**To describe the status of an instance** This example describes the current status of the specified instance. Command:: aws ec2 describe-instance-status --instance-id i-1234567890abcdef0 Output:: { "InstanceStatuses": [ { "InstanceId": "i-1234567890abcdef0", "InstanceState": { "Code": 16, "Name": "running" }, "AvailabilityZone": "us-east-1d", "SystemStatus": { "Status": "ok", "Details": [ { "Status": "passed", "Name": "reachability" } ] }, "InstanceStatus": { "Status": "ok", "Details": [ { "Status": "passed", "Name": "reachability" } ] } } ] }