**To describe your VPCs** This example describes your VPCs. Command:: aws ec2 describe-vpcs Output:: { "Vpcs": [ { "VpcId": "vpc-a01106c2", "InstanceTenancy": "default", "Tags": [ { "Value": "MyVPC", "Key": "Name" } ], "CidrBlockAssociations": [ { "AssociationId": "vpc-cidr-assoc-dbd28eb3", "CidrBlock": "10.0.0.0/16", "CidrBlockState": { "State": "associated" } } ], "State": "available", "DhcpOptionsId": "dopt-7a8b9c2d", "CidrBlock": "10.0.0.0/16", "IsDefault": false }, { "VpcId": "vpc-b61106d4", "InstanceTenancy": "dedicated", "CidrBlockAssociations": [ { "AssociationId": "vpc-cidr-assoc-6e42b505", "CidrBlock": "10.50.0.0/16", "CidrBlockState": { "State": "associated" } } ], "State": "available", "DhcpOptionsId": "dopt-97eb5efa", "CidrBlock": "10.50.0.0/16", "IsDefault": false }, { "VpcId": "vpc-a45db1c0", "InstanceTenancy": "default", "CidrBlockAssociations": [ { "AssociationId": "vpc-cidr-assoc-42d6132b", "CidrBlock": "198.168.0.0/24", "CidrBlockState": { "State": "associated" } } ], "Ipv6CidrBlockAssociationSet": [ { "Ipv6CidrBlock": "2001:db8:1234:8800::/56", "AssociationId": "vpc-cidr-assoc-e5a5408c", "Ipv6CidrBlockState": { "State": "associated" } } ], "State": "available", "DhcpOptionsId": "dopt-dbedadb2", "CidrBlock": "198.168.0.0/24", "IsDefault": false } ] } **To describe a specific VPC** This example describes the specified VPC. Command:: aws ec2 describe-vpcs --vpc-ids vpc-a01106c2 Output:: { "Vpcs": [ { "VpcId": "vpc-a01106c2", "InstanceTenancy": "default", "Tags": [ { "Value": "MyVPC", "Key": "Name" } ], "CidrBlockAssociations": [ { "AssociationId": "vpc-cidr-assoc-a26a41ca", "CidrBlock": "10.0.0.0/16", "CidrBlockState": { "State": "associated" } } ], "State": "available", "DhcpOptionsId": "dopt-7a8b9c2d", "CidrBlock": "10.0.0.0/16", "IsDefault": false } ] }