How to find out an ec2 instance's private and public IP via aws cli?

Solution 1:

Generally you can do it with --query filter.

If you need the private IP address only:

aws --region YOUR-AWS-REGION \
ec2 describe-instances \
--filters \
"Name=instance-state-name,Values=running" \
"Name=instance-id,Values=i-00914683ababcba7eb1" \
--query 'Reservations[*].Instances[*].[PrivateIpAddress]' \
--output text

If you need the public ip address only:

aws --region YOUR-AWS-REGION \
ec2 describe-instances \
--filters \
"Name=instance-state-name,Values=running" \
"Name=instance-id,Values=i-00914683ababcba7eb1" \
--query 'Reservations[*].Instances[*].[PublicIpAddress]' \
--output text

Or you can have both:

aws --region YOUR-AWS-REGION \
ec2 describe-instances \
--filters \
"Name=instance-state-name,Values=running" \
"Name=instance-id,Values=i-00914683ababcba7eb1" \
--query 'Reservations[*].Instances[*].[PrivateIpAddress, PublicIpAddress]' \
--output text

Of course you can have the output in json format too. Just change --output text to --output json

More information about --query filters.