AWS ec2 documentation change

Service: ec2 · 2025-06-28 · Documentation low

File: ec2/latest/devguide/example_ec2_DescribeVolumes_section.md

Summary

Added PowerShell V5 examples for Get-EC2Volume cmdlet including volume filtering by status and full volume listing

Security assessment

The changes demonstrate volume querying operations but do not contain security-related content or address vulnerabilities. The encrypted property is shown in output but not discussed as a security feature.

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diff --git a/ec2/latest/devguide/example_ec2_DescribeVolumes_section.md b/ec2/latest/devguide/example_ec2_DescribeVolumes_section.md
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+**Tools for PowerShell V5**
+    
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+**Example 1: This example describes the specified EBS volume.**
+    
+    
+    Get-EC2Volume -VolumeId vol-12345678
+    
+
+**Output:**
+    
+    
+    Attachments      : {}
+    AvailabilityZone : us-west-2c
+    CreateTime       : 7/17/2015 4:35:19 PM
+    Encrypted        : False
+    Iops             : 90
+    KmsKeyId         :
+    Size             : 30
+    SnapshotId       : snap-12345678
+    State            : in-use
+    Tags             : {}
+    VolumeId         : vol-12345678
+    VolumeType       : standard
+
+**Example 2: This example describes your EBS volumes that have the status 'available'.**
+    
+    
+    Get-EC2Volume -Filter @{ Name="status"; Values="available" }
+    
+
+**Output:**
+    
+    
+    Attachments      : {}
+    AvailabilityZone : us-west-2c
+    CreateTime       : 12/21/2015 2:31:29 PM
+    Encrypted        : False
+    Iops             : 60
+    KmsKeyId         :
+    Size             : 20
+    SnapshotId       : snap-12345678
+    State            : available
+    Tags             : {}
+    VolumeId         : vol-12345678
+    VolumeType       : gp2
+    ...
+
+**Example 3: This example describes all your EBS volumes.**
+    
+    
+    Get-EC2Volume
+    
+
+  * For API details, see [DescribeVolumes](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/v5/reference) in _AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V5)_.