create-network-interface
Description
Creates a network interface in the specified subnet.
The number of IP addresses you can assign to a network interface varies by instance type.
For more information about network interfaces, see Elastic network interfaces in the Amazon EC2 User Guide .
See also: AWS API Documentation
Synopsis
create-network-interface
[--ipv4-prefixes <value>]
[--ipv4-prefix-count <value>]
[--ipv6-prefixes <value>]
[--ipv6-prefix-count <value>]
[--interface-type <value>]
[--tag-specifications <value>]
[--client-token <value>]
[--enable-primary-ipv6 | --no-enable-primary-ipv6]
[--connection-tracking-specification <value>]
[--operator <value>]
--subnet-id <value>
[--description <value>]
[--private-ip-address <value>]
[--groups <value>]
[--private-ip-addresses <value>]
[--secondary-private-ip-address-count <value>]
[--ipv6-addresses <value>]
[--ipv6-address-count <value>]
[--dry-run | --no-dry-run]
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]
[--cli-binary-format <value>]
[--no-cli-pager]
[--cli-auto-prompt]
[--no-cli-auto-prompt]
Options
--ipv4-prefixes (list)
The IPv4 prefixes assigned to the network interface.
You can’t specify IPv4 prefixes if you’ve specified one of the following: a count of IPv4 prefixes, specific private IPv4 addresses, or a count of private IPv4 addresses.
(structure)
Describes the IPv4 prefix option for a network interface.
Ipv4Prefix -> (string)
Shorthand Syntax:
Ipv4Prefix=string ...
JSON Syntax:
[
{
"Ipv4Prefix": "string"
}
...
]
--ipv4-prefix-count (integer)
The number of IPv4 prefixes that Amazon Web Services automatically assigns to the network interface.
You can’t specify a count of IPv4 prefixes if you’ve specified one of the following: specific IPv4 prefixes, specific private IPv4 addresses, or a count of private IPv4 addresses.
--ipv6-prefixes (list)
The IPv6 prefixes assigned to the network interface.
You can’t specify IPv6 prefixes if you’ve specified one of the following: a count of IPv6 prefixes, specific IPv6 addresses, or a count of IPv6 addresses.
(structure)
Describes the IPv6 prefix option for a network interface.
Ipv6Prefix -> (string)
Shorthand Syntax:
Ipv6Prefix=string ...
JSON Syntax:
[
{
"Ipv6Prefix": "string"
}
...
]
--ipv6-prefix-count (integer)
The number of IPv6 prefixes that Amazon Web Services automatically assigns to the network interface.
You can’t specify a count of IPv6 prefixes if you’ve specified one of the following: specific IPv6 prefixes, specific IPv6 addresses, or a count of IPv6 addresses.
--interface-type (string)
The type of network interface. The default is interface .
If you specify efa-only , do not assign any IP addresses to the network interface. EFA-only network interfaces do not support IP addresses.
The only supported values are interface , efa , efa-only , and trunk .
Possible values:
efaefa-onlybranchtrunk
--tag-specifications (list)
The tags to apply to the new network interface.
(structure)
The tags to apply to a resource when the resource is being created. When you specify a tag, you must specify the resource type to tag, otherwise the request will fail.
Note
TheValid Values lists all the resource types that can be tagged. However, the action you’re using might not support tagging all of these resource types. If you try to tag a resource type that is unsupported for the action you’re using, you’ll get an error.ResourceType -> (string)
Tags -> (list)
The tags to apply to the resource.
(structure)
Describes a tag.
Key -> (string)
The key of the tag.
Constraints: Tag keys are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 127 Unicode characters. May not begin with aws: .
Value -> (string)
The value of the tag.
Constraints: Tag values are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 256 Unicode characters.
Shorthand Syntax:
ResourceType=string,Tags=[{Key=string,Value=string},{Key=string,Value=string}] ...
JSON Syntax:
[
{
"ResourceType": "capacity-reservation"|"client-vpn-endpoint"|"customer-gateway"|"carrier-gateway"|"coip-pool"|"declarative-policies-report"|"dedicated-host"|"dhcp-options"|"egress-only-internet-gateway"|"elastic-ip"|"elastic-gpu"|"export-image-task"|"export-instance-task"|"fleet"|"fpga-image"|"host-reservation"|"image"|"import-image-task"|"import-snapshot-task"|"instance"|"instance-event-window"|"internet-gateway"|"ipam"|"ipam-pool"|"ipam-scope"|"ipv4pool-ec2"|"ipv6pool-ec2"|"key-pair"|"launch-template"|"local-gateway"|"local-gateway-route-table"|"local-gateway-virtual-interface"|"local-gateway-virtual-interface-group"|"local-gateway-route-table-vpc-association"|"local-gateway-route-table-virtual-interface-group-association"|"natgateway"|"network-acl"|"network-interface"|"network-insights-analysis"|"network-insights-path"|"network-insights-access-scope"|"network-insights-access-scope-analysis"|"outpost-lag"|"placement-group"|"prefix-list"|"replace-root-volume-task"|"reserved-instances"|"route-table"|"security-group"|"security-group-rule"|"service-link-virtual-interface"|"snapshot"|"spot-fleet-request"|"spot-instances-request"|"subnet"|"subnet-cidr-reservation"|"traffic-mirror-filter"|"traffic-mirror-session"|"traffic-mirror-target"|"transit-gateway"|"transit-gateway-attachment"|"transit-gateway-connect-peer"|"transit-gateway-multicast-domain"|"transit-gateway-policy-table"|"transit-gateway-route-table"|"transit-gateway-route-table-announcement"|"volume"|"vpc"|"vpc-endpoint"|"vpc-endpoint-connection"|"vpc-endpoint-service"|"vpc-endpoint-service-permission"|"vpc-peering-connection"|"vpn-connection"|"vpn-gateway"|"vpc-flow-log"|"capacity-reservation-fleet"|"traffic-mirror-filter-rule"|"vpc-endpoint-connection-device-type"|"verified-access-instance"|"verified-access-group"|"verified-access-endpoint"|"verified-access-policy"|"verified-access-trust-provider"|"vpn-connection-device-type"|"vpc-block-public-access-exclusion"|"route-server"|"route-server-endpoint"|"route-server-peer"|"ipam-resource-discovery"|"ipam-resource-discovery-association"|"instance-connect-endpoint"|"verified-access-endpoint-target"|"ipam-external-resource-verification-token"|"mac-modification-task",
"Tags": [
{
"Key": "string",
"Value": "string"
}
...
]
}
...
]
--client-token (string)
--enable-primary-ipv6 | --no-enable-primary-ipv6 (boolean)
--connection-tracking-specification (structure)
A connection tracking specification for the network interface.
TcpEstablishedTimeout -> (integer)
UdpStreamTimeout -> (integer)
UdpTimeout -> (integer)
Shorthand Syntax:
TcpEstablishedTimeout=integer,UdpStreamTimeout=integer,UdpTimeout=integer
JSON Syntax:
{
"TcpEstablishedTimeout": integer,
"UdpStreamTimeout": integer,
"UdpTimeout": integer
}
--operator (structure)
Reserved for internal use.
Principal -> (string)
Shorthand Syntax:
Principal=string
JSON Syntax:
{
"Principal": "string"
}
--subnet-id (string)
--description (string)
--private-ip-address (string)
privateIpAddresses as primary (only one IP address can be designated as primary).--groups (list)
The IDs of the security groups.
(string)
Syntax:
"string" "string" ...
--private-ip-addresses (list)
The private IPv4 addresses.
You can’t specify private IPv4 addresses if you’ve specified one of the following: a count of private IPv4 addresses, specific IPv4 prefixes, or a count of IPv4 prefixes.
(structure)
Describes a secondary private IPv4 address for a network interface.
Primary -> (boolean)
PrivateIpAddress -> (string)
Shorthand Syntax:
Primary=boolean,PrivateIpAddress=string ...
JSON Syntax:
[
{
"Primary": true|false,
"PrivateIpAddress": "string"
}
...
]
--secondary-private-ip-address-count (integer)
The number of secondary private IPv4 addresses to assign to a network interface. When you specify a number of secondary IPv4 addresses, Amazon EC2 selects these IP addresses within the subnet’s IPv4 CIDR range. You can’t specify this option and specify more than one private IP address using privateIpAddresses .
You can’t specify a count of private IPv4 addresses if you’ve specified one of the following: specific private IPv4 addresses, specific IPv4 prefixes, or a count of IPv4 prefixes.
--ipv6-addresses (list)
The IPv6 addresses from the IPv6 CIDR block range of your subnet.
You can’t specify IPv6 addresses using this parameter if you’ve specified one of the following: a count of IPv6 addresses, specific IPv6 prefixes, or a count of IPv6 prefixes.
(structure)
Describes an IPv6 address.
Ipv6Address -> (string)
IsPrimaryIpv6 -> (boolean)
Shorthand Syntax:
Ipv6Address=string,IsPrimaryIpv6=boolean ...
JSON Syntax:
[
{
"Ipv6Address": "string",
"IsPrimaryIpv6": true|false
}
...
]
--ipv6-address-count (integer)
The number of IPv6 addresses to assign to a network interface. Amazon EC2 automatically selects the IPv6 addresses from the subnet range.
You can’t specify a count of IPv6 addresses using this parameter if you’ve specified one of the following: specific IPv6 addresses, specific IPv6 prefixes, or a count of IPv6 prefixes.
If your subnet has the AssignIpv6AddressOnCreation attribute set, you can override that setting by specifying 0 as the IPv6 address count.
--dry-run | --no-dry-run (boolean)
DryRunOperation . Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation .--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml.
--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. Similarly, if provided yaml-input it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command. The generated JSON skeleton is not stable between versions of the AWS CLI and there are no backwards compatibility guarantees in the JSON skeleton generated.
Global Options
--debug (boolean)
Turn on debug logging.
--endpoint-url (string)
Override command’s default URL with the given URL.
--no-verify-ssl (boolean)
By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.
--no-paginate (boolean)
Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.
--output (string)
The formatting style for command output.
- json
- text
- table
- yaml
- yaml-stream
--query (string)
A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.
--profile (string)
Use a specific profile from your credential file.
--region (string)
The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.
--version (string)
Display the version of this tool.
--color (string)
Turn on/off color output.
- on
- off
- auto
--no-sign-request (boolean)
Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.
--ca-bundle (string)
The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.
--cli-read-timeout (int)
The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.
--cli-connect-timeout (int)
The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.
--cli-binary-format (string)
The formatting style to be used for binary blobs. The default format is base64. The base64 format expects binary blobs to be provided as a base64 encoded string. The raw-in-base64-out format preserves compatibility with AWS CLI V1 behavior and binary values must be passed literally. When providing contents from a file that map to a binary blob fileb:// will always be treated as binary and use the file contents directly regardless of the cli-binary-format setting. When using file:// the file contents will need to properly formatted for the configured cli-binary-format.
- base64
- raw-in-base64-out
--no-cli-pager (boolean)
Disable cli pager for output.
--cli-auto-prompt (boolean)
Automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.
--no-cli-auto-prompt (boolean)
Disable automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.
Examples
Note
To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.
Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal’s quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .
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.
Output
NetworkInterface -> (structure)
Information about the network interface.
Association -> (structure)
The association information for an Elastic IP address (IPv4) associated with the network interface.
AllocationId -> (string)
AssociationId -> (string)
IpOwnerId -> (string)
PublicDnsName -> (string)
PublicIp -> (string)
CustomerOwnedIp -> (string)
CarrierIp -> (string)
The carrier IP address associated with the network interface.
This option is only available when the network interface is in a subnet which is associated with a Wavelength Zone.
Attachment -> (structure)
The network interface attachment.
AttachTime -> (timestamp)
AttachmentId -> (string)
DeleteOnTermination -> (boolean)
DeviceIndex -> (integer)
NetworkCardIndex -> (integer)
InstanceId -> (string)
InstanceOwnerId -> (string)
Status -> (string)
EnaSrdSpecification -> (structure)
Configures ENA Express for the network interface that this action attaches to the instance.
EnaSrdEnabled -> (boolean)
EnaSrdUdpSpecification -> (structure)
Configures ENA Express for UDP network traffic.
EnaSrdUdpEnabled -> (boolean)
EnaQueueCount -> (integer)
AvailabilityZone -> (string)
ConnectionTrackingConfiguration -> (structure)
A security group connection tracking configuration that enables you to set the timeout for connection tracking on an Elastic network interface. For more information, see Connection tracking timeouts in the Amazon EC2 User Guide .
TcpEstablishedTimeout -> (integer)
UdpStreamTimeout -> (integer)
UdpTimeout -> (integer)
Description -> (string)
Groups -> (list)
Any security groups for the network interface.
(structure)
Describes a security group.
GroupId -> (string)
GroupName -> (string)
InterfaceType -> (string)
Ipv6Addresses -> (list)
The IPv6 addresses associated with the network interface.
(structure)
Describes an IPv6 address associated with a network interface.
Ipv6Address -> (string)
PublicIpv6DnsName -> (string)
IsPrimaryIpv6 -> (boolean)
MacAddress -> (string)
NetworkInterfaceId -> (string)
OutpostArn -> (string)
OwnerId -> (string)
PrivateDnsName -> (string)
PublicDnsName -> (string)
PublicIpDnsNameOptions -> (structure)
Public hostname type options. For more information, see EC2 instance hostnames, DNS names, and domains in the Amazon EC2 User Guide .
DnsHostnameType -> (string)
PublicIpv4DnsName -> (string)
PublicIpv6DnsName -> (string)
PublicDualStackDnsName -> (string)
PrivateIpAddress -> (string)
PrivateIpAddresses -> (list)
The private IPv4 addresses associated with the network interface.
(structure)
Describes the private IPv4 address of a network interface.
Association -> (structure)
The association information for an Elastic IP address (IPv4) associated with the network interface.
AllocationId -> (string)
AssociationId -> (string)
IpOwnerId -> (string)
PublicDnsName -> (string)
PublicIp -> (string)
CustomerOwnedIp -> (string)
CarrierIp -> (string)
The carrier IP address associated with the network interface.
This option is only available when the network interface is in a subnet which is associated with a Wavelength Zone.
Primary -> (boolean)
PrivateDnsName -> (string)
PrivateIpAddress -> (string)
Ipv4Prefixes -> (list)
The IPv4 prefixes that are assigned to the network interface.
(structure)
Describes an IPv4 prefix.
Ipv4Prefix -> (string)
Ipv6Prefixes -> (list)
The IPv6 prefixes that are assigned to the network interface.
(structure)
Describes the IPv6 prefix.
Ipv6Prefix -> (string)
RequesterId -> (string)
RequesterManaged -> (boolean)
SourceDestCheck -> (boolean)
Status -> (string)
SubnetId -> (string)
TagSet -> (list)
Any tags assigned to the network interface.
(structure)
Describes a tag.
Key -> (string)
The key of the tag.
Constraints: Tag keys are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 127 Unicode characters. May not begin with aws: .
Value -> (string)
The value of the tag.
Constraints: Tag values are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 256 Unicode characters.
VpcId -> (string)
DenyAllIgwTraffic -> (boolean)
true , inbound traffic from the internet is dropped and you cannot assign an elastic IP address to the network interface. The network interface is reachable from peered VPCs and resources connected through a transit gateway, including on-premises networks.Ipv6Native -> (boolean)
Ipv6Address -> (string)
Operator -> (structure)
The service provider that manages the network interface.
Managed -> (boolean)
true , the resource is managed by a service provider.Principal -> (string)
managed is true , then the principal is returned. The principal is the service provider that manages the resource.ClientToken -> (string)
null when there are no more results to return.
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