# `pcluster status`
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Pulls the current status of the cluster.

```
pcluster status [ -h ] [ -c CONFIG_FILE ] [ -r REGION ] [ -nw ] cluster_name
```

## Positional arguments
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**cluster\$1name**  
Shows the status of the cluster with the provided name.

## Named arguments
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**-h, --help**  
Shows the help text for `pcluster status`.

**-c *CONFIG\$1FILE*, `--config` *CONFIG\$1FILE***  
Specifies the alternative configuration file to use.  
Defaults to `~/.parallelcluster/config`.

**-r *REGION*, --region *REGION***  
Specifies the AWS Region to use. Defaults to the AWS Region specified by using the [`pcluster configure`](pcluster.configure.md) command.

**-nw, --nowait**  
Indicates not to wait for stack events after processing a stack command.  
Defaults to `False`.

**Example using AWS ParallelCluster version 2.11.7:**

```
$ pcluster status -c path/to/config -r us-east-1 mycluster
Status: ComputeFleetHITSubstack - CREATE_IN_PROGRESS
```