Request Parameters Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

DescribeSecondaryInterfaces

Describes one or more of your secondary interfaces.

Request Parameters

The following parameters are for this specific action. For more information about required and optional parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Query Parameters.

DryRun

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.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

Filter.N

The filters.

attachment.attachment-id - The ID of the secondary interface attachment.
attachment.instance-id - The ID of the instance to which the secondary interface is attached.
attachment.instance-owner-id - The ID of the AWS account that owns the instance to which the secondary interface is attached.
attachment.status - The attachment status (attaching | attached | detaching | detached).
private-ipv4-addresses.private-ip-address - The private IPv4 address associated with the secondary interface.
owner-id - The ID of the AWS account that owns the secondary interface.
secondary-interface-arn - The ARN of the secondary interface.
secondary-interface-id - The ID of the secondary interface.
secondary-interface-type - The type of secondary interface (secondary).
secondary-network-id - The ID of the secondary network.
secondary-network-type - The type of the secondary network (rdma).
secondary-subnet-id - The ID of the secondary subnet.
status - The status of the secondary interface (available | in-use).
tag:<key> - The key/value combination of a tag assigned to the resource. Use the tag key in the filter name and the tag value as the filter value. For example, to find all resources that have a tag with the key Owner and the value TeamA, specify tag:Owner for the filter name and TeamA for the filter value.
tag-key - The key of a tag assigned to the resource. Use this filter to find all resources assigned a tag with a specific key, regardless of the tag value.

Type: Array of Filter objects

Required: No

MaxResults

The maximum number of results to return with a single call. To retrieve the remaining results, make another call with the returned nextToken value.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 5. Maximum value of 1000.

Required: No

NextToken

The token for the next page of results.

Type: String

Required: No

SecondaryInterfaceId.N

The IDs of the secondary interfaces.

Type: Array of strings

Required: No

Response Elements

The following elements are returned by the service.

nextToken

The token to use to retrieve the next page of results. This value is null when there are no more results to return.

Type: String

requestId

The ID of the request.

Type: String

secondaryInterfaceSet

Information about the secondary interfaces.

Type: Array of SecondaryInterface objects

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common client error codes.

Examples

Example 1

This example describes all secondary interfaces in the current Region.

Sample Request


https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=DescribeSecondaryInterfaces
&AUTHPARAMS

Sample Response


<DescribeSecondaryInterfacesResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2016-11-15/">
   <requestId>59dbff89-35bd-4eac-99ed-be587EXAMPLE</requestId>
   <secondaryInterfaceSet>
      <item>
         <secondaryInterfaceId>si-0123456789abcdef0</secondaryInterfaceId>
         <secondaryInterfaceArn>arn:aws:ec2:us-east-2:123456789012:secondary-interface/si-0123456789abcdef0</secondaryInterfaceArn>
         <ownerId>123456789012</ownerId>
         <secondarySubnetId>ss-0123456789abcdef0</secondarySubnetId>
         <secondaryNetworkId>sn-0123456789abcdef0</secondaryNetworkId>
         <secondaryNetworkType>rdma</secondaryNetworkType>
         <availabilityZoneId>use2-az1</availabilityZoneId>
         <availabilityZone>us-east-2a</availabilityZone>
         <macAddress>02:2f:8f:b0:cf:75</macAddress>
         <sourceDestCheck>true</sourceDestCheck>
         <status>in-use</status>
         <secondaryInterfaceType>secondary</secondaryInterfaceType>
         <privateIpv4Addresses>
            <item>
               <privateIpAddress>10.0.1.17</privateIpAddress>
            </item>
         </privateIpv4Addresses>
         <attachment>
            <status>attached</status>
            <deviceIndex>0</deviceIndex>
            <networkCardIndex>1</networkCardIndex>
            <instanceId>i-1234567890abcdef0</instanceId>
            <deleteOnTermination>true</deleteOnTermination>
            <attachmentId>si-attach-0123456789abcdef0</attachmentId>
            <instanceOwnerId>123456789012</instanceOwnerId>
            <attachTime>2026-02-28T23:35:33.000Z</attachTime>
         </attachment>
         <tagSet>
            <item>
               <key>Name</key>
               <value>Prod Secondary Interface</value>
            </item>
         </tagSet>
      </item>
   </secondaryInterfaceSet>
</DescribeSecondaryInterfacesResponse>

Example 2

This example uses filters to describe secondary interfaces attached to a specific instance.

Sample Request


https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=DescribeSecondaryInterfaces
&Filter.1.Name=attachment.instance-id
&Filter.1.Value.1=i-1234567890abcdef0
&AUTHPARAMS