def get_instance_health(name, region=None, key=None, keyid=None, profile=None, instances=None):
 conn = _get_conn(region=region, key=key, keyid=keyid, profile=profile)
 try:
  instance_states = conn.describe_instance_health(name, instances)
  ret = []
  for _instance in instance_states:
   ret.append({'instance_id': _instance.instance_id, 'description': _instance.description, 'state': _instance.state, 'reason_code': _instance.reason_code})
  return ret
 except boto.exception.BotoServerError as error:
  log.debug(error)
  return []

def get_instance_health ( name , region = None , key = None , keyid = None , profile = None , instances = None ) : conn = _get_conn ( region = region , key = key , keyid = keyid , profile = profile ) try : instance_states = conn . describe_instance_health ( name , instances ) ret = [ ] for _instance in instance_states : ret . append ( { 'instance_id' : _instance . instance_id , 'description' : _instance . description , 'state' : _instance . state , 'reason_code' : _instance . reason_code } ) return ret except boto . exception . BotoServerError as error : log . debug ( error ) return [ ]
get a list of instances and their health state cli example: .