ec2-associate-address
From Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud: 2009-07-15
ec2-associate-address
Description
Associates an elastic IP address with an instance. If the IP address is currently assigned to another instance, the IP address is assigned to the new instance. This is an idempotent operation. If you enter it more than once, Amazon EC2 does not return an error.
Syntax
ec2-associate-address -i instance_id ip_address
Options
| Name | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
|
IP address that you are assigning to the instance. Type: String Default: None Example: 67.202.55.255 |
Yes |
|
The instance to associate with the IP address. Type: String Default: None Example: i-43a4412a |
Yes |
Output
The command returns a table that contains the following information:
-
Output type identifier ("ADDRESS")
-
Elastic IP address that you are assigning to the instance
-
Instance to which the IP address is assigned
Amazon EC2 displays errors on stderr.
Examples
Example Request
This example associates an IP address with an instance.
PROMPT>ec2-associate-address -i i-43a4412a 67.202.55.255ADDRESS 67.202.55.255 i-43a4412a