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Translates an AWS instance ID to the private DNS name
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id2dns.sh
function id2dns() {
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
echo "Usage: id2ip instanceID [instanceID...]"
else
aws ec2 describe-instances --instance-ids $* --output text --query 'Reservations[].Instances[].PrivateDnsName'
fi
}
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brontolinux commented Aug 13, 2020 •
edited

Requires:

  • the AWS CLI
  • the jq command
  • valid AWS credentials set in the shell

Update 2020-08-14: jq not needed any more, using the --output text and --query is just as fine, and doesn't need an additional software :-)

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