def get_instance_ip():
        try:
            p1 = subprocess.Popen(["ip", "addr"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
            p2 = subprocess.Popen(["grep", "state UP", "-A2"], stdin=p1.stdout, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
            p3 = subprocess.Popen(["tail", "-n1"], stdin=p2.stdout, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
            p4 = subprocess.Popen(["awk", "{print $2}"], stdin=p3.stdout, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
            p5 = subprocess.Popen(["cut", "-f1", "-d/"], stdin=p4.stdout, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
            p1.stdout.close()
            p2.stdout.close()
            p3.stdout.close()
            p4.stdout.close()
            return str(p5.communicate()[0][:-1])
        except Exception as e:
            logger.warning("Couldn't determine ip, using localhost")
            return "localhost"