describe-job
Description
Describes a job.
Requires permission to access the DescribeJob action.
See also: AWS API Documentation
Synopsis
describe-job
--job-id <value>
[--before-substitution | --no-before-substitution]
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]
[--cli-binary-format <value>]
[--no-cli-pager]
[--cli-auto-prompt]
[--no-cli-auto-prompt]
Options
--job-id (string)
--before-substitution | --no-before-substitution (boolean)
--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml.
--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. Similarly, if provided yaml-input it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command. The generated JSON skeleton is not stable between versions of the AWS CLI and there are no backwards compatibility guarantees in the JSON skeleton generated.
Global Options
--debug (boolean)
Turn on debug logging.
--endpoint-url (string)
Override command’s default URL with the given URL.
--no-verify-ssl (boolean)
By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.
--no-paginate (boolean)
Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.
--output (string)
The formatting style for command output.
- json
- text
- table
- yaml
- yaml-stream
--query (string)
A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.
--profile (string)
Use a specific profile from your credential file.
--region (string)
The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.
--version (string)
Display the version of this tool.
--color (string)
Turn on/off color output.
- on
- off
- auto
--no-sign-request (boolean)
Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.
--ca-bundle (string)
The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.
--cli-read-timeout (int)
The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.
--cli-connect-timeout (int)
The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.
--cli-binary-format (string)
The formatting style to be used for binary blobs. The default format is base64. The base64 format expects binary blobs to be provided as a base64 encoded string. The raw-in-base64-out format preserves compatibility with AWS CLI V1 behavior and binary values must be passed literally. When providing contents from a file that map to a binary blob fileb:// will always be treated as binary and use the file contents directly regardless of the cli-binary-format setting. When using file:// the file contents will need to properly formatted for the configured cli-binary-format.
- base64
- raw-in-base64-out
--no-cli-pager (boolean)
Disable cli pager for output.
--cli-auto-prompt (boolean)
Automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.
--no-cli-auto-prompt (boolean)
Disable automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.
Examples
Note
To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.
Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal’s quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .
To get detailed status for a job
The following describe-job example gets detailed status for the job whose ID is example-job-01.
aws iot describe-job \
--job-id "example-job-01"
Output:
{
"job": {
"jobArn": "arn:aws:iot:us-west-2:123456789012:job/example-job-01",
"jobId": "example-job-01",
"targetSelection": "SNAPSHOT",
"status": "IN_PROGRESS",
"targets": [
"arn:aws:iot:us-west-2:123456789012:thing/MyRaspberryPi"
],
"description": "example job test",
"presignedUrlConfig": {},
"jobExecutionsRolloutConfig": {},
"createdAt": 1560787022.733,
"lastUpdatedAt": 1560787026.294,
"jobProcessDetails": {
"numberOfCanceledThings": 0,
"numberOfSucceededThings": 0,
"numberOfFailedThings": 0,
"numberOfRejectedThings": 0,
"numberOfQueuedThings": 1,
"numberOfInProgressThings": 0,
"numberOfRemovedThings": 0,
"numberOfTimedOutThings": 0
},
"timeoutConfig": {}
}
}
For more information, see Creating and Managing Jobs (CLI) in the AWS IoT Developer Guide.
Output
documentSource -> (string)
job -> (structure)
Information about the job.
jobArn -> (string)
jobId -> (string)
targetSelection -> (string)
Specifies whether the job will continue to run (CONTINUOUS), or will be complete after all those things specified as targets have completed the job (SNAPSHOT). If continuous, the job may also be run on a thing when a change is detected in a target. For example, a job will run on a device when the thing representing the device is added to a target group, even after the job was completed by all things originally in the group.
Note
We recommend that you use continuous jobs instead of snapshot jobs for dynamic thing group targets. By using continuous jobs, devices that join the group receive the job execution even after the job has been created.status -> (string)
IN_PROGRESS , CANCELED , DELETION_IN_PROGRESS or COMPLETED .forceCanceled -> (boolean)
true if the job was canceled with the optional force parameter set to true .reasonCode -> (string)
comment -> (string)
targets -> (list)
A list of IoT things and thing groups to which the job should be sent.
(string)
description -> (string)
presignedUrlConfig -> (structure)
Configuration for pre-signed S3 URLs.
roleArn -> (string)
The ARN of an IAM role that grants permission to download files from the S3 bucket where the job data/updates are stored. The role must also grant permission for IoT to download the files.
Warning
For information about addressing the confused deputy problem, see cross-service confused deputy prevention in the Amazon Web Services IoT Core developer guide .expiresInSec -> (long)
jobExecutionsRolloutConfig -> (structure)
Allows you to create a staged rollout of a job.
maximumPerMinute -> (integer)
exponentialRate -> (structure)
The rate of increase for a job rollout. This parameter allows you to define an exponential rate for a job rollout.
baseRatePerMinute -> (integer)
incrementFactor -> (double)
The exponential factor to increase the rate of rollout for a job.
Amazon Web Services IoT Core supports up to one digit after the decimal (for example, 1.5, but not 1.55).
rateIncreaseCriteria -> (structure)
The criteria to initiate the increase in rate of rollout for a job.
numberOfNotifiedThings -> (integer)
numberOfSucceededThings -> (integer)
abortConfig -> (structure)
Configuration for criteria to abort the job.
criteriaList -> (list)
The list of criteria that determine when and how to abort the job.
(structure)
The criteria that determine when and how a job abort takes place.
failureType -> (string)
action -> (string)
thresholdPercentage -> (double)
The minimum percentage of job execution failures that must occur to initiate the job abort.
Amazon Web Services IoT Core supports up to two digits after the decimal (for example, 10.9 and 10.99, but not 10.999).
minNumberOfExecutedThings -> (integer)
createdAt -> (timestamp)
lastUpdatedAt -> (timestamp)
completedAt -> (timestamp)
jobProcessDetails -> (structure)
Details about the job process.
processingTargets -> (list)
The target devices to which the job execution is being rolled out. This value will be null after the job execution has finished rolling out to all the target devices.
(string)
numberOfCanceledThings -> (integer)
numberOfSucceededThings -> (integer)
numberOfFailedThings -> (integer)
numberOfRejectedThings -> (integer)
numberOfQueuedThings -> (integer)
numberOfInProgressThings -> (integer)
numberOfRemovedThings -> (integer)
numberOfTimedOutThings -> (integer)
TIMED_OUT .timeoutConfig -> (structure)
Specifies the amount of time each device has to finish its execution of the job. A timer is started when the job execution status is set to IN_PROGRESS . If the job execution status is not set to another terminal state before the timer expires, it will be automatically set to TIMED_OUT .
inProgressTimeoutInMinutes -> (long)
TIMED_OUT status.namespaceId -> (string)
The namespace used to indicate that a job is a customer-managed job.
When you specify a value for this parameter, Amazon Web Services IoT Core sends jobs notifications to MQTT topics that contain the value in the following format.
$aws/things/*THING_NAME* /jobs/*JOB_ID* /notify-namespace-*NAMESPACE_ID* /Note
ThenamespaceId feature is only supported by IoT Greengrass at this time. For more information, see Setting up IoT Greengrass core devices.jobTemplateArn -> (string)
jobExecutionsRetryConfig -> (structure)
The configuration for the criteria to retry the job.
criteriaList -> (list)
The list of criteria that determines how many retries are allowed for each failure type for a job.
(structure)
The criteria that determines how many retries are allowed for each failure type for a job.
failureType -> (string)
numberOfRetries -> (integer)
documentParameters -> (map)
A key-value map that pairs the patterns that need to be replaced in a managed template job document schema. You can use the description of each key as a guidance to specify the inputs during runtime when creating a job.
Note
documentParameters can only be used when creating jobs from Amazon Web Services managed templates. This parameter can’t be used with custom job templates or to create jobs from them.key -> (string)
value -> (string)
isConcurrent -> (boolean)
schedulingConfig -> (structure)
The configuration that allows you to schedule a job for a future date and time in addition to specifying the end behavior for each job execution.
startTime -> (string)
The time a job will begin rollout of the job document to all devices in the target group for a job. The startTime can be scheduled up to a year in advance and must be scheduled a minimum of thirty minutes from the current time. The date and time format for the startTime is YYYY-MM-DD for the date and HH:MM for the time.
For more information on the syntax for startTime when using an API command or the Command Line Interface, see Timestamp .
endTime -> (string)
The time a job will stop rollout of the job document to all devices in the target group for a job. The endTime must take place no later than two years from the current time and be scheduled a minimum of thirty minutes from the current time. The minimum duration between startTime and endTime is thirty minutes. The maximum duration between startTime and endTime is two years. The date and time format for the endTime is YYYY-MM-DD for the date and HH:MM for the time.
For more information on the syntax for endTime when using an API command or the Command Line Interface, see Timestamp .
endBehavior -> (string)
endTime . If endTime is not selected when creating the job, then endBehavior does not apply.maintenanceWindows -> (list)
An optional configuration within the SchedulingConfig to setup a recurring maintenance window with a predetermined start time and duration for the rollout of a job document to all devices in a target group for a job.
(structure)
An optional configuration within the SchedulingConfig to setup a recurring maintenance window with a predetermined start time and duration for the rollout of a job document to all devices in a target group for a job.
startTime -> (string)
durationInMinutes -> (integer)
scheduledJobRollouts -> (list)
Displays the next seven maintenance window occurrences and their start times.
(structure)
Displays the next seven maintenance window occurrences and their start times.
startTime -> (string)
destinationPackageVersions -> (list)
The package version Amazon Resource Names (ARNs) that are installed on the device when the job successfully completes. The package version must be in either the Published or Deprecated state when the job deploys. For more information, see Package version lifecycle .The package version must be in either the Published or Deprecated state when the job deploys. For more information, see Package version lifecycle .
(string)
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