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$ aws ec2 describe-instance-status --instance-ids i-0538dc72cc1baffdb --region us-east-1
{
    "InstanceStatuses": [
        {
            "InstanceId": "i-0538dc72cc1baffdb", 
            "InstanceState": {
                "Code": 16, 
                "Name": "running"
            }, 
            "AvailabilityZone": "us-east-1e", 
            "SystemStatus": {
                "Status": "initializing", 
                "Details": [
                    {
                        "Status": "initializing", 
                        "Name": "reachability"
                    }
                ]
            }, 
            "InstanceStatus": {
                "Status": "initializing", 
                "Details": [
                    {
                        "Status": "initializing", 
                        "Name": "reachability"
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    ]
}