Knife ec2 server create in VPC

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1

Hello,

I’m trying to use the above command to build/bootstrap a server in our VPC,
however I do not see any setting for an IP address.

The instance is, however, created with some IP address.

Is it possible to specify the IP address? If so, how? If not then how are
the IP addresses allocated?

Thanks,
Mark

2

you can use -s subnet to specify which subnet the machine should be
launched in. Put it in a subnet with NAT if it needs to get out, or
another subnet & allocate an elastic IP if it needs public tubes.

you could also use ENI and attach EIP to the ENI then programmatically
attach the ENI to the instance as it is launched via CloudFormation
(?)

--AJ

On 7 June 2012 08:39, mark bradley gopearls42@gmail.com wrote:

Hello,

I'm trying to use the above command to build/bootstrap a server in our VPC,
however I do not see any setting for an IP address.

The instance is, however, created with some IP address.

Is it possible to specify the IP address? If so, how? If not then how are
the IP addresses allocated?

Thanks,
Mark

3

Thanks AJ.

I do have the subnet specified, and it's allocating an IP in that subnet,
but I'd like to configure it with a specific IP address. Failing that, I'd
like to know the algorithm to make sure that the IP doesn't conflict with
instances already in that subnet.

I don't need access to the server from external sources, it's purely an
internal server so no EIP is required.

It just seems like it would be a huge oversight not to allow specifying the
IP address.

Mark

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 5:21 PM, AJ Christensen aj@junglist.gen.nz wrote:

you can use -s subnet to specify which subnet the machine should be
launched in. Put it in a subnet with NAT if it needs to get out, or
another subnet & allocate an elastic IP if it needs public tubes.

you could also use ENI and attach EIP to the ENI then programmatically
attach the ENI to the instance as it is launched via CloudFormation
(?)

--AJ

On 7 June 2012 08:39, mark bradley gopearls42@gmail.com wrote:

Hello,

I'm trying to use the above command to build/bootstrap a server in our
VPC,
however I do not see any setting for an IP address.

The instance is, however, created with some IP address.

Is it possible to specify the IP address? If so, how? If not then how are
the IP addresses allocated?

Thanks,
Mark

4

Im not sure if you can do that. Dhcp option set determines the ip. You can
push the ip assignment logic in bootstrap script, may br
On Jun 7, 2012 3:01 AM, "mark bradley" gopearls42@gmail.com wrote:

Thanks AJ.

I do have the subnet specified, and it's allocating an IP in that subnet,
but I'd like to configure it with a specific IP address. Failing that, I'd
like to know the algorithm to make sure that the IP doesn't conflict with
instances already in that subnet.

I don't need access to the server from external sources, it's purely an
internal server so no EIP is required.

It just seems like it would be a huge oversight not to allow specifying
the IP address.

Mark

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 5:21 PM, AJ Christensen aj@junglist.gen.nz wrote:

you can use -s subnet to specify which subnet the machine should be
launched in. Put it in a subnet with NAT if it needs to get out, or
another subnet & allocate an elastic IP if it needs public tubes.

you could also use ENI and attach EIP to the ENI then programmatically
attach the ENI to the instance as it is launched via CloudFormation
(?)

--AJ

On 7 June 2012 08:39, mark bradley gopearls42@gmail.com wrote:

Hello,

I'm trying to use the above command to build/bootstrap a server in our
VPC,
however I do not see any setting for an IP address.

The instance is, however, created with some IP address.

Is it possible to specify the IP address? If so, how? If not then how
are
the IP addresses allocated?

Thanks,
Mark

5

Well, when an instance is created manually (i.e. from the AWS console) it
is possible to set the IP address in the VPC so surely it's part of the API
to AWS.

On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 12:23 AM, Ranjib Dey ranjibd@thoughtworks.comwrote:

Im not sure if you can do that. Dhcp option set determines the ip. You can
push the ip assignment logic in bootstrap script, may br
On Jun 7, 2012 3:01 AM, "mark bradley" gopearls42@gmail.com wrote:

Thanks AJ.

I do have the subnet specified, and it's allocating an IP in that subnet,
but I'd like to configure it with a specific IP address. Failing that, I'd
like to know the algorithm to make sure that the IP doesn't conflict with
instances already in that subnet.

I don't need access to the server from external sources, it's purely an
internal server so no EIP is required.

It just seems like it would be a huge oversight not to allow specifying
the IP address.

Mark

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 5:21 PM, AJ Christensen aj@junglist.gen.nzwrote:

you can use -s subnet to specify which subnet the machine should be
launched in. Put it in a subnet with NAT if it needs to get out, or
another subnet & allocate an elastic IP if it needs public tubes.

you could also use ENI and attach EIP to the ENI then programmatically
attach the ENI to the instance as it is launched via CloudFormation
(?)

--AJ

On 7 June 2012 08:39, mark bradley gopearls42@gmail.com wrote:

Hello,

I'm trying to use the above command to build/bootstrap a server in our
VPC,
however I do not see any setting for an IP address.

The instance is, however, created with some IP address.

Is it possible to specify the IP address? If so, how? If not then how
are
the IP addresses allocated?

Thanks,
Mark