**To describe apps**

The following ``describe-apps`` command describes the apps in a specified stack. ::

    aws opsworks describe-apps \
        --stack-id 38ee91e2-abdc-4208-a107-0b7168b3cc7a \
        --region us-east-1 

Output:: 

    {
        "Apps": [
            {
                "StackId": "38ee91e2-abdc-4208-a107-0b7168b3cc7a",
                "AppSource": {
                "Url": "https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/opsworks-demo-assets/simplejsp.zip",
                "Type": "archive"
            },
                "Name": "SimpleJSP",
                "EnableSsl": false,
                "SslConfiguration": {},
                "AppId": "da1decc1-0dff-43ea-ad7c-bb667cd87c8b",
                "Attributes": {
                "RailsEnv": null,
                "AutoBundleOnDeploy": "true",
                "DocumentRoot": "ROOT"
            },
                "Shortname": "simplejsp",
                "Type": "other",
                "CreatedAt": "2013-08-01T21:46:54+00:00"
            }
        ]
    }

For more information, see Apps_ in the *AWS OpsWorks User Guide*.

.. _Apps: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/opsworks/latest/userguide/workingapps.html