:00.000Z", "InstanceId": "i-1234567890abcdef0", "VolumeId": "vol-049df61146c4d7901", "State": "attached", "DeleteOnTermination": true, "Device": "/dev/sda1" } ], "Encrypted": true, "KmsKeyId": "arn:aws:kms:us-east-2a:123456789012:key/8c5b2c63-b9bc-45a3-a87a-5513eEXAMPLE, "VolumeType": "gp2", "VolumeId": "vol-049df61146c4d7901", "State": "in-use", "Iops": 100, "SnapshotId": "snap-1234567890abcdef0", "CreateTime": "2019-12-18T22:35:00.084Z", "Size": 8 }, { "AvailabilityZone": "us-east-1a", "Attachments": [], "Encrypted": false, "VolumeType": "gp2", "VolumeId": "vol-1234567890abcdef0", "State": "available", "Iops": 300, "SnapshotId": "", "CreateTime": "2020-02-27T00:02:41.791Z", "Size": 100 } ] } **Example 2: To describe volumes that are attached to a specific instance** The following ``describe-volumes`` example describes all volumes that are both attached to the specified instance and set to delete when the instance terminates. :: aws ec2 describe-volumes \ --region us-east-1 \ --filters Name=attachment.instance-id,Values=i-1234567890abcdef0 Name=attachment.delete-on-termination,Values=true For an example of the output for ``describe-volumes``, see Example 1. **Example 3: To describe available volumes in a specific Availability Zone** The following ``describe-volumes`` example describes all volumes that have a status of ``available`` and are in the specified Availability Zone. :: aws ec2 describe-volumes \ --filters Name=status,Values=available Name=availability-zone,Values=us-east-1a For an example of the output for ``describe-volumes``, see Example 1. **Example 4: To describe volumes based on tags** The following ``describe-volumes`` example describes all volumes that have the tag key ``Name`` and a value that begins with ``Test``. The output is then filtered with a query that displays only the tags and IDs of the volumes. :: aws ec2 describe-volumes \ --filters Name=tag:Name,Values=Test* \ --query "Volumes[*].{ID:VolumeId,Tag:Tags}" Output:: [ { "Tag": [ { "Value": "Test2", "Key": "Name" } ], "ID": "vol-1234567890abcdef0" }, { "Tag": [ { "Value": "Test1", "Key": "Name" } ], "ID": "vol-049df61146c4d7901" } ] 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*.