I'm looking to retrieve information about my AWS EC2 instances and load balancers using the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI). What are the specific AWS CLI commands I can use to get this information? I want to collect details such as instance IDs, IP addresses, load balancer names, and configuration settings for both instances and load balancers.
I've tried aws ec2 describe-instances for instances and aws elbv2 describe-load-balancers for load balancers, but I'm not sure how to parse the output effectively. Can someone provide guidance on using these commands and how to filter the results to extract the information I need?
Any help or examples would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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Some useful resources:
aws-shell - An interactive shell which can help you learn the AWS CLI. Learning the AWS CLI will help you understand the APIs which are used by boto3.
Boto3 Documentation - Documentation for Boto3.