Common methods for AWS EC2 and GCP GCE # AWS $ dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com 18.224.203.147 # GCP $ dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com 35.198.84.105 # AWS $ dig TXT +short o-o.myaddr.l.google.com @ns1.google.com "18.224.203.147" # GCP $ dig TXT +short o-o.myaddr.l.google.com @ns1.google.com "35.198.84.105" # AWS $ curl http://checkip.amazonaws.com 18.224.203.147 # GCP $ curl http://checkip.amazonaws.com 35.198.84.105 # AWS $ curl icanhazip.com 18.224.203.147 # GCP $ curl icanhazip.com 35.198.84.105 # AWS $ curl ifconfig.me ; echo 18.224.203.147 # GCP $ curl ifconfig.me ; echo 35.198.84.105 AWS EC2 only # AWS $ curl http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/public-ipv4 ; echo 18.224.203.147 GCP GCE only # GCP $ curl "http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/instance/network-interfaces/0/access-configs/0/external-ip" -H "Metadata-Flavor: Google" ; echo 35.198.84.105
