Search ec2 by private_ip

search_ec2_by_private_ip.py

from collections import defaultdict

import boto3

"""
A tool for retrieving basic information from the running EC2 instances.
"""

# Connect to EC2
ec2 = boto3.resource('ec2')

# Get information for all running instances
running_instances = ec2.instances.filter(Filters=[{
    'Name': 'private-ip-address',
    'Values': ['xxxxxx', 'xxxxxx']}])

ec2info = defaultdict()
for instance in running_instances:
    for tag in instance.tags:
        if 'Name'in tag['Key']:
            name = tag['Value']
    # Add instance info to a dictionary         
    ec2info[instance.id] = {
        'Name': name,
        'Type': instance.instance_type,
        'State': instance.state['Name'],
        'Private IP': instance.private_ip_address
        }

attributes = ['Name', 'Type', 'State', 'Private IP']
for instance_id, instance in ec2info.items():
    for key in attributes:
        print("{0}: {1}".format(key, instance[key]))
    print("------")