ubuntu-ec2net

Port of Amazon's ec2-net-utils scripts to Debian/Ubuntu for automatically configuring additional AWS Elastic Network Interfaces.

Amazon's description of these tools:

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-eni.html#ec2-net-utils

Launchpad Bug:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1153626/

Some discussion of the problem:

http://blog.bluemalkin.net/multiple-ips-and-enis-on-ec2-in-a-vpc/

Use the Makefile to install the files.

Add an interface by hand

To configure eth1, for example:

env INTERFACE=eth1 ACTION=add /etc/network/ec2net.hotplug add

Note that this configuration will survive a reboot.