EC2 / Client / allocate_address

allocate_address#

EC2.Client.allocate_address(**kwargs)#

Allocates an Elastic IP address to your Amazon Web Services account. After you allocate the Elastic IP address you can associate it with an instance or network interface. After you release an Elastic IP address, it is released to the IP address pool and can be allocated to a different Amazon Web Services account.

You can allocate an Elastic IP address from an address pool owned by Amazon Web Services or from an address pool created from a public IPv4 address range that you have brought to Amazon Web Services for use with your Amazon Web Services resources using bring your own IP addresses (BYOIP). For more information, see Bring Your Own IP Addresses (BYOIP) in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

If you release an Elastic IP address, you might be able to recover it. You cannot recover an Elastic IP address that you released after it is allocated to another Amazon Web Services account. To attempt to recover an Elastic IP address that you released, specify it in this operation.

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

You can allocate a carrier IP address which is a public IP address from a telecommunication carrier, to a network interface which resides in a subnet in a Wavelength Zone (for example an EC2 instance).

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.allocate_address(
    Domain='vpc'|'standard',
    Address='string',
    PublicIpv4Pool='string',
    NetworkBorderGroup='string',
    CustomerOwnedIpv4Pool='string',
    TagSpecifications=[
        {
            'ResourceType': 'capacity-reservation'|'client-vpn-endpoint'|'customer-gateway'|'carrier-gateway'|'coip-pool'|'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'|'placement-group'|'prefix-list'|'replace-root-volume-task'|'reserved-instances'|'route-table'|'security-group'|'security-group-rule'|'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'|'ipam-resource-discovery'|'ipam-resource-discovery-association'|'instance-connect-endpoint'|'ipam-external-resource-verification-token',
            'Tags': [
                {
                    'Key': 'string',
                    'Value': 'string'
                },
            ]
        },
    ],
    IpamPoolId='string',
    DryRun=True|False
)
Parameters:

  • Domain (string) – The network ( vpc).

  • Address (string) – The Elastic IP address to recover or an IPv4 address from an address pool.

  • PublicIpv4Pool (string) – The ID of an address pool that you own. Use this parameter to let Amazon EC2 select an address from the address pool. To specify a specific address from the address pool, use the Address parameter instead.

  • NetworkBorderGroup (string) – A unique set of Availability Zones, Local Zones, or Wavelength Zones from which Amazon Web Services advertises IP addresses. Use this parameter to limit the IP address to this location. IP addresses cannot move between network border groups.

  • CustomerOwnedIpv4Pool (string) – The ID of a customer-owned address pool. Use this parameter to let Amazon EC2 select an address from the address pool. Alternatively, specify a specific address from the address pool.

  • TagSpecifications (list) –

    The tags to assign to the Elastic IP address.

    • (dict) –

      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

      The Valid 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) –

        The type of resource to tag on creation.

      • Tags (list) –

        The tags to apply to the resource.

        • (dict) –

          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.

  • IpamPoolId (string) – The ID of an IPAM pool which has an Amazon-provided or BYOIP public IPv4 CIDR provisioned to it. For more information, see Allocate sequential Elastic IP addresses from an IPAM pool in the Amazon VPC IPAM User Guide.

  • DryRun (boolean) – Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation. Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation.

Return type:

dict

Returns:

Response Syntax

{
    'AllocationId': 'string',
    'PublicIpv4Pool': 'string',
    'NetworkBorderGroup': 'string',
    'Domain': 'vpc'|'standard',
    'CustomerOwnedIp': 'string',
    'CustomerOwnedIpv4Pool': 'string',
    'CarrierIp': 'string',
    'PublicIp': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) –

    • AllocationId (string) –

      The ID that represents the allocation of the Elastic IP address.

    • PublicIpv4Pool (string) –

      The ID of an address pool.

    • NetworkBorderGroup (string) –

      The set of Availability Zones, Local Zones, or Wavelength Zones from which Amazon Web Services advertises IP addresses.

    • Domain (string) –

      The network ( vpc).

    • CustomerOwnedIp (string) –

      The customer-owned IP address.

    • CustomerOwnedIpv4Pool (string) –

      The ID of the customer-owned address pool.

    • CarrierIp (string) –

      The carrier IP address. This option is only available for network interfaces that reside in a subnet in a Wavelength Zone.

    • PublicIp (string) –

      The Elastic IP address.

Examples

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

response = client.allocate_address(
    Domain='vpc',
)

print(response)

Expected Output:

{
    'AllocationId': 'eipalloc-64d5890a',
    'Domain': 'vpc',
    'PublicIp': '203.0.113.0',
    'ResponseMetadata': {
        '...': '...',
    },
}

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

response = client.allocate_address(
)

print(response)

Expected Output:

{
    'Domain': 'standard',
    'PublicIp': '198.51.100.0',
    'ResponseMetadata': {
        '...': '...',
    },
}