[SOLVED] AWS CLI: Retrieve list of running EC2 instance types

Issue

I am trying a quick way to list/output all instances type running in my environment. Nothing else just a list of those InstanceType.

I can easily get them on the console but it's a bit time consuming.

Thanks in advance!

Solution

AWS CLI -

aws ec2 describe-instances --region eu-west-1 --query 'Reservations[*].Instances[*].InstanceType' --output text | sort | uniq

In AWS web console - You can also use AWS Config -> Advanced queries -> Query editor as shown below. Output can be exported as json or csv. Also have aws cli for this.

Answered By - amitd