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Use AllocateAddress with an Amazon SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use AllocateAddress.

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.NET
Amazon SDK for .NET
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

/// <summary> /// Allocate an Elastic IP address. /// </summary> /// <returns>The allocation Id of the allocated address.</returns> public async Task<string> AllocateAddress() { var request = new AllocateAddressRequest(); var response = await _amazonEC2.AllocateAddressAsync(request); return response.AllocationId; }
  • For API details, see AllocateAddress in Amazon SDK for .NET API Reference.

Bash
Amazon CLI with Bash script
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

############################################################################### # function ec2_allocate_address # # This function allocates an Elastic IP address for use with Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances in a specific AWS Region. # # Parameters: # -d domain - The domain for the Elastic IP address (either 'vpc' or 'standard'). # # Returns: # The allocated Elastic IP address, or an error message if the operation fails. # And: # 0 - If successful. # 1 - If it fails. # ############################################################################### function ec2_allocate_address() { local domain response # Function to display usage information function usage() { echo "function ec2_allocate_address" echo "Allocates an Elastic IP address for use with Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances in a specific AWS Region." echo " -d domain - The domain for the Elastic IP address (either 'vpc' or 'standard')." echo "" } # Parse the command-line arguments while getopts "d:h" option; do case "${option}" in d) domain="${OPTARG}" ;; h) usage return 0 ;; \?) echo "Invalid parameter" usage return 1 ;; esac done export OPTIND=1 # Validate the input parameters if [[ -z "$domain" ]]; then errecho "ERROR: You must provide a domain with the -d parameter (either 'vpc' or 'standard')." return 1 fi if [[ "$domain" != "vpc" && "$domain" != "standard" ]]; then errecho "ERROR: Invalid domain value. Must be either 'vpc' or 'standard'." return 1 fi # Allocate the Elastic IP address response=$(aws ec2 allocate-address \ --domain "$domain" \ --query "[PublicIp,AllocationId]" \ --output text) || { aws_cli_error_log ${?} errecho "ERROR: AWS reports allocate-address operation failed." errecho "$response" return 1 } echo "$response" return 0 }

The utility functions used in this example.

############################################################################### # function errecho # # This function outputs everything sent to it to STDERR (standard error output). ############################################################################### function errecho() { printf "%s\n" "$*" 1>&2 } ############################################################################## # function aws_cli_error_log() # # This function is used to log the error messages from the AWS CLI. # # The function expects the following argument: # $1 - The error code returned by the AWS CLI. # # Returns: # 0: - Success. # ############################################################################## function aws_cli_error_log() { local err_code=$1 errecho "Error code : $err_code" if [ "$err_code" == 1 ]; then errecho " One or more S3 transfers failed." elif [ "$err_code" == 2 ]; then errecho " Command line failed to parse." elif [ "$err_code" == 130 ]; then errecho " Process received SIGINT." elif [ "$err_code" == 252 ]; then errecho " Command syntax invalid." elif [ "$err_code" == 253 ]; then errecho " The system environment or configuration was invalid." elif [ "$err_code" == 254 ]; then errecho " The service returned an error." elif [ "$err_code" == 255 ]; then errecho " 255 is a catch-all error." fi return 0 }
C++
SDK for C++
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

Aws::EC2::EC2Client ec2Client(clientConfiguration); Aws::EC2::Model::AllocateAddressRequest request; request.SetDomain(Aws::EC2::Model::DomainType::vpc); const Aws::EC2::Model::AllocateAddressOutcome outcome = ec2Client.AllocateAddress(request); if (!outcome.IsSuccess()) { std::cerr << "Failed to allocate Elastic IP address:" << outcome.GetError().GetMessage() << std::endl; return false; } allocationId = outcome.GetResult().GetAllocationId();
  • For API details, see AllocateAddress in Amazon SDK for C++ API Reference.

CLI
Amazon CLI

Example 1: To allocate an Elastic IP address from Amazon's address pool

The following allocate-address example allocates an Elastic IP address. Amazon EC2 selects the address from Amazon's address pool.

aws ec2 allocate-address

Output:

{ "PublicIp": "70.224.234.241", "AllocationId": "eipalloc-01435ba59eEXAMPLE", "PublicIpv4Pool": "amazon", "NetworkBorderGroup": "us-west-2", "Domain": "vpc" }

For more information, see Elastic IP addresses in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Example 2: To allocate an Elastic IP address and associate it with a network border group

The following allocate-address example allocates an Elastic IP address and associates it with the specified network border group.

aws ec2 allocate-address \ --network-border-group us-west-2-lax-1

Output:

{ "PublicIp": "70.224.234.241", "AllocationId": "eipalloc-e03dd489ceEXAMPLE", "PublicIpv4Pool": "amazon", "NetworkBorderGroup": "us-west-2-lax-1", "Domain": "vpc" }

For more information, see Elastic IP addresses in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Example 3: To allocate an Elastic IP address from an address pool that you own

The following allocate-address example allocates an Elastic IP address from an address pool that you have brought to your Amazon Web Services account. Amazon EC2 selects the address from the address pool.

aws ec2 allocate-address \ --public-ipv4-pool ipv4pool-ec2-1234567890abcdef0

Output:

{ "AllocationId": "eipalloc-02463d08ceEXAMPLE", "NetworkBorderGroup": "us-west-2", "CustomerOwnedIp": "18.218.95.81", "CustomerOwnedIpv4Pool": "ipv4pool-ec2-1234567890abcdef0", "Domain": "vpc" "NetworkBorderGroup": "us-west-2", }

For more information, see Elastic IP addresses in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Java
SDK for Java 2.x
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

public static String allocateAddress(Ec2Client ec2) { try { AllocateAddressRequest allocateRequest = AllocateAddressRequest.builder() .domain(DomainType.VPC) .build(); AllocateAddressResponse allocateResponse = ec2.allocateAddress(allocateRequest); return allocateResponse.allocationId(); } catch (Ec2Exception e) { System.err.println(e.awsErrorDetails().errorMessage()); System.exit(1); } return ""; }
  • For API details, see AllocateAddress in Amazon SDK for Java 2.x API Reference.

JavaScript
SDK for JavaScript (v3)
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

import { AllocateAddressCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-ec2"; import { client } from "../libs/client.js"; export const main = async () => { const command = new AllocateAddressCommand({}); try { const { AllocationId, PublicIp } = await client.send(command); console.log("A new IP address has been allocated to your account:"); console.log(`ID: ${AllocationId} Public IP: ${PublicIp}`); console.log( "You can view your IP addresses in the AWS Management Console for Amazon EC2. Look under Network & Security > Elastic IPs", ); } catch (err) { console.error(err); } };
  • For API details, see AllocateAddress in Amazon SDK for JavaScript API Reference.

Kotlin
SDK for Kotlin
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

suspend fun getAllocateAddress(instanceIdVal: String?): String? { val allocateRequest = AllocateAddressRequest { domain = DomainType.Vpc } Ec2Client { region = "us-west-2" }.use { ec2 -> val allocateResponse = ec2.allocateAddress(allocateRequest) val allocationIdVal = allocateResponse.allocationId val request = AssociateAddressRequest { instanceId = instanceIdVal allocationId = allocationIdVal } val associateResponse = ec2.associateAddress(request) return associateResponse.associationId } }
  • For API details, see AllocateAddress in Amazon SDK for Kotlin API reference.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example allocates an Elastic IP address to use with an instance in a VPC.

New-EC2Address -Domain Vpc

Output:

AllocationId Domain PublicIp ------------ ------ -------- eipalloc-12345678 vpc 198.51.100.2

Example 2: This example allocates an Elastic IP address to use with an instance in EC2-Classic.

New-EC2Address

Output:

AllocationId Domain PublicIp ------------ ------ -------- standard 203.0.113.17
  • For API details, see AllocateAddress in Amazon Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.

Python
SDK for Python (Boto3)
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

class ElasticIpWrapper: """Encapsulates Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Elastic IP address actions.""" def __init__(self, ec2_resource, elastic_ip=None): """ :param ec2_resource: A Boto3 Amazon EC2 resource. This high-level resource is used to create additional high-level objects that wrap low-level Amazon EC2 service actions. :param elastic_ip: A Boto3 VpcAddress object. This is a high-level object that wraps Elastic IP actions. """ self.ec2_resource = ec2_resource self.elastic_ip = elastic_ip @classmethod def from_resource(cls): ec2_resource = boto3.resource("ec2") return cls(ec2_resource) def allocate(self): """ Allocates an Elastic IP address that can be associated with an Amazon EC2 instance. By using an Elastic IP address, you can keep the public IP address constant even when you restart the associated instance. :return: The newly created Elastic IP object. By default, the address is not associated with any instance. """ try: response = self.ec2_resource.meta.client.allocate_address(Domain="vpc") self.elastic_ip = self.ec2_resource.VpcAddress(response["AllocationId"]) except ClientError as err: logger.error( "Couldn't allocate Elastic IP. Here's why: %s: %s", err.response["Error"]["Code"], err.response["Error"]["Message"], ) raise else: return self.elastic_ip
  • For API details, see AllocateAddress in Amazon SDK for Python (Boto3) API Reference.

Ruby
SDK for Ruby
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

# Creates an Elastic IP address in Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC). # # @param ec2_client [Aws::EC2::Client] An initialized EC2 client. # @return [String] The allocation ID corresponding to the Elastic IP address. # @example # puts allocate_elastic_ip_address(Aws::EC2::Client.new(region: 'us-west-2')) def allocate_elastic_ip_address(ec2_client) response = ec2_client.allocate_address(domain: "vpc") return response.allocation_id rescue StandardError => e puts "Error allocating Elastic IP address: #{e.message}" return "Error" end
  • For API details, see AllocateAddress in Amazon SDK for Ruby API Reference.

SAP ABAP
SDK for SAP ABAP
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

TRY. oo_result = lo_ec2->allocateaddress( iv_domain = 'vpc' ). " oo_result is returned for testing purposes. " MESSAGE 'Allocated an Elastic IP address.' TYPE 'I'. CATCH /aws1/cx_rt_service_generic INTO DATA(lo_exception). DATA(lv_error) = |"{ lo_exception->av_err_code }" - { lo_exception->av_err_msg }|. MESSAGE lv_error TYPE 'E'. ENDTRY.
  • For API details, see AllocateAddress in Amazon SDK for SAP ABAP API reference.

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