Show details of an EC2 instance

Prints the full description of the instance as JSON, including its state, type, IP addresses and tags.

aws ec2 describe-instances --instance-ids instance_id

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aws
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Cloud & IaC
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Adapted from tldr-pages (common/aws-ec2.md), licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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