To retrieve the current status of the thing index

The following describe-index example retrieves the current status of the thing index.

aws iot describe-index \
    --index-name "AWS_Things"

Output:

{
    "indexName": "AWS_Things",
    "indexStatus": "ACTIVE",
    "schema": "REGISTRY_AND_SHADOW_AND_CONNECTIVITY_STATUS"
}

For more information, see Managing Thing Indexing in the AWS IoT Developer Guide.