**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": "<URL-encoded-JSON>",
                  "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
