**To describe apps** The following ``describe-apps`` command describes the apps in a specified stack. :: aws opsworks --region us-east-1 describe-apps --stack-id 38ee91e2-abdc-4208-a107-0b7168b3cc7a *Output*: This particular stack has one app. :: { "Apps": [ { "StackId": "38ee91e2-abdc-4208-a107-0b7168b3cc7a", "AppSource": { "Url": "https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/opsworks-tomcat/simplejsp.zip", "Type": "archive" }, "Name": "SimpleJSP", "EnableSsl": false, "SslConfiguration": {}, "AppId": "da1decc1-0dff-43ea-ad7c-bb667cd87c8b", "Attributes": { "RailsEnv": null, "AutoBundleOnDeploy": "true", "DocumentRoot": "ROOT" }, "Shortname": "simplejsp", "Type": "other", "CreatedAt": "2013-08-01T21:46:54+00:00" } ] } **More Information** For more information, see Apps_ in the *AWS OpsWorks User Guide*. .. _Apps: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/opsworks/latest/userguide/workingapps.html