1**Example 1: To describe all of your VPCs** 2 3The following ``describe-vpcs`` example retrieves details about your VPCs. :: 4 5 aws ec2 describe-vpcs 6 7Output:: 8 9 { 10 "Vpcs": [ 11 { 12 "CidrBlock": "30.1.0.0/16", 13 "DhcpOptionsId": "dopt-19edf471", 14 "State": "available", 15 "VpcId": "vpc-0e9801d129EXAMPLE", 16 "OwnerId": "111122223333", 17 "InstanceTenancy": "default", 18 "CidrBlockAssociationSet": [ 19 { 20 "AssociationId": "vpc-cidr-assoc-062c64cfafEXAMPLE", 21 "CidrBlock": "30.1.0.0/16", 22 "CidrBlockState": { 23 "State": "associated" 24 } 25 } 26 ], 27 "IsDefault": false, 28 "Tags": [ 29 { 30 "Key": "Name", 31 "Value": "Not Shared" 32 } 33 ] 34 }, 35 { 36 "CidrBlock": "10.0.0.0/16", 37 "DhcpOptionsId": "dopt-19edf471", 38 "State": "available", 39 "VpcId": "vpc-06e4ab6c6cEXAMPLE", 40 "OwnerId": "222222222222", 41 "InstanceTenancy": "default", 42 "CidrBlockAssociationSet": [ 43 { 44 "AssociationId": "vpc-cidr-assoc-00b17b4eddEXAMPLE", 45 "CidrBlock": "10.0.0.0/16", 46 "CidrBlockState": { 47 "State": "associated" 48 } 49 } 50 ], 51 "IsDefault": false, 52 "Tags": [ 53 { 54 "Key": "Name", 55 "Value": "Shared VPC" 56 } 57 ] 58 } 59 ] 60 } 61 62**Example 2: To describe a specified VPC** 63 64The following ``describe-vpcs`` example retrieves details for the specified VPC. :: 65 66 aws ec2 describe-vpcs \ 67 --vpc-ids vpc-06e4ab6c6cEXAMPLE 68 69Output:: 70 71 { 72 "Vpcs": [ 73 { 74 "CidrBlock": "10.0.0.0/16", 75 "DhcpOptionsId": "dopt-19edf471", 76 "State": "available", 77 "VpcId": "vpc-06e4ab6c6cEXAMPLE", 78 "OwnerId": "111122223333", 79 "InstanceTenancy": "default", 80 "CidrBlockAssociationSet": [ 81 { 82 "AssociationId": "vpc-cidr-assoc-00b17b4eddEXAMPLE", 83 "CidrBlock": "10.0.0.0/16", 84 "CidrBlockState": { 85 "State": "associated" 86 } 87 } 88 ], 89 "IsDefault": false, 90 "Tags": [ 91 { 92 "Key": "Name", 93 "Value": "Shared VPC" 94 } 95 ] 96 } 97 ] 98 } 99