Modify an IPAM pool allocation - Amazon Virtual Private Cloud
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Modify an IPAM pool allocation

You can modify the description of an IPAM pool allocation using the console or the AWS CLI. Refer to the modify-ipam-pool-allocation documentation for more API details.

AWS Management Console
To modify an IPAM pool allocation

  1. Open the IPAM console at https://eusc-de-east-1.console.amazonaws-eusc.eu/ipam/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Pools.

  3. By default, the default private scope is selected. If you don't want to use the default private scope, from the dropdown menu at the top of the content pane, choose the scope you want to use. For more information about scopes, see How IPAM works.

  4. In the content pane, choose the pool that contains the allocation you want to modify.

  5. Choose the Allocations tab.

  6. Select the allocation and choose Actions, Modify allocation.

  7. Modify the description.

    Note

    To remove the description, leave the field blank.

  8. Choose Save.

Command line

The commands in this section link to the AWS CLI Command Reference. The documentation provides detailed descriptions of the options that you can use when you run the commands.

Use the following AWS CLI commands to modify an IPAM pool allocation:

  1. Get the allocation ID: get-ipam-pool-allocations

  2. Modify the allocation description: modify-ipam-pool-allocation

    aws ec2 modify-ipam-pool-allocation --ipam-pool-allocation-id ipam-pool-alloc-0e6186d73999e1f12 --description "Updated description"
Note

To remove the description, pass a null value. To manage tags on an allocation, use the create-tags and delete-tags commands.

To release an allocation, see Release an allocation.