**To describe a stack's layers** The following ``describe-layers`` commmand describes the layers in a specified stack:: aws opsworks --region us-east-1 describe-layers --stack-id 38ee91e2-abdc-4208-a107-0b7168b3cc7a *Output*:: { "Layers": [ { "StackId": "38ee91e2-abdc-4208-a107-0b7168b3cc7a", "Type": "db-master", "DefaultSecurityGroupNames": [ "AWS-OpsWorks-DB-Master-Server" ], "Name": "MySQL", "Packages": [], "DefaultRecipes": { "Undeploy": [], "Setup": [ "opsworks_initial_setup", "ssh_host_keys", "ssh_users", "mysql::client", "dependencies", "ebs", "opsworks_ganglia::client", "mysql::server", "dependencies", "deploy::mysql" ], "Configure": [ "opsworks_ganglia::configure-client", "ssh_users", "agent_version", "deploy::mysql" ], "Shutdown": [ "opsworks_shutdown::default", "mysql::stop" ], "Deploy": [ "deploy::default", "deploy::mysql" ] }, "CustomRecipes": { "Undeploy": [], "Setup": [], "Configure": [], "Shutdown": [], "Deploy": [] }, "EnableAutoHealing": false, "LayerId": "41a20847-d594-4325-8447-171821916b73", "Attributes": { "MysqlRootPasswordUbiquitous": "true", "RubygemsVersion": null, "RailsStack": null, "HaproxyHealthCheckMethod": null, "RubyVersion": null, "BundlerVersion": null, "HaproxyStatsPassword": null, "PassengerVersion": null, "MemcachedMemory": null, "EnableHaproxyStats": null, "ManageBundler": null, "NodejsVersion": null, "HaproxyHealthCheckUrl": null, "MysqlRootPassword": "*****FILTERED*****", "GangliaPassword": null, "GangliaUser": null, "HaproxyStatsUrl": null, "GangliaUrl": null, "HaproxyStatsUser": null }, "Shortname": "db-master", "AutoAssignElasticIps": false, "CustomSecurityGroupIds": [], "CreatedAt": "2013-07-25T18:11:19+00:00", "VolumeConfigurations": [ { "MountPoint": "/vol/mysql", "Size": 10, "NumberOfDisks": 1 } ] }, { "StackId": "38ee91e2-abdc-4208-a107-0b7168b3cc7a", "Type": "custom", "DefaultSecurityGroupNames": [ "AWS-OpsWorks-Custom-Server" ], "Name": "TomCustom", "Packages": [], "DefaultRecipes": { "Undeploy": [], "Setup": [ "opsworks_initial_setup", "ssh_host_keys", "ssh_users", "mysql::client", "dependencies", "ebs", "opsworks_ganglia::client" ], "Configure": [ "opsworks_ganglia::configure-client", "ssh_users", "agent_version" ], "Shutdown": [ "opsworks_shutdown::default" ], "Deploy": [ "deploy::default" ] }, "CustomRecipes": { "Undeploy": [], "Setup": [ "tomcat::setup" ], "Configure": [ "tomcat::configure" ], "Shutdown": [], "Deploy": [ "tomcat::deploy" ] }, "EnableAutoHealing": true, "LayerId": "e6cbcd29-d223-40fc-8243-2eb213377440", "Attributes": { "MysqlRootPasswordUbiquitous": null, "RubygemsVersion": null, "RailsStack": null, "HaproxyHealthCheckMethod": null, "RubyVersion": null, "BundlerVersion": null, "HaproxyStatsPassword": null, "PassengerVersion": null, "MemcachedMemory": null, "EnableHaproxyStats": null, "ManageBundler": null, "NodejsVersion": null, "HaproxyHealthCheckUrl": null, "MysqlRootPassword": null, "GangliaPassword": null, "GangliaUser": null, "HaproxyStatsUrl": null, "GangliaUrl": null, "HaproxyStatsUser": null }, "Shortname": "tomcustom", "AutoAssignElasticIps": false, "CustomSecurityGroupIds": [], "CreatedAt": "2013-07-25T18:12:53+00:00", "VolumeConfigurations": [] } ] } **More Information** For more information, see Layers_ in the *AWS OpsWorks User Guide*. .. _Layers: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/opsworks/latest/userguide/workinglayers.html