aws_public_ips
Infrastructure
cloud networking tool
SHOW HN2018
36points
9comments
#921of 2,155 in 2018
Top 43%of 2018 by points
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0 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score -0.35.
Idea: 0 for, 3 against
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Useful for copying out Elastic IPs and internal hostnames without manual work
From 1 comment
Yes, but it's not practical to copy/paste them. I did something similar here[0] when I wanted all the internal hostnames I had to resolve locally via dnsmasq:…
wink on HN
Objections
Cloud IPs change often, so hardcoding them or whitelisting them is fragile
From 1 comment
Note that these IP addresses will almost certainly change. Don't go hard coding these anywhere or you'll be in for a shock. I deal with a number of more traditional/large…
abrookewood on HN
AWS CLI already offers similar functionality via describe-instances
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doesn't this functionality builtin with awscli? sth like this ``` aws ec2 describe-instances --query "Reservations[*].Instances[*].[PublicIpAddress]" ```
tuananh on HN
AWS console already lists Elastic IPs
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Doesn't AWS console list those Elastic IPs?
a012 on HN
Questions
What is the use case for listing public IPs
From 1 comment
I understand what it's retrieving but what's the use case for this? Listing out all your internet routable interfaces presumably to lock down the unintentional ones?
koolba on HN
Alternatives named
aws ec2 describe-instances via AWS CLI
From 1 comment
doesn't this functionality builtin with awscli? sth like this ``` aws ec2 describe-instances --query "Reservations[*].Instances[*].[PublicIpAddress]" ```
tuananh on HN
AWS console Elastic IP listing
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Doesn't AWS console list those Elastic IPs?
a012 on HN