How do I assign a static private IP address to the primary node of my Amazon EMR cluster?

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To create a static private IP address and use a bootstrap action to associate the IP address with your cluster's primary node, complete the following steps:

1. Confirm that your AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policy allows EMR_EC2_DefaultRole and ec2:AssignPrivateIpAddresses permissions.
2. Sign in to GitHub.
3. Download the assign_private_ip.py script from AWS Labs.
4. Save the script in an Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket.
5. Specify the script as a custom bootstrap action, and then use the script to launch an Amazon EMR cluster. You can also run the script as an Amazon EMR step.
   Note: The assign_private_ip.py script requires an argument that's a private IP address from the CIDR range of your subnet. The script attaches that private IP address to the network interface (eth0) of the primary node. The script also configures the network settings to redirect all traffic from the secondary IP address to the primary IP address. The script requires a private IP address and the cluster's AWS Region. It uses the s3://BUCKET_NAME/assign_private_ip.py PRIVATE_IP us-east-1 format. The us-east-1 Region is an example.
6. To find the new IP address, open the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) console. Then, select the EC2 instance that acts as the primary node of the EMR cluster. The new IP address appears on the Networking tab, in the Secondary private IPs field.

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