Method: Fog::CurrentMachine.ip_address

Defined in:
lib/rackspace-fog/core/current_machine.rb

.ip_address ⇒ Object

Get the ip address of the machine from which this command is run. It is recommended that you surround calls to this function with a timeout block to ensure optimum performance in the case where the amazonaws checkip service is unavailable.

Examples:

Get the current ip address

begin
  Timeout::timeout(5) do
    puts "Your ip address is #{Fog::CurrentMachine.ip_address}"
  end
rescue Timeout::Error
  puts "Service timeout"
end

Raises:

  • (Net::HTTPExceptions) —

    if the net/http request fails.



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# File 'lib/rackspace-fog/core/current_machine.rb', line 28

def self.ip_address
  @@lock.synchronize do
    @@ip_address ||= Excon.get(AMAZON_AWS_CHECK_IP).body.chomp
  end
end