Releasing a Global EIP

Scenarios

This section describes how to release a global EIP.

If your global EIPs are no longer required, release them by following the instructions provided in this section.

Notes and Constraints

If you want to release a global EIP with an instance bound, you need to unbind it from its instance first by referring to Unbinding a Global EIP from an Instance.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select the desired region and project.
3. On the console homepage, choose Networking > Cloud Connect.

   The network console is displayed.

4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Internet > Global Elastic IPs.

   The global EIP console is displayed.

5. In the list, search for or locate the global EIP.
6. Locate the row that contains the target global EIP, and click Release in the Operation column.

   A confirmation dialog box is displayed.

7. Confirm the information and click OK.

   The released global EIP is not displayed in the global EIP list.