How Do I Assign or Retrieve a Specific EIP?
If you want to retrieve an EIP that you have released or assign a specific EIP, you can use APIs by setting the value of ip_address to the one that you want to assign. For details, see Elastic IP API Reference.
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- If the EIP has been assigned to another user, you will fail to assign your required EIP.
- You cannot use the management console to assign a specific EIP.
EIPs FAQs
- How Do I Assign or Retrieve a Specific EIP?
- What Are the Differences Between EIP, Private IP Address, and Virtual IP Address?
- How Do I Access the Internet Using an EIP Bound to an Extension NIC?
- What Are the Differences Between the Primary and Extension NICs of ECSs?
- Can an EIP That Uses Dedicated Bandwidth Be Changed to Use Shared Bandwidth?
- Can I Bind an EIP to Multiple ECSs?
- How Do I Access an ECS with an EIP Bound from the Internet?
- What Is the EIP Assignment Policy?
- Can I Bind an EIP of an ECS to Another ECS?
- Can I Buy a Specific EIP?
- How Do I Query the Region of My EIPs?
- How Do I Unbind an EIP from an Instance and Bind a New EIP to the Instance?
- Can I Bind an EIP to a Cloud Resource in Another Region?
- Can I Change the Region of My EIP?
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