Describes the history events of a specified instance. You can query the system events history within the last week.

Request parameters

Name Type Required Description
Action String Yes The name of this interface. Value: DescribeInstanceHistoryEvents.
RegionId String Yes ID of the region where the instance is located. For more information, call DescribeRegions to obtain the latest region list.
InstanceId String No Instance ID. If you do not specify an instance ID, you will obtain event information for all instances in the specified region.
EventId.N String No One or more event ID. Value range of N: [1, 100], the IDs must be displayed in the similar format of EventId. 1="e-xhskHun1256xxxx", EventId. 2="e-xhskHun1257xxxx" ...
InstanceEventCycleStatus.N String No Lifecycle status of one or more events. Value range of N: [1, 100], the status must be displayed in the similar format of  InstanceEventCycleStatus. 1="Scheduled", InstanceEventCycleStatus. 2="Canceled"... Optional values:
  • Scheduled: The event is waiting for processing.
  • Avoided: You have fixed the event before it is complete.
  • Executing: The event is in processing.
  • Executed: Event progress is complete.
  • Canceled: The event is canceled.
  • Failed: Event progress failed.
EventCycleStatus String No Lifecycle status of an event. EventCycleStatus is effective only when the InstanceEventCycleStatus.N is not specified. Optional values:
  • Scheduled
  • Avoided
  • Executing
  • Executed
  • Canceled
  • Failed
InstanceEventType.N String No One or more instance event types. Value range of N: [1, 30], the events must be displayed in the similar format of  InstanceEventType. 1="Reboot", InstanceEventType. 2="SystemFailure.Reboot"... Optional values:
  • SystemMaintenance.Reboot: Reboot due to system maintenance instance.
  • SystemFailure.Reboot: Restart due to system error instance.
  • InstanceFailure.Reboot: Restart due to instance error.
  • InstanceExpiration.Stop: Subscription instances stop due to expiration.
  • InstanceExpiration.Delete: Subscription instances are released after several days of expiration.
  • AccountUnbalanced.Stop: Pay-As-You-Go instances stop due to expiration.
  • AccountUnbalanced.Delete: Pay-As-You-Go instances are released after several days of expiration.
EventType String No Instance event type. EventType is effective only when the  InstanceEventType.N is not specified. Optional values:
  • SystemMaintenance.Reboot: Reboot due to system maintenance instance.
  • SystemFailure.Reboot: Restart due to system error instance.
  • InstanceFailure.Reboot: Restart due to instance error.
  • InstanceExpiration.Stop: Subscription instances stop due to expiration.
  • InstanceExpiration.Delete: Subscription instances are released after several days of expiration.
  • AccountUnbalanced.Stop: Pay-As-You-Go instances stop due to expiration.
  • AccountUnbalanced.Delete: Pay-As-You-Go instances are released after several days of expiration.
NotBefore.Start String No Queries the start time of the scheduled event execution time. The time format follows the ISO8601 standard, and the UTC time is used. The format is YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ.
NotBefore.End String No Queries the end time of the scheduled event execution time. The time format follows the ISO8601 standard, and the UTC time is used. The format is YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ.
EventPublishTime.Start String No Queries the start time of the event release time. The time format follows the ISO8601 standard, and the UTC time is used. The format is YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ.
EventPublishTime.End String No The end time of the query event release time. The time format follows the ISO8601 standard, and the UTC time is used. The format is YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ.
PageNumber Integer No Page number of the query result. The value must be a positive integer.

Default value: 1.
PageSize Integer No Page size of the query result. Value range: [1, 100].

Default value: 10.

Response parameters

Name Type Description
TotalCount Integer Total number of the status of the instance.
PageNumber Integer Page number of the instance list.
PageSize Integer Number of entries per page set during input.
InstanceSystemEventSet Array of InstanceSystemEventType Array of the history events of the instance.
InstanceSystemEventType
Name Type Description
InstanceId String Instance ID.
EventId String Event ID.
EventType.Code Integer Event type code.
EventType.Name String Event type name.
EventCycleStatus.Code Integer Event status code.
EventCycleStatus.Name String Event status name.
EventPublishTime String Event release time. The time format follows the ISO8601 standard, and the UTC time is used. The format is YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ.
NotBefore String Scheduled time of event execution. The time format follows the ISO8601 standard, and the UTC time is used. The format is YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ.
EventFinishTime String Event execution time. The time format follows the ISO8601 standard, and the UTC time is used. The format is YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ.

Examples

Request examples 
https://ecs.aliyuncs.com/?Action=DescribeInstanceHistoryEvents
&RegionId=cn-hangzhou
&InstanceId=i-2ze3tphuqvc93cixxxx3
&<Common Request Parameters>
Success response example

XML format

<DescribeInstanceHistoryEventsResponse>
    <InstanceSystemEventSet>
        <InstanceSystemEventType>
            <InstanceId>i-2ze3tphuqvc93cixxxx3</InstanceId>
            <EventId>e-2ze9yxxxxwtqcvai68rl</EventId>
            <EventType>
                <Code>1</Code>
                <Name>SystemMaintenance.Reboot</Name>
            </EventType>
            <EventCycleStatus>
                <Code>0</Code>
                <Name>Executed</Name>
            </EventCycleStatus>
            <EventPublishTime>2017-11-30T06:32:31Z</EventPublishTime>
            <NotBefore>2017-12-01T06:32:31Z</NotBefore>
            <EventFinishTime>2017-12-01T06:35:31Z</EventFinishTime>
        </InstanceSystemEventType>
        <InstanceSystemEventType>
            <InstanceId>i-2ze3tphuqvc93cixxxx3</InstanceId>
            <EventId>e-2ze9yxxxxwtqcvai68r3</EventId>
            <EventType>
                <Code>34</Code>
                <Name>InstanceExpiration.Stop</Name>
            </EventType>
            <EventCycleStatus>
                <Code>8</Code>
                <Name>Avoided</Name>
            </EventCycleStatus>
            <EventPublishTime>2017-11-29T06:32:31Z</EventPublishTime>
            <NotBefore>2017-12-06T00:00:00Z</NotBefore>
            <EventFinishTime>2017-12-05T12:35:31Z</EventFinishTime>
        </InstanceSystemEventType>
    </InstanceSystemEventSet>
    <PageSize>10</PageSize>
    <PageNumber>1</PageNumber>
    <TotalCount>2</TotalCount>
    <RequestId>02EA76D3-5A2A-44EB-XXXX-8901881D8707</RequestId>
</DescribeInstanceHistoryEventsResponse>
JSON format 
{
  "InstanceSystemEventSet": {
    "InstanceSystemEventType": [
      {
        "InstanceId": "i-2ze3tphuqvc93cixxxx3",
        "EventId": "e-2ze9yxxxxwtqcvai68rl",
        "EventType": {
          "Code": 1,
          "Name": "SystemMaintenance.Reboot"
        },
        "EventCycleStatus": {
          "Code": 0,
          "Name": "Executed"
        },
        "EventPublishTime": "2017-11-30T06:32:31Z",
        "NotBefore": "2017-12-01T06:32:31Z",
        "EventFinishTime": "2017-12-01T06:35:31Z"
      },
      {
        "InstanceId": "i-2ze3tphuqvc93cixxxx3",
        "EventId": "e-2ze9yxxxxwtqcvai68r3",
        "EventType": {
          "Code": 34,
          "Name": "InstanceExpiration.Stop"
        },
        "EventCycleStatus": {
          "Code": 8,
          "Name": "Avoided"
        },
        "EventPublishTime": "2017-11-29T06:32:31Z",
        "NotBefore": "2017-12-06T00:00:00Z",
        "EventFinishTime": "2017-12-05T12:35:31Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "PageSize": 10,
  "PageNumber": 1,
  "TotalCount": 2,
  "RequestId": "02EA76D3-5A2A-44EB-XXXX-8901881D8707"
}
Error response example

XML format

<Error>
    <RequestId>C38E0D94-C18B-44F3-8C05-6E35BE334087</RequestId>
    <HostId>ecs.aliyuncs.com</HostId>
    <Code> invalidparameter</code>
    <Message>The Parameter "EventCycleStatus" provided is not valid.</Message>
</Error>
JSON format 
{
    "RequestId": "1A8B4B27-8B2D-XXXX-XXXX-0F64DBE4C212",
    "HostId": "ecs.aliyuncs.com"
    "Code": "InvalidParameter"
    "Message": "The Parameter "EventCycleStatus" provided is not valid."
}

Error codes

All are common error codes. For more information, see API Error Center.

Error code Error message HTTP status code Meaning
InvalidParameter The Parameter provided is not valid. 403 The specified parameter is invalid.
EventIdLimitExceeded The amount of EventId specified exceeds limit 100. 403 The number of EventId cannot exceed 100.
MissingParameter The input parameter that is mandatory for processing this request is not supplied. 403 You must specify the required parameter.
InternalError The request processing has failed due to some unknown error, exception or failure. 500 Internal error. Please try again later.