describe-network-interfaces¶

Description¶

Describes one or more of your network interfaces.

Synopsis¶

  describe-network-interfaces
[--filters <value>]
[--dry-run | --no-dry-run]
[--network-interface-ids <value>]
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--starting-token <value>]
[--page-size <value>]
[--max-items <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]

Options¶

--filters (list)

One or more filters.

addresses.private-ip-address - The private IPv4 addresses associated with the network interface.

addresses.primary - Whether the private IPv4 address is the primary IP address associated with the network interface.

addresses.association.public-ip - The association ID returned when the network interface was associated with the Elastic IP address (IPv4).

addresses.association.owner-id - The owner ID of the addresses associated with the network interface.

association.association-id - The association ID returned when the network interface was associated with an IPv4 address.

association.allocation-id - The allocation ID returned when you allocated the Elastic IP address (IPv4) for your network interface.

association.ip-owner-id - The owner of the Elastic IP address (IPv4) associated with the network interface.

association.public-ip - The address of the Elastic IP address (IPv4) bound to the network interface.

association.public-dns-name - The public DNS name for the network interface (IPv4).

attachment.attachment-id - The ID of the interface attachment.

attachment.attach-time - The time that the network interface was attached to an instance.

attachment.delete-on-termination - Indicates whether the attachment is deleted when an instance is terminated.

attachment.device-index - The device index to which the network interface is attached.

attachment.instance-id - The ID of the instance to which the network interface is attached.

attachment.instance-owner-id - The owner ID of the instance to which the network interface is attached.

attachment.status - The status of the attachment (attaching | attached | detaching | detached ).

availability-zone - The Availability Zone of the network interface.

description - The description of the network interface.

group-id - The ID of a security group associated with the network interface.

group-name - The name of a security group associated with the network interface.

ipv6-addresses.ipv6-address - An IPv6 address associated with the network interface.

interface-type - The type of network interface (api_gateway_managed | aws_codestar_connections_managed | branch | efa | gateway_load_balancer | gateway_load_balancer_endpoint | global_accelerator_managed | interface | iot_rules_managed | lambda | load_balancer | nat_gateway | network_load_balancer | quicksight | transit_gateway | trunk | vpc_endpoint ).

mac-address - The MAC address of the network interface.

network-interface-id - The ID of the network interface.

owner-id - The Amazon Web Services account ID of the network interface owner.

private-ip-address - The private IPv4 address or addresses of the network interface.

private-dns-name - The private DNS name of the network interface (IPv4).

requester-id - The alias or Amazon Web Services account ID of the principal or service that created the network interface.

requester-managed - Indicates whether the network interface is being managed by an Amazon Web Service (for example, Amazon Web Services Management Console, Auto Scaling, and so on).

source-dest-check - Indicates whether the network interface performs source/destination checking. A value of true means checking is enabled, and false means checking is disabled. The value must be false for the network interface to perform network address translation (NAT) in your VPC.

status - The status of the network interface. If the network interface is not attached to an instance, the status is available ; if a network interface is attached to an instance the status is in-use .

subnet-id - The ID of the subnet for the network interface.

tag :<key> - The key/value combination of a tag assigned to the resource. Use the tag key in the filter name and the tag value as the filter value. For example, to find all resources that have a tag with the key Owner and the value TeamA , specify tag:Owner for the filter name and TeamA for the filter value.

tag-key - The key of a tag assigned to the resource. Use this filter to find all resources assigned a tag with a specific key, regardless of the tag value.

vpc-id - The ID of the VPC for the network interface.

(structure)

A filter name and value pair that is used to return a more specific list of results from a describe operation. Filters can be used to match a set of resources by specific criteria, such as tags, attributes, or IDs.

If you specify multiple filters, the filters are joined with an AND , and the request returns only results that match all of the specified filters.

Name -> (string)

The name of the filter. Filter names are case-sensitive.

Values -> (list)

The filter values. Filter values are case-sensitive. If you specify multiple values for a filter, the values are joined with an OR , and the request returns all results that match any of the specified values.

(string)

Shorthand Syntax:

Name=string,Values=string,string ...

JSON Syntax:

[
  {
    "Name": "string",
    "Values": ["string", ...]
  }
  ...
]

--dry-run | --no-dry-run (boolean)

Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation . Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation .

--network-interface-ids (list)

One or more network interface IDs.

Default: Describes all your network interfaces.

(string)

Syntax:

"string" "string" ...

--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml.

--starting-token (string)

A token to specify where to start paginating. This is the NextToken from a previously truncated response.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--page-size (integer)

The size of each page to get in the AWS service call. This does not affect the number of items returned in the command’s output. Setting a smaller page size results in more calls to the AWS service, retrieving fewer items in each call. This can help prevent the AWS service calls from timing out.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--max-items (integer)

The total number of items to return in the command’s output. If the total number of items available is more than the value specified, a NextToken is provided in the command’s output. To resume pagination, provide the NextToken value in the starting-token argument of a subsequent command. Do not use the NextToken response element directly outside of the AWS CLI.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. Similarly, if provided yaml-input it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command. The generated JSON skeleton is not stable between versions of the AWS CLI and there are no backwards compatibility guarantees in the JSON skeleton generated.

See ‘aws help’ for descriptions of global parameters.

Examples¶

Note

To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.

Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal’s quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .

To describe your network interfaces

This example describes all your network interfaces.

Command:

aws ec2 describe-network-interfaces

Output:

{
  "NetworkInterfaces": [
      {
          "Status": "in-use",
          "MacAddress": "02:2f:8f:b0:cf:75",
          "SourceDestCheck": true,
          "VpcId": "vpc-a01106c2",
          "Description": "my network interface",
          "Association": {
              "PublicIp": "203.0.113.12",
              "AssociationId": "eipassoc-0fbb766a",
              "PublicDnsName": "ec2-203-0-113-12.compute-1.amazonaws.com",
              "IpOwnerId": "123456789012"
          },
          "NetworkInterfaceId": "eni-e5aa89a3",
          "PrivateIpAddresses": [
              {
                  "PrivateDnsName": "ip-10-0-1-17.ec2.internal",
                  "Association": {
                      "PublicIp": "203.0.113.12",
                      "AssociationId": "eipassoc-0fbb766a",
                      "PublicDnsName": "ec2-203-0-113-12.compute-1.amazonaws.com",
                      "IpOwnerId": "123456789012"
                  },
                  "Primary": true,
                  "PrivateIpAddress": "10.0.1.17"
              }
          ],
          "RequesterManaged": false,
          "Ipv6Addresses": [],
          "PrivateDnsName": "ip-10-0-1-17.ec2.internal",
          "AvailabilityZone": "us-east-1d",
          "Attachment": {
              "Status": "attached",
              "DeviceIndex": 1,
              "AttachTime": "2013-11-30T23:36:42.000Z",
              "InstanceId": "i-1234567890abcdef0",
              "DeleteOnTermination": false,
              "AttachmentId": "eni-attach-66c4350a",
              "InstanceOwnerId": "123456789012"
          },
          "Groups": [
              {
                  "GroupName": "default",
                  "GroupId": "sg-8637d3e3"
              }
          ],
          "SubnetId": "subnet-b61f49f0",
          "OwnerId": "123456789012",
          "TagSet": [],
          "PrivateIpAddress": "10.0.1.17"
      },
      {
          "Status": "in-use",
          "MacAddress": "02:58:f5:ef:4b:06",
          "SourceDestCheck": true,
          "VpcId": "vpc-a01106c2",
          "Description": "Primary network interface",
          "Association": {
              "PublicIp": "198.51.100.0",
              "IpOwnerId": "amazon"
          },
          "NetworkInterfaceId": "eni-f9ba99bf",
          "PrivateIpAddresses": [
              {
                  "Association": {
                      "PublicIp": "198.51.100.0",
                      "IpOwnerId": "amazon"
                  },
                  "Primary": true,
                  "PrivateIpAddress": "10.0.1.149"
              }
          ],
          "RequesterManaged": false,
          "Ipv6Addresses": [],
          "AvailabilityZone": "us-east-1d",
          "Attachment": {
              "Status": "attached",
              "DeviceIndex": 0,
              "AttachTime": "2013-11-30T23:35:33.000Z",
              "InstanceId": "i-0598c7d356eba48d7",
              "DeleteOnTermination": true,
              "AttachmentId": "eni-attach-1b9db777",
              "InstanceOwnerId": "123456789012"
          },
          "Groups": [
              {
                  "GroupName": "default",
                  "GroupId": "sg-8637d3e3"
              }
          ],
          "SubnetId": "subnet-b61f49f0",
          "OwnerId": "123456789012",
          "TagSet": [],
          "PrivateIpAddress": "10.0.1.149"
      }
  ]
}

This example describes network interfaces that have a tag with the key Purpose and the value Prod.

Command:

aws ec2 describe-network-interfaces --filters Name=tag:Purpose,Values=Prod

Output:

{
  "NetworkInterfaces": [
      {
          "Status": "available",
          "MacAddress": "12:2c:bd:f9:bf:17",
          "SourceDestCheck": true,
          "VpcId": "vpc-8941ebec",
          "Description": "ProdENI",
          "NetworkInterfaceId": "eni-b9a5ac93",
          "PrivateIpAddresses": [
              {
                  "PrivateDnsName": "ip-10-0-1-55.ec2.internal",
                  "Primary": true,
                  "PrivateIpAddress": "10.0.1.55"
              },
              {
                  "PrivateDnsName": "ip-10-0-1-117.ec2.internal",
                  "Primary": false,
                  "PrivateIpAddress": "10.0.1.117"
              }
          ],
          "RequesterManaged": false,
          "PrivateDnsName": "ip-10-0-1-55.ec2.internal",
          "AvailabilityZone": "us-east-1d",
          "Ipv6Addresses": [],
          "Groups": [
              {
                  "GroupName": "MySG",
                  "GroupId": "sg-905002f5"
              }
          ],
          "SubnetId": "subnet-31d6c219",
          "OwnerId": "123456789012",
          "TagSet": [
              {
                  "Value": "Prod",
                  "Key": "Purpose"
              }
          ],
          "PrivateIpAddress": "10.0.1.55"
      }
  ]
}

Output¶

NetworkInterfaces -> (list)

Information about one or more network interfaces.

(structure)

Describes a network interface.

Association -> (structure)

The association information for an Elastic IP address (IPv4) associated with the network interface.

AllocationId -> (string)

The allocation ID.

AssociationId -> (string)

The association ID.

IpOwnerId -> (string)

The ID of the Elastic IP address owner.

PublicDnsName -> (string)

The public DNS name.

PublicIp -> (string)

The address of the Elastic IP address bound to the network interface.

CustomerOwnedIp -> (string)

The customer-owned IP address associated with the network interface.

CarrierIp -> (string)

The carrier IP address associated with the network interface.

This option is only available when the network interface is in a subnet which is associated with a Wavelength Zone.

Attachment -> (structure)

The network interface attachment.

AttachTime -> (timestamp)

The timestamp indicating when the attachment initiated.

AttachmentId -> (string)

The ID of the network interface attachment.

DeleteOnTermination -> (boolean)

Indicates whether the network interface is deleted when the instance is terminated.

DeviceIndex -> (integer)

The device index of the network interface attachment on the instance.

NetworkCardIndex -> (integer)

The index of the network card.

InstanceId -> (string)

The ID of the instance.

InstanceOwnerId -> (string)

The Amazon Web Services account ID of the owner of the instance.

Status -> (string)

The attachment state.

AvailabilityZone -> (string)

The Availability Zone.

Description -> (string)

A description.

Groups -> (list)

Any security groups for the network interface.

(structure)

Describes a security group.

GroupName -> (string)

The name of the security group.

GroupId -> (string)

The ID of the security group.

InterfaceType -> (string)

The type of network interface.

Ipv6Addresses -> (list)

The IPv6 addresses associated with the network interface.

(structure)

Describes an IPv6 address associated with a network interface.

Ipv6Address -> (string)

The IPv6 address.

MacAddress -> (string)

The MAC address.

NetworkInterfaceId -> (string)

The ID of the network interface.

OutpostArn -> (string)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Outpost.

OwnerId -> (string)

The Amazon Web Services account ID of the owner of the network interface.

PrivateDnsName -> (string)

The private DNS name.

PrivateIpAddress -> (string)

The IPv4 address of the network interface within the subnet.

PrivateIpAddresses -> (list)

The private IPv4 addresses associated with the network interface.

(structure)

Describes the private IPv4 address of a network interface.

Association -> (structure)

The association information for an Elastic IP address (IPv4) associated with the network interface.

AllocationId -> (string)

The allocation ID.

AssociationId -> (string)

The association ID.

IpOwnerId -> (string)

The ID of the Elastic IP address owner.

PublicDnsName -> (string)

The public DNS name.

PublicIp -> (string)

The address of the Elastic IP address bound to the network interface.

CustomerOwnedIp -> (string)

The customer-owned IP address associated with the network interface.

CarrierIp -> (string)

The carrier IP address associated with the network interface.

This option is only available when the network interface is in a subnet which is associated with a Wavelength Zone.

Primary -> (boolean)

Indicates whether this IPv4 address is the primary private IPv4 address of the network interface.

PrivateDnsName -> (string)

The private DNS name.

PrivateIpAddress -> (string)

The private IPv4 address.

Ipv4Prefixes -> (list)

The IPv4 prefixes that are assigned to the network interface.

(structure)

Describes an IPv4 prefix.

Ipv4Prefix -> (string)

The IPv4 prefix. For information, see Assigning prefixes to Amazon EC2 network interfaces in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide .

Ipv6Prefixes -> (list)

The IPv6 prefixes that are assigned to the network interface.

(structure)

Describes the IPv6 prefix.

Ipv6Prefix -> (string)

The IPv6 prefix.

RequesterId -> (string)

The alias or Amazon Web Services account ID of the principal or service that created the network interface.

RequesterManaged -> (boolean)

Indicates whether the network interface is being managed by Amazon Web Services.

SourceDestCheck -> (boolean)

Indicates whether source/destination checking is enabled.

Status -> (string)

The status of the network interface.

SubnetId -> (string)

The ID of the subnet.

TagSet -> (list)

Any tags assigned to the network interface.

(structure)

Describes a tag.

Key -> (string)

The key of the tag.

Constraints: Tag keys are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 127 Unicode characters. May not begin with aws: .

Value -> (string)

The value of the tag.

Constraints: Tag values are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 256 Unicode characters.

VpcId -> (string)

The ID of the VPC.

DenyAllIgwTraffic -> (boolean)

Indicates whether a network interface with an IPv6 address is unreachable from the public internet. If the value is true , inbound traffic from the internet is dropped and you cannot assign an elastic IP address to the network interface. The network interface is reachable from peered VPCs and resources connected through a transit gateway, including on-premises networks.

Ipv6Native -> (boolean)

Indicates whether this is an IPv6 only network interface.

Ipv6Address -> (string)

The IPv6 globally unique address associated with the network interface.

NextToken -> (string)

The token to use to retrieve the next page of results. This value is null when there are no more results to return.

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