ec2-allocate-address
Description
Acquires an elastic IP address for use with your account.
Syntax
ec2-allocate-address
Options
This command does not have any options.
Output
The command returns a table that contains the following information:
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Output type identifier ("ADDRESS")
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Elastic IP address for use with your account
Amazon EC2 displays errors on stderr.
Examples
Example Request
This example returns an elastic IP address for use with the account.
PROMPT>ec2-allocate-addressADDRESS 67.202.55.255