DescribeCluster
Note
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Returns information about a specific cluster including shipping information, cluster status, and other important metadata.
Request Syntax
{
"ClusterId": "string
"
}
Request Parameters
For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.
The request accepts the following data in JSON format.
- ClusterId
-
The automatically generated ID for a cluster.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Fixed length of 39.
Pattern:
CID[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}
Required: Yes
Response Syntax
{
"ClusterMetadata": {
"AddressId": "string",
"ClusterId": "string",
"ClusterState": "string",
"CreationDate": number,
"Description": "string",
"ForwardingAddressId": "string",
"JobType": "string",
"KmsKeyARN": "string",
"Notification": {
"DevicePickupSnsTopicARN": "string",
"JobStatesToNotify": [ "string" ],
"NotifyAll": boolean,
"SnsTopicARN": "string"
},
"OnDeviceServiceConfiguration": {
"EKSOnDeviceService": {
"EKSAnywhereVersion": "string",
"KubernetesVersion": "string"
},
"NFSOnDeviceService": {
"StorageLimit": number,
"StorageUnit": "string"
},
"S3OnDeviceService": {
"FaultTolerance": number,
"ServiceSize": number,
"StorageLimit": number,
"StorageUnit": "string"
},
"TGWOnDeviceService": {
"StorageLimit": number,
"StorageUnit": "string"
}
},
"Resources": {
"Ec2AmiResources": [
{
"AmiId": "string",
"SnowballAmiId": "string"
}
],
"LambdaResources": [
{
"EventTriggers": [
{
"EventResourceARN": "string"
}
],
"LambdaArn": "string"
}
],
"S3Resources": [
{
"BucketArn": "string",
"KeyRange": {
"BeginMarker": "string",
"EndMarker": "string"
},
"TargetOnDeviceServices": [
{
"ServiceName": "string",
"TransferOption": "string"
}
]
}
]
},
"RoleARN": "string",
"ShippingOption": "string",
"SnowballType": "string",
"TaxDocuments": {
"IND": {
"GSTIN": "string"
}
}
}
}
Response Elements
If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.
The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.
- ClusterMetadata
-
Information about a specific cluster, including shipping information, cluster status, and other important metadata.
Type: ClusterMetadata object
Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.
- InvalidResourceException
-
The specified resource can't be found. Check the information you provided in your last request, and try again.
- ResourceType
-
The provided resource value is invalid.
HTTP Status Code: 400
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: