**To describe your load balancers**

This example describes all of your load balancers.

Command::

  aws elb describe-load-balancers

**To describe one of your load balancers**

This example describes the specified load balancer. 

Command::

  aws elb describe-load-balancers --load-balancer-name my-load-balancer

The following example response is for an HTTPS load balancer in a VPC.

Output::

  {
    "LoadBalancerDescriptions": [
      {
        "Subnets": [
            "subnet-15aaab61"
        ],
        "CanonicalHostedZoneNameID": "Z3DZXE0EXAMPLE",
        "CanonicalHostedZoneName": "my-load-balancer-1234567890.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com",
        "ListenerDescriptions": [
            {
                "Listener": {
                    "InstancePort": 80,
                    "LoadBalancerPort": 80,
                    "Protocol": "HTTP",
                    "InstanceProtocol": "HTTP"
                },
                "PolicyNames": []
            },
            {
                "Listener": {
                    "InstancePort": 443,
                    "SSLCertificateId": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:server-certificate/my-server-cert",
                    "LoadBalancerPort": 443,
                    "Protocol": "HTTPS",
                    "InstanceProtocol": "HTTPS"
                },
                "PolicyNames": [
                    "ELBSecurityPolicy-2015-03"
                ]
            }
        ],
        "HealthCheck": {
            "HealthyThreshold": 2,
            "Interval": 30,
            "Target": "HTTP:80/png",
            "Timeout": 3,
            "UnhealthyThreshold": 2
        },
        "VPCId": "vpc-a01106c2",
        "BackendServerDescriptions": [
            {
                "InstancePort": 80,
                "PolicyNames": [
                    "my-ProxyProtocol-policy"
                ]
            }
        ],
        "Instances": [
            {
                "InstanceId": "i-207d9717"
            },
            {
                "InstanceId": "i-afefb49b"
            }
        ],
        "DNSName": "my-load-balancer-1234567890.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com",
        "SecurityGroups": [
            "sg-a61988c3"
        ],
        "Policies": {
            "LBCookieStickinessPolicies": [
                {
                    "PolicyName": "my-duration-cookie-policy",
                    "CookieExpirationPeriod": 60
                }
            ],
            "AppCookieStickinessPolicies": [],
            "OtherPolicies": [
                "my-PublicKey-policy",
                "my-authentication-policy",
                "my-SSLNegotiation-policy",
                "my-ProxyProtocol-policy",
                "ELBSecurityPolicy-2015-03"
            ]
        },
        "LoadBalancerName": "my-load-balancer",
        "CreatedTime": "2015-03-19T03:24:02.650Z",
        "AvailabilityZones": [
            "us-west-2a"
        ],
        "Scheme": "internet-facing",
        "SourceSecurityGroup": {
            "OwnerAlias": "123456789012",
            "GroupName": "my-elb-sg"
        }
      }
    ]
  }