If you’re running a business on Amazon Web Services (AWS), then you know that instances are an important part of your infrastructure.
It’s crucial to be able to identify your instances easily, so that you can manage them effectively.
In this blog post, we will discuss three different ways to check your EC2 instance type.
We’ll also provide instructions for how to do it!
What is EC2 instance type in AWS?
AWS EC2 instance type refers to the compute capacity of your server. AWS offers a variety of instance types, each with different compute power, memory capacities.
You can use this information to choose the right instance type for your needs.
EC2 instances come in a range of sizes, referred to as instance types, to suit various use cases.
Instance types differ wildly in the amount of resources allocated to them and, correspondingly, their pricing.
Procedure to Check AWS EC2 Instance type
- Log into EC2 instance with SSH
- Type curl http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-type and press Enter. This will show you the instance type of your EC2 instance.
- The output will be in the format of “instance-type: <instance type>”.
- You can also check the instance type from the AWS console by going to EC2 -> Instances -> Instance Type.
Check AWS EC2 Instance type with curl command
The best way to get the AWS EC2 instance type is from the instance metadata.
If you’re logged into your EC instance, then you can get it with the curl command.
Run the following command:
curl 169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-type
The instance type will be returned in the output.
The curl command is a Linux/Unix command line tool that can be used to transfer data between a server and a client.
It can be used to download files, or to send data to a server.
To use the curl command, simply run the following command, followed by the URL of the file or server that you want to connect to:
curl https://www.google.com
This will send a request to Google’s server, and return the HTML of the Google home page.
You can also use curl to send data to a server. To do this, you need to use the -d flag, followed by the data that you want to send. For example:
curl -d "name=John&age=20" localhost:8080/process
This will send the data “name=John&age=20” to the server at localhost:8080, which is assumed to be running a program that can process this data.
The curl command is a very powerful tool, and can be used for many different purposes.
For more information on how to use it, consult the curl documentation.
Check EC2 Instance type Using the AWS CLI
The “aws ec2 describe-instances” command can be used to get the instance type for EC2 in AWS.
Install and configure the AWS CLI on your machine.
Run the following command:
aws ec2 describe-instances --filters Name=private-ip-address,Values=10.1.0.235 --region us-west-2|grep -i InstanceType
If you prefer to use command-line tools, then you can check your EC instance type using the AWS CLI. The instance type will be returned in the output.
This command can be used to get the following information:
- The instance ID
- The instance type
- The public IP address
- The launch time
- The termination time
- The state of the instance
The following are two helpful commands for managing AWS instances:
- aws ec2 describe-instances –instance-ids : Shows the instance with specified instance id
- aws ec2 terminate-instances –instance-ids : Terminates the specified instance
Check EC2 Instance type from the AWS Console
Another way to check your EC instance type is from the AWS console. To do this, simply follow these steps:
Login to your AWS account and go to the EC dashboard.
Select the “Instances” option from the left-hand menu. Find the instance that you want to check in the list of instances.
The instance type will be displayed in the “instance type” column.
That’s it! These are three different ways that you can check your EC instance type.
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