describe-layers
Description
Requests a description of one or more layers in a specified stack.
Note
Required Permissions : To use this action, an IAM user must have a Show, Deploy, or Manage permissions level for the stack, or an attached policy that explicitly grants permissions. For more information about user permissions, see Managing User Permissions .
See also: AWS API Documentation
Synopsis
describe-layers
[--stack-id <value>]
[--layer-ids <value>]
[--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
--stack-id (string)
--layer-ids (list)
An array of layer IDs that specify the layers to be described. If you omit this parameter, DescribeLayers returns a description of every layer in the specified stack.
(string)
Syntax:
"string" "string" ...
--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 describe a stack’s layers
The following describe-layers command 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.
Output
Layers -> (list)
An array of Layer objects that describe the layers.
(structure)
Describes a layer.
Arn -> (string)
StackId -> (string)
LayerId -> (string)
Type -> (string)
Name -> (string)
Shortname -> (string)
Attributes -> (map)
The layer attributes.
For the HaproxyStatsPassword , MysqlRootPassword , and GangliaPassword attributes, OpsWorks Stacks returns *****FILTERED***** instead of the actual value
For an ECS Cluster layer, OpsWorks Stacks the EcsClusterArn attribute is set to the cluster’s ARN.
key -> (string)
value -> (string)
CloudWatchLogsConfiguration -> (structure)
The Amazon CloudWatch Logs configuration settings for the layer.
Enabled -> (boolean)
LogStreams -> (list)
A list of configuration options for CloudWatch Logs.
(structure)
Describes the CloudWatch Logs configuration for a layer. For detailed information about members of this data type, see the CloudWatch Logs Agent Reference .
LogGroupName -> (string)
DatetimeFormat -> (string)
TimeZone -> (string)
File -> (string)
Specifies log files that you want to push to CloudWatch Logs.
File can point to a specific file or multiple files (by using wild card characters such as /var/log/system.log* ). Only the latest file is pushed to CloudWatch Logs, based on file modification time. We recommend that you use wild card characters to specify a series of files of the same type, such as access_log.2014-06-01-01 , access_log.2014-06-01-02 , and so on by using a pattern like access_log.* . Don’t use a wildcard to match multiple file types, such as access_log_80 and access_log_443 . To specify multiple, different file types, add another log stream entry to the configuration file, so that each log file type is stored in a different log group.Zipped files are not supported.
FileFingerprintLines -> (string)
MultiLineStartPattern -> (string)
InitialPosition -> (string)
Encoding -> (string)
utf_8 . Encodings supported by Python codecs.decode() can be used here.BufferDuration -> (integer)
BatchCount -> (integer)
BatchSize -> (integer)
CustomInstanceProfileArn -> (string)
CustomJson -> (string)
CustomSecurityGroupIds -> (list)
An array containing the layer’s custom security group IDs.
(string)
DefaultSecurityGroupNames -> (list)
An array containing the layer’s security group names.
(string)
Packages -> (list)
An array of Package objects that describe the layer’s packages.
(string)
VolumeConfigurations -> (list)
A VolumeConfigurations object that describes the layer’s Amazon EBS volumes.
(structure)
Describes an Amazon EBS volume configuration.
MountPoint -> (string)
RaidLevel -> (integer)
NumberOfDisks -> (integer)
Size -> (integer)
VolumeType -> (string)
The volume type. For more information, see Amazon EBS Volume Types .
-
standard- Magnetic. Magnetic volumes must have a minimum size of 1 GiB and a maximum size of 1024 GiB. -
io1- Provisioned IOPS (SSD). PIOPS volumes must have a minimum size of 4 GiB and a maximum size of 16384 GiB. -
gp2- General Purpose (SSD). General purpose volumes must have a minimum size of 1 GiB and a maximum size of 16384 GiB. -
st1- Throughput Optimized hard disk drive (HDD). Throughput optimized HDD volumes must have a minimum size of 125 GiB and a maximum size of 16384 GiB. -
sc1- Cold HDD. Cold HDD volumes must have a minimum size of 125 GiB and a maximum size of 16384 GiB.
Iops -> (integer)
Encrypted -> (boolean)
EnableAutoHealing -> (boolean)
AutoAssignElasticIps -> (boolean)
AutoAssignPublicIps -> (boolean)
DefaultRecipes -> (structure)
OpsWorks Stacks supports five lifecycle events: setup , configuration , deploy , undeploy , and shutdown . For each layer, OpsWorks Stacks runs a set of standard recipes for each event. You can also provide custom recipes for any or all layers and events. OpsWorks Stacks runs custom event recipes after the standard recipes. LayerCustomRecipes specifies the custom recipes for a particular layer to be run in response to each of the five events.
To specify a recipe, use the cookbook’s directory name in the repository followed by two colons and the recipe name, which is the recipe’s file name without the .rb extension. For example: phpapp2::dbsetup specifies the dbsetup.rb recipe in the repository’s phpapp2 folder.
Setup -> (list)
An array of custom recipe names to be run following a setup event.
(string)
Configure -> (list)
An array of custom recipe names to be run following a configure event.
(string)
Deploy -> (list)
An array of custom recipe names to be run following a deploy event.
(string)
Undeploy -> (list)
An array of custom recipe names to be run following a undeploy event.
(string)
Shutdown -> (list)
An array of custom recipe names to be run following a shutdown event.
(string)
CustomRecipes -> (structure)
A LayerCustomRecipes object that specifies the layer’s custom recipes.
Setup -> (list)
An array of custom recipe names to be run following a setup event.
(string)
Configure -> (list)
An array of custom recipe names to be run following a configure event.
(string)
Deploy -> (list)
An array of custom recipe names to be run following a deploy event.
(string)
Undeploy -> (list)
An array of custom recipe names to be run following a undeploy event.
(string)
Shutdown -> (list)
An array of custom recipe names to be run following a shutdown event.
(string)
CreatedAt -> (string)
InstallUpdatesOnBoot -> (boolean)
Whether to install operating system and package updates when the instance boots. The default value is true . If this value is set to false , you must then update your instances manually by using CreateDeployment to run the update_dependencies stack command or manually running yum (Amazon Linux) or apt-get (Ubuntu) on the instances.
Note
We strongly recommend using the default value oftrue , to ensure that your instances have the latest security updates.UseEbsOptimizedInstances -> (boolean)
LifecycleEventConfiguration -> (structure)
A LifeCycleEventConfiguration object that specifies the Shutdown event configuration.
Shutdown -> (structure)
A ShutdownEventConfiguration object that specifies the Shutdown event configuration.
ExecutionTimeout -> (integer)
DelayUntilElbConnectionsDrained -> (boolean)
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