Currently aws_ipadd supports the following Operating System

• Mac OS X (64bit)
• Linux (64bit)

Download aws_ipadd for your operating system

Linux

$ wget -c https://github.com/piyushsonigra/aws_ipadd/releases/latest/download/aws_ipadd_linux_x64.tar.gz -O - | tar -xz -C /usr/local/bin/

OSX

$ wget -c https://github.com/piyushsonigra/aws_ipadd/releases/latest/download/aws_ipadd_osx_x64.tar.gz -O - | \ tar -xz -C /usr/local/bin/

Note: If you get errors related to permission or access, Please run command with sudo.

Run below commands to conifgure aws_ipadd command.

Create directory ~/.aws_ipadd at your home directory.

$ mkdir ~/.aws_ipadd

Create configuration file aws_ipadd inside ~/.aws_ipadd.

$ touch ~/.aws_ipadd/aws_ipadd

Edit the ~/.aws_ipadd/aws_ipadd file and add below Informations as shown in sample configuration file.

• aws_ipadd profile name in []: my_project_mysql and my_project_ssh is aws_ipadd profiles to identify configuration which security group rule need to update with port, IP, rule_name and security group region for different AWS account profiles.

• aws_profile: aws_profile is name of AWS profile configured for awscli.

• region_name: AWS region name in which security group is present.

• security_group_id: AWS security group id.

• rule_name: AWS security group rule name to identify rule purpose.

• port: Network port to whitelist with IP.

Below is the sample configuration of ~/.aws_ipadd/aws_ipadd file.

$ cat ~/.aws_ipadd/aws_ipadd
[my_project_ssh]
aws_profile = my_project
security_group_id = sg-d26fdre9d
port = 22
rule_name = my_office_ssh
region_name = us-east-1

[my_project_mysql]
aws_profile = my_project
security_group_id = sg-dfg9dwe
port = 3306
rule_name = my_office_mysql
region_name = us-east-1

Run the aws_ipadd command with aws_ipadd profile.

$ aws_ipadd my_project_ssh
  Your IP 12.10.1.14/32 and Port 22 is whitelisted successfully.

If your public IP is changed, aws_ipadd will update aws security group rule with your current public IP.

$ aaws_ipadd my_project_ssh
  Modifying existing rule...
  Removing old whitelisted IP '12.10.1.14/32'.
  Whitelisting new IP '131.4.10.16/32'.
  Rule successfully updated!

• aws_ipadd