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Use DescribeNetworkInterfaces with an Amazon SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use DescribeNetworkInterfaces.

CLI
Amazon CLI

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" } ] }
PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example describes the specified network interface.

Get-EC2NetworkInterface -NetworkInterfaceId eni-12345678

Output:

Association : Attachment : Amazon.EC2.Model.NetworkInterfaceAttachment AvailabilityZone : us-west-2c Description : Groups : {my-security-group} MacAddress : 0a:e9:a6:19:4c:7f NetworkInterfaceId : eni-12345678 OwnerId : 123456789012 PrivateDnsName : ip-10-0-0-107.us-west-2.compute.internal PrivateIpAddress : 10.0.0.107 PrivateIpAddresses : {ip-10-0-0-107.us-west-2.compute.internal} RequesterId : RequesterManaged : False SourceDestCheck : True Status : in-use SubnetId : subnet-1a2b3c4d TagSet : {} VpcId : vpc-12345678

Example 2: This example describes all your network interfaces.

Get-EC2NetworkInterface

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.