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Manage the IPv6 addresses for your EC2 instances

If your VPC and subnet have IPv6 CIDR blocks associated with them, you can assign an IPv6 address to your instance during or after launch. You can access the IPv6 addresses for your instances in the console on either the Instances page or the Network Interfaces page. The following tasks configure IP addresses for your instances. To configure IP addresses for your network interfaces instead, see Manage the IP addresses for your network interface.

Assign an IPv6 address to an instance

You can specify an IPv6 address from the IPv6 address range of the subnet, or let Amazon EC2 choose one for you. This address is assigned to the primary network interface. Note that the following instance types do not support IPv6 addresses: C1, M1, M2, M3, and T1.

Console
To assign an IPv6 address at launch

Follow the procedure to launch an instance. When you configure Network Settings, choose the option to Auto-assign IPv6 IP. If you don't see this option, the selected subnet does not have an associated IPv6 CIDR block.

To assign an IPv6 address after launch

  1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Instances.

  3. Select your instance, and choose Actions, Networking, Manage IP addresses.

  4. Expand the network interface. Under IPv6 addresses, choose Assign new IP address.

  5. Enter an IPv6 address from the range of the subnet, or leave the field blank to let Amazon EC2 choose the IPv6 address for you. If you don't see this option, the instance subnet does not have an associated IPv6 CIDR block.

  6. Choose Save.

AWS CLI
To assign an IPv6 address at launch

Use the run-instances command with the --ipv6-addresses option. The following example assigns two IPv6 addresses.

--ipv6-addresses Ipv6Address=2001:db8::1234:5678:1.2.3.4 Ipv6Address=2001:db8::1234:5678:5.6.7.8

To let Amazon EC2 choose the IPv6 addresses, use the --ipv6-address-count option instead. The following example assigns two IPv6 addresses.

--ipv6-address-count 2
To assign an IPv6 address after launch

Use the assign-ipv6-addresses command. The following example assigns two IPv6 addresses.

aws ec2 assign-ipv6-addresses \ 
    --network-interface-id eni-1234567890abcdef0 \
    --ipv6-addresses 2001:db8::1234:5678:1.2.3.4 2001:db8::1234:5678:5.6.7.8

To let Amazon EC2 choose the IPv6 addresses, use the --ipv6-address-count option instead. The following example assigns two IPv6 addresses.

aws ec2 assign-ipv6-addresses \
    --network-interface-id eni-1234567890abcdef0 \
    --ipv6-address-count 2
PowerShell
To assign an IPv6 address at launch

Use the New-EC2Instance cmdlet with the -Ipv6Address parameter. The following example assigns two IPv6 addresses.

-Ipv6Address $ipv6addr1,$ipv6addr2

Define the IPv6 addresses as follows.

$ipv6addr1 = New-Object Amazon.EC2.Model.InstanceIpv6Address
$ipv6addr1.Ipv6Address = "2001:db8::1234:5678:1.2.3.4"
$ipv6addr2 = New-Object Amazon.EC2.Model.InstanceIpv6Address
$ipv6addr2.Ipv6Address = "2001:db8::1234:5678:5.6.7.8"

To let Amazon EC2 choose the IPv6 addresses, use the -Ipv6AddressCount parameter instead. The following example assigns two IPv6 addresses.

-Ipv6AddressCount 2
To assign an IPv6 address after launch

Use the Register-EC2Ipv6AddressList cmdlet. The following example assigns two IPv6 addresses.

Register-EC2Ipv6AddressList `
    -NetworkInterfaceId eni-1234567890abcdef0 `
    -Ipv6Address "2001:db8::1234:5678:1.2.3.4","2001:db8::1234:5678:5.6.7.8"

To let Amazon EC2 choose the IPv6 addresses, use the -Ipv6AddressCount parameter instead. The following example assigns two IPv6 addresses.

Register-EC2Ipv6AddressList `
    -NetworkInterfaceId eni-1234567890abcdef0 `
    -Ipv6AddressCount 2

View the IPv6 addresses for an instance

You can view the IPv6 addresses for your instances.

Console
To view the IPv6 addresses for an instance

  1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Instances.

  3. Select the instance.

  4. On the Networking tab, locate IPv6 addresses.

AWS CLI
To view the IPv6 address for an instance

Use the describe-instances command.

aws ec2 describe-instances \
    --instance-ids i-1234567890abcdef0 \
    --query "Reservations[*].Instances[].Ipv6Address" \
    --output text

The following is example output.

2001:db8::1234:5678:1.2.3.4
PowerShell
To view the IPv6 address for an instance

Use the Get-EC2Instance cmdlet.

(Get-EC2Instance `
    -InstanceId i-1234567890abcdef0).Instances.Ipv6Address

The following is example output.

2001:db8::1234:5678:1.2.3.4

View IPv6 addresses using instance metadata

After you connect to your instance, you can retrieve the IPv6 addresses using instance metadata. First, you must get the MAC address of the instance from http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/network/interfaces/macs/.

IMDSv2
Linux

Run the following command from your Linux instance.

TOKEN=`curl -X PUT "http://169.254.169.254/latest/api/token" -H "X-aws-ec2-metadata-token-ttl-seconds: 21600"` \
&& curl -H "X-aws-ec2-metadata-token: $TOKEN" http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/network/interfaces/macs/mac-address/ipv6s
Windows

Run the following cmdlets from your Windows instance.

[string]$token = Invoke-RestMethod -Headers @{"X-aws-ec2-metadata-token-ttl-seconds" = "21600"} `
    -Method PUT -Uri http://169.254.169.254/latest/api/token
Invoke-RestMethod -Headers @{"X-aws-ec2-metadata-token" = $token} `
    -Method GET -Uri http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/network/interfaces/macs/mac-address/ipv6s
IMDSv1
Linux

Run the following command from your Linux instance.

curl http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/network/interfaces/macs/mac-address/ipv6s
Windows

Run the following cmdlet from your Windows instance.

Invoke-RestMethod -Uri http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/network/interfaces/macs/mac-address/ipv6s

Unassign an IPv6 address from an instance

You can unassign an IPv6 address from an instance at any time.

Console
To unassign an IPv6 address from an instance

  1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Instances.

  3. Select your instance, and choose Actions, Networking, Manage IP addresses.

  4. Expand the network interface. Under IPv6 addresses, choose Unassign next to the IPv6 address.

  5. Choose Save.

AWS CLI
To unassign an IPv6 address from an instance

Use the unassign-ipv6-addresses command.

aws ec2 unassign-ipv6-addresses \ 
    --network-interface-id eni-1234567890abcdef0 \
    --ipv6-addresses 2001:db8::1234:5678:1.2.3.4
PowerShell
To unassign an IPv6 address from an instance

Use the Unregister-EC2Ipv6AddressList cmdlet.

Unregister-EC2Ipv6AddressList `
    -NetworkInterfaceId eni-1234567890abcdef0 `
    -Ipv6Address 2001:db8::1234:5678:1.2.3.4