Use CreateNetworkInterface with a CLI - Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Services or capabilities described in Amazon Web Services documentation might vary by Region. To see the differences applicable to the China Regions, see Getting Started with Amazon Web Services in China (PDF).

Use CreateNetworkInterface with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use CreateNetworkInterface.

CLI
Amazon CLI

Example 1: To specify an IPv4 address for a network interface

The following create-network-interface example creates a network interface for the specified subnet with the specified primary IPv4 address.

aws ec2 create-network-interface \ --subnet-id subnet-00a24d0d67acf6333 \ --description "my network interface" \ --groups sg-09dfba7ed20cda78b \ --private-ip-address 10.0.8.17

Output:

{ "NetworkInterface": { "AvailabilityZone": "us-west-2a", "Description": "my network interface", "Groups": [ { "GroupName": "my-security-group", "GroupId": "sg-09dfba7ed20cda78b" } ], "InterfaceType": "interface", "Ipv6Addresses": [], "MacAddress": "06:6a:0f:9a:49:37", "NetworkInterfaceId": "eni-0492b355f0cf3b3f8", "OwnerId": "123456789012", "PrivateDnsName": "ip-10-0-8-18.us-west-2.compute.internal", "PrivateIpAddress": "10.0.8.17", "PrivateIpAddresses": [ { "Primary": true, "PrivateDnsName": "ip-10-0-8-17.us-west-2.compute.internal", "PrivateIpAddress": "10.0.8.17" } ], "RequesterId": "AIDA4Z3Y7GSXTMEXAMPLE", "RequesterManaged": false, "SourceDestCheck": true, "Status": "pending", "SubnetId": "subnet-00a24d0d67acf6333", "TagSet": [], "VpcId": "vpc-02723a0feeeb9d57b" } }

Example 2: To create a network interface with an IPv4 address and an IPv6 address

The following create-network-interface example creates a network interface for the specified subnet with an IPv4 address and an IPv6 address that are selected by Amazon EC2.

aws ec2 create-network-interface \ --subnet-id subnet-00a24d0d67acf6333 \ --description "my dual stack network interface" \ --ipv6-address-count 1 \ --groups sg-09dfba7ed20cda78b

Output:

{ "NetworkInterface": { "AvailabilityZone": "us-west-2a", "Description": "my dual stack network interface", "Groups": [ { "GroupName": "my-security-group", "GroupId": "sg-09dfba7ed20cda78b" } ], "InterfaceType": "interface", "Ipv6Addresses": [ { "Ipv6Address": "2600:1f13:cfe:3650:a1dc:237c:393a:4ba7", "IsPrimaryIpv6": false } ], "MacAddress": "06:b8:68:d2:b2:2d", "NetworkInterfaceId": "eni-05da417453f9a84bf", "OwnerId": "123456789012", "PrivateDnsName": "ip-10-0-8-18.us-west-2.compute.internal", "PrivateIpAddress": "10.0.8.18", "PrivateIpAddresses": [ { "Primary": true, "PrivateDnsName": "ip-10-0-8-18.us-west-2.compute.internal", "PrivateIpAddress": "10.0.8.18" } ], "RequesterId": "AIDA4Z3Y7GSXTMEXAMPLE", "RequesterManaged": false, "SourceDestCheck": true, "Status": "pending", "SubnetId": "subnet-00a24d0d67acf6333", "TagSet": [], "VpcId": "vpc-02723a0feeeb9d57b", "Ipv6Address": "2600:1f13:cfe:3650:a1dc:237c:393a:4ba7" } }

Example 3: To create a network interface with connection tracking configuration options

The following create-network-interface example creates a network interface and configures the idle connection tracking timeouts.

aws ec2 create-network-interface \ --subnet-id subnet-00a24d0d67acf6333 \ --groups sg-02e57dbcfe0331c1b \ --connection-tracking-specification TcpEstablishedTimeout=86400,UdpTimeout=60

Output:

{ "NetworkInterface": { "AvailabilityZone": "us-west-2a", "ConnectionTrackingConfiguration": { "TcpEstablishedTimeout": 86400, "UdpTimeout": 60 }, "Description": "", "Groups": [ { "GroupName": "my-security-group", "GroupId": "sg-02e57dbcfe0331c1b" } ], "InterfaceType": "interface", "Ipv6Addresses": [], "MacAddress": "06:4c:53:de:6d:91", "NetworkInterfaceId": "eni-0c133586e08903d0b", "OwnerId": "123456789012", "PrivateDnsName": "ip-10-0-8-94.us-west-2.compute.internal", "PrivateIpAddress": "10.0.8.94", "PrivateIpAddresses": [ { "Primary": true, "PrivateDnsName": "ip-10-0-8-94.us-west-2.compute.internal", "PrivateIpAddress": "10.0.8.94" } ], "RequesterId": "AIDA4Z3Y7GSXTMEXAMPLE", "RequesterManaged": false, "SourceDestCheck": true, "Status": "pending", "SubnetId": "subnet-00a24d0d67acf6333", "TagSet": [], "VpcId": "vpc-02723a0feeeb9d57b" } }

Example 4: To create an Elastic Fabric Adapter

The following create-network-interface example creates an EFA.

aws ec2 create-network-interface \ --interface-type efa \ --subnet-id subnet-00a24d0d67acf6333 \ --description "my efa" \ --groups sg-02e57dbcfe0331c1b

Output:

{ "NetworkInterface": { "AvailabilityZone": "us-west-2a", "Description": "my efa", "Groups": [ { "GroupName": "my-efa-sg", "GroupId": "sg-02e57dbcfe0331c1b" } ], "InterfaceType": "efa", "Ipv6Addresses": [], "MacAddress": "06:d7:a4:f7:4d:57", "NetworkInterfaceId": "eni-034acc2885e862b65", "OwnerId": "123456789012", "PrivateDnsName": "ip-10-0-8-180.us-west-2.compute.internal", "PrivateIpAddress": "10.0.8.180", "PrivateIpAddresses": [ { "Primary": true, "PrivateDnsName": "ip-10-0-8-180.us-west-2.compute.internal", "PrivateIpAddress": "10.0.8.180" } ], "RequesterId": "AIDA4Z3Y7GSXTMEXAMPLE", "RequesterManaged": false, "SourceDestCheck": true, "Status": "pending", "SubnetId": "subnet-00a24d0d67acf6333", "TagSet": [], "VpcId": "vpc-02723a0feeeb9d57b" } }

For more information, see Elastic network interfaces in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example creates the specified network interface.

New-EC2NetworkInterface -SubnetId subnet-1a2b3c4d -Description "my network interface" -Group sg-12345678 -PrivateIpAddress 10.0.0.17

Output:

Association : Attachment : AvailabilityZone : us-west-2c Description : my network interface Groups : {my-security-group} MacAddress : 0a:72:bc:1a:cd:7f NetworkInterfaceId : eni-12345678 OwnerId : 123456789012 PrivateDnsName : ip-10-0-0-17.us-west-2.compute.internal PrivateIpAddress : 10.0.0.17 PrivateIpAddresses : {} RequesterId : RequesterManaged : False SourceDestCheck : True Status : pending SubnetId : subnet-1a2b3c4d TagSet : {} VpcId : vpc-12345678

For a complete list of Amazon SDK developer guides and code examples, see Create Amazon EC2 resources using an Amazon SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.