**To get information about an instance profile** The following ``get-instance-profile`` command gets information about the instance profile named ``ExampleInstanceProfile``:: aws iam get-instance-profile --instance-profile-name ExampleInstanceProfile Output:: { "InstanceProfile": { "InstanceProfileId": "AID2MAB8DPLSRHEXAMPLE", "Roles": [ { "AssumeRolePolicyDocument": "", "RoleId": "AIDGPMS9RO4H3FEXAMPLE", "CreateDate": "2013-01-09T06:33:26Z", "RoleName": "Test-Role", "Path": "/", "Arn": "arn:aws:iam::336924118301:role/Test-Role" } ], "CreateDate": "2013-06-12T23:52:02Z", "InstanceProfileName": "ExampleInstanceProfile", "Path": "/", "Arn": "arn:aws:iam::336924118301:instance-profile/ExampleInstanceProfile" } } For more information, see `Instance Profiles`_ in the *Using IAM* guide. .. _`Instance Profiles`: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/instance-profiles.html