Table: aws_vpc_eip - Query AWS VPC Elastic IP Addresses using SQL

An AWS VPC Elastic IP Address is a static, public IPv4 address designed for dynamic cloud computing. It allows you to mask the failure of an instance or software by rapidly remapping the address to another instance in your account. With an Elastic IP address, you can manage your own IP addressing, connectivity, security, and delivery control in the AWS Cloud.

Table Usage Guide

The aws_vpc_eip table in Steampipe provides you with information about Elastic IP Addresses (EIP) within AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). This table allows you, as a DevOps engineer, to query EIP-specific details, including allocation IDs, association IDs, domain, public IP, and associated metadata. You can utilize this table to gather insights on Elastic IP Addresses, such as their allocation status, associated instances, network interface details, and more. The schema outlines the various attributes of the Elastic IP Address for you, including the public IPv4 address, allocation ID, association ID, domain, instance ID, network interface ID, private IP address, and associated tags.

Examples

List of unused elastic IPs

Identify instances where Elastic IPs are not currently in use within your AWS VPC environment. This can help in resource management and cost reduction by releasing unnecessary IPs.

select
  public_ip,
  domain association_id
from
  aws_vpc_eip
where
  association_id is null;

select
  public_ip,
  domain association_id
from
  aws_vpc_eip
where
  association_id is null;

Count of elastic IPs by instance Ids

Discover the segments that have differing numbers of elastic IPs within your AWS VPC environment. This allows for efficient allocation and management of your public IPv4 resources.

select
  public_ipv4_pool,
  count(public_ip) as elastic_ips
from
  aws_vpc_eip
group by
  public_ipv4_pool;

select
  public_ipv4_pool,
  count(public_ip) as elastic_ips
from
  aws_vpc_eip
group by
  public_ipv4_pool;

Query examples

Control examples

VPC EIPs should be associated with an EC2 instance or ENI

Schema for aws_vpc_eip

Name	Type	Operators	Description
_ctx	jsonb		Steampipe context in JSON form.
account_id	text	=, !=, ~~, ~~, !~~, !~~	The AWS Account ID in which the resource is located.
akas	jsonb		Array of globally unique identifier strings (also known as) for the resource.
allocation_id	text	=	Contains the ID representing the allocation of the address for use with EC2-VPC.
arn	text		The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) specifying the VPC EIP.
association_id	text	=	Contains the ID representing the association of the address with an instance in a VPC.
carrier_ip	text		The carrier IP address associated. This option is only available for network interfaces which reside in a subnet in a Wavelength Zone (for example an EC2 instance).
customer_owned_ip	inet		The customer-owned IP address.
customer_owned_ipv4_pool	text		The ID of the customer-owned address pool.
domain	text	=	Indicates whether Elastic IP address is for use with instances in EC2-Classic (standard) or instances in a VPC (vpc).
instance_id	text	=	Contains the ID of the instance that the address is associated with.
network_border_group	text	=	The name of the unique set of Availability Zones, Local Zones, or Wavelength Zones from which AWS advertises IP addresses.
network_interface_id	text	=	The ID of the network interface.
network_interface_owner_id	text	=	The ID of the AWS account that owns the network interface.
partition	text		The AWS partition in which the resource is located (aws, aws-cn, or aws-us-gov).
private_ip_address	inet	=	The private IP address associated with the Elastic IP address.
public_ip	inet	=	Contains the Elastic IP address.
public_ipv4_pool	text		The ID of an address pool.
region	text		The AWS Region in which the resource is located.
sp_connection_name	text	=, !=, ~~, ~~, !~~, !~~	Steampipe connection name.
sp_ctx	jsonb		Steampipe context in JSON form.
tags	jsonb		A map of tags for the resource.
tags_src	jsonb		A list of tags that are attached to the vpc.
title	text		Title of the resource.

Export

This table is available as a standalone Exporter CLI. Steampipe exporters are stand-alone binaries that allow you to extract data using Steampipe plugins without a database.

You can download the tarball for your platform from the Releases page, but it is simplest to install them with the steampipe_export_installer.sh script:

/bin/sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://steampipe.io/install/export.sh)" -- aws

You can pass the configuration to the command with the --config argument:

steampipe_export_aws --config '<your_config>' aws_vpc_eip