Overview

This Python package allows you to list all availability zones configured for a given AWS account. It is part of our larger AWS Toolkit.

Installation

To install the package, use:

pip install wolfsoftware.list-availability-zones

Usage

To list all availability zones for your AWS account, use the following command:

usage: list-availability-zones [-h] [-V] [-p PROFILE] [-t THREADS]

List all availability zones configured for an account.

Flags:
  -h, --help            Show this help message and exit
  -V, --version         Show program's version number and exit.

Optional arguments:
  -p PROFILE, --profile PROFILE
                        AWS profile name from ~/.aws/credentials (default: None)
  -t THREADS, --threads THREADS
                        The number of threads to use (default: 8)

Requirements

You will need a valid set of AWS credentials to run this command. These credentials should be configured in your ~/.aws/credentials file.

Example Output

Below is an example of the output you can expect from running this command:

+----------------+---------------------------+--------------------+-------+
|  Region Name   |          Location         | Availability Zones | Count |
+----------------+---------------------------+--------------------+-------+
|   af-south-1   |     Africa (Cape Town)    |                    |       |
|   ap-east-1    |  Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) |                    |       |
| ap-northeast-1 |    Asia Pacific (Tokyo)   |      a, c, d       |   3   |
| ap-northeast-2 |    Asia Pacific (Seoul)   |     a, b, c, d     |   4   |
|   ap-south-1   |   Asia Pacific (Mumbai)   |      a, b, c       |   3   |
| ap-southeast-1 |  Asia Pacific (Singapore) |      a, b, c       |   3   |
| ap-southeast-2 |   Asia Pacific (Sydney)   |      a, b, c       |   3   |
|  ca-central-1  |      Canada (Central)     |      a, b, d       |   3   |
|  eu-central-1  |     Europe (Frankfurt)    |      a, b, c       |   3   |
|   eu-north-1   |     Europe (Stockholm)    |      a, b, c       |   3   |
|   eu-south-1   |       Europe (Milan)      |                    |       |
|   eu-west-1    |      Europe (Ireland)     |      a, b, c       |   3   |
|   eu-west-2    |      Europe (London)      |      a, b, c       |   3   |
|   eu-west-3    |       Europe (Paris)      |      a, b, c       |   3   |
|   me-south-1   |   Middle East (Bahrain)   |                    |       |
|   sa-east-1    | South America (Sao Paulo) |      a, b, c       |   3   |
|   us-east-1    |  US East (North Virginia) |  a, b, c, d, e, f  |   6   |
|   us-east-2    |       US East (Ohio)      |      a, b, c       |   3   |
|   us-west-1    |   US West (California)    |        a, c        |   2   |
|   us-west-2    |      US West (Oregon)     |     a, b, c, d     |   4   |
+----------------+---------------------------+--------------------+-------+

Note: If a cell is empty, it means you are not opted into that region and therefore the information cannot be queried.

Additional Information

For more tools and utilities, check out our AWS Toolkit.