**To describe a specific AMI** This example describes the specified AMI. Command:: aws ec2 describe-images --image-ids ami-5731123e Output:: { "Images": [ { "VirtualizationType": "paravirtual", "Name": "My server", "Hypervisor": "xen", "ImageId": "ami-5731123e", "RootDeviceType": "ebs", "State": "available", "BlockDeviceMappings": [ { "DeviceName": "/dev/sda1", "Ebs": { "DeleteOnTermination": true, "SnapshotId": "snap-1234567890abcdef0", "VolumeSize": 8, "VolumeType": "standard" } } ], "Architecture": "x86_64", "ImageLocation": "123456789012/My server", "KernelId": "aki-88aa75e1", "OwnerId": "123456789012", "RootDeviceName": "/dev/sda1", "Public": false, "ImageType": "machine", "Description": "An AMI for my server" } ] } **To describe Windows AMIs from Amazon that are backed by Amazon EBS** This example describes Windows AMIs provided by Amazon that are backed by Amazon EBS. Command:: aws ec2 describe-images --owners amazon --filters "Name=platform,Values=windows" "Name=root-device-type,Values=ebs" **To describe tagged AMIs** This example describes all AMIs that have the tag ``Custom=Linux1``. The output is filtered to display only the AMI IDs. Command:: aws ec2 describe-images --filters "Name=tag:Custom,Values=Linux1" --query 'Images[*].{ID:ImageId}' Output:: [ { "ID": "ami-1a2b3c4d" }, { "ID": "ami-ab12cd34" } ]