Use DescribeNetworkInterfaces with an AWS SDK or CLI - Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud

Use DescribeNetworkInterfaces with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use DescribeNetworkInterfaces.

CLI
AWS 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

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