**To describe stacks** The following ``describe-stacks`` command describes an account's stacks. :: aws opsworks --region us-east-1 describe-stacks *Output*:: { "Stacks": [ { "ServiceRoleArn": "arn:aws:iam::444455556666:role/aws-opsworks-service-role", "StackId": "aeb7523e-7c8b-49d4-b866-03aae9d4fbcb", "DefaultRootDeviceType": "instance-store", "Name": "TomStack-sd", "ConfigurationManager": { "Version": "11.4", "Name": "Chef" }, "UseCustomCookbooks": true, "CustomJson": "{\n \"tomcat\": {\n \"base_version\": 7,\n \"java_opts\": \"-Djava.awt.headless=true -Xmx256m\"\n },\n \"datasources\": {\n \"ROOT\": \"jdbc/mydb\"\n }\n}", "Region": "us-east-1", "DefaultInstanceProfileArn": "arn:aws:iam::444455556666:instance-profile/aws-opsworks-ec2-role", "CustomCookbooksSource": { "Url": "git://github.com/example-repo/tomcustom.git", "Type": "git" }, "DefaultAvailabilityZone": "us-east-1a", "HostnameTheme": "Layer_Dependent", "Attributes": { "Color": "rgb(45, 114, 184)" }, "DefaultOs": "Amazon Linux", "CreatedAt": "2013-08-01T22:53:42+00:00" }, { "ServiceRoleArn": "arn:aws:iam::444455556666:role/aws-opsworks-service-role", "StackId": "40738975-da59-4c5b-9789-3e422f2cf099", "DefaultRootDeviceType": "instance-store", "Name": "MyStack", "ConfigurationManager": { "Version": "11.4", "Name": "Chef" }, "UseCustomCookbooks": false, "Region": "us-east-1", "DefaultInstanceProfileArn": "arn:aws:iam::444455556666:instance-profile/aws-opsworks-ec2-role", "CustomCookbooksSource": {}, "DefaultAvailabilityZone": "us-east-1a", "HostnameTheme": "Layer_Dependent", "Attributes": { "Color": "rgb(45, 114, 184)" }, "DefaultOs": "Amazon Linux", "CreatedAt": "2013-10-25T19:24:30+00:00" } ] } **More Information** For more information, see `Stacks`_ in the *AWS OpsWorks User Guide*. .. _`Stacks`: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/opsworks/latest/userguide/workingstacks.html