Amazon EC2

Amazon EC2 Elastic IPs API

Operations for allocating and managing static IP addresses

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Operations 3

GET /?Action=AllocateAddress Amazon EC2 Allocate an Elastic IP Address #

GET /?Action=AssociateAddress Amazon EC2 Associate an Elastic IP Address #

GET /?Action=ReleaseAddress Amazon EC2 Release an Elastic IP Address #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Amazon EC2 AMIs Elastic IPs API
  description: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. This API enables you to launch and manage virtual server instances, configure networking and security, and manage storage volumes with complete control over your computing resources.
  version: '2016-11-15'
  contact:
    name: Amazon Web Services
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
  termsOfService: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
servers:
- url: https://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com
  description: Amazon EC2 Regional Endpoint
  variables:
    region:
      default: us-east-1
      description: AWS Region
security:
- sigv4Auth: []
tags:
- name: Elastic IPs
  description: Operations for allocating and managing static IP addresses
paths:
  /?Action=AllocateAddress:
    get:
      operationId: allocateAddress
      summary: Amazon EC2 Allocate an Elastic IP Address
      description: Allocates an Elastic IP address to your AWS account. After you allocate the Elastic IP address you can associate it with an instance or network interface.
      tags:
      - Elastic IPs
      parameters:
      - name: Domain
        in: query
        description: Set to vpc to allocate the address for use with instances in a VPC
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - vpc
          - standard
        example: vpc
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully allocated address
        '400':
          description: Invalid request parameters
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /?Action=AssociateAddress:
    get:
      operationId: associateAddress
      summary: Amazon EC2 Associate an Elastic IP Address
      description: Associates an Elastic IP address with an instance or a network interface. This is an idempotent operation.
      tags:
      - Elastic IPs
      parameters:
      - name: AllocationId
        in: query
        description: The allocation ID for the Elastic IP address
        schema:
          type: string
        example: example-id-1234
      - name: InstanceId
        in: query
        description: The ID of the instance to associate with
        schema:
          type: string
        example: i-0abc123def456789
      - name: NetworkInterfaceId
        in: query
        description: The ID of the network interface
        schema:
          type: string
        example: example-id-1234
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully associated address
        '400':
          description: Invalid request parameters
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /?Action=ReleaseAddress:
    get:
      operationId: releaseAddress
      summary: Amazon EC2 Release an Elastic IP Address
      description: Releases the specified Elastic IP address. After releasing an Elastic IP address, it is released to the IP address pool.
      tags:
      - Elastic IPs
      parameters:
      - name: AllocationId
        in: query
        description: The allocation ID of the Elastic IP address
        schema:
          type: string
        example: example-id-1234
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully released address
        '400':
          description: Invalid request parameters
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  securitySchemes:
    sigv4Auth:
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header
      description: AWS Signature Version 4 authentication
externalDocs:
  description: Amazon EC2 API Reference
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/

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