Elep

**To describe your VPN connections**

This example describes your VPN connections.

Command::

aws ec2 describe-vpn-connections

Output::

{
        "VpnConnections": {
            "VpnConnectionId": "vpn-40f41529",
            "Tags": [
                  {
                      "Value": "MyBGPVPN", 
                      "Key": "Name"
                  }
              ],
            "CustomerGatewayConfiguration": "...configuration information...",
            "Routes": [],
            "State": "available",
            "VpnGatewayId": "vgw-9a4cacf3",
            "CustomerGatewayId": "cgw-0e11f167",
            "Type": "ipsec.1",
            "Options": {
                  "StaticRoutesOnly": false
              },
            "Category": "VPN",
            "VgwTelemetry": [
                {
                    "Status": "DOWN",
                    "AcceptedRouteCount": 0,
                    "OutsideIpAddress": "72.21.209.192",
                    "LastStatusChange": "2013-02-04T20:19:34.000Z",
                    "StatusMessage": "IPSEC IS DOWN"
                },
                {
                    "Status": "DOWN",
                    "AcceptedRouteCount": 0,
                    "OutsideIpAddress": "72.21.209.224",
                    "LastStatusChange": "2013-02-04T20:19:34.000Z",
                    "StatusMessage": "IPSEC IS DOWN"
                }
            ]
        }
    }
  
**To describe your available VPN connections**

This example describes your VPN connections with a state of ``available``.

Command::

aws ec2 describe-vpn-connections --filters "Name=state,Values=available"