# `pcluster status`
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Pulls the current status of the cluster.

```
pcluster status [ -h ] [ -c {{CONFIG_FILE}} ] [ -r {{REGION}} ] [ -nw ] {{cluster_name}}
```

## Positional arguments
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**cluster\_name**  
Shows the status of the cluster with the provided name.

## Named arguments
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**-h, --help**  
Shows the help text for `pcluster status`.

**-c {{CONFIG\_FILE}}, `--config` {{CONFIG\_FILE}}**  
Specifies the alternative configuration file to use.  
Defaults to `~/.parallelcluster/config`.

**-r {{REGION}}, --region {{REGION}}**  
Specifies the AWS Region to use. Defaults to the AWS Region specified by using the [`pcluster configure`](pcluster.configure.md) command.

**-nw, --nowait**  
Indicates not to wait for stack events after processing a stack command.  
Defaults to `False`.

**Example using AWS ParallelCluster version 2.11.7:**

```
$ pcluster status -c {{path/to/config}} -r {{us-east-1}} {{mycluster}}
Status: ComputeFleetHITSubstack - CREATE_IN_PROGRESS
```