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    Understanding Elastic IP Addresses

    • Hafeez Baig |
    • 16 steps |
    • 2 minutes
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    Refer to the following guide to learn how to use IAM in the cloud\ <https://scribehow.com/shared/Creating_an_IAM_User_and_User_Group_in_AWS_Management_Console__hWNiiXlcRJKFqYZZEJD-cg>
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    Sign in to **AWS Management Console** as an **IAM User** **Pre-requisite** - Ensure you have selected the AWS region closest to your location\ For this guide, we will be using us-east-2 (Ohio) as a preferred choice
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    Type **EC2** in the search bar and click on **EC2** to view the EC2 Dashboard
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    On the EC2 dashboard click on the **Elastic IPs** from the left bar to view the Elastic IPs
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    **What is an Elastic IP Address, and why it is used?** An Elastic IP address is a fixed public IP address used in cloud computing to ensure consistent access to servers and services despite infrastructure changes.
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    Click on the **Allocate Elastic IP address** button from the top right of the page to Allocate an Elastic IP Address to the EC2 instance
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    The Allocate Elastic IP Address wizard will open and review the settings for Allocating an Elastic IP address
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    Scroll the page and click on the **Allocate** button to proceed with the allocation of an **Elastic IP Address**
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    On the **Elastic IPs** Dashboard, Click on the **Actions** button from the top right of the page to select the **Associate Elastic IP address** option from the Action dropdown
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    Refer to this guide to learn how to create an EC2 instance\ <https://scribehow.com/shared/AWS__Creating_your_first_EC2_Instance__Xcu7ZVCdRfWx56YVktKgbQ>
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    On the modal page select the running instance name from the instance dropdown and click on the **Associate** button
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    The Elastic IP will be successfully allocated to the Instance, then copy the **Allocated IPv4 address** from the instance
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    Refer to this guide to learn how to Install HTTPD Web Server in EC2 instance and Create a Welcome Page<https://scribehow.com/shared/Installing_HTTP_Web_Server_on_EC2__1MFlzC8kQlmikd88-pzMkQ>
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    Paste the copied IPv4 Address in the address bar of your browser and click Enter **Getting started with AWS with in28minutes will be shown**
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    To **Disassociate Elastic IP Addresses**, return to the console and click on **Actions** button from the top right of the page
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    Select the **Disassociate Elastic IP address** option from the Action dropdown
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    On the modal page click on the **Disassociate** button to deallocate the Elastic IP from the instance
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    On the **Elastic IPs** Dashboard Click on the **Actions** button from the top right of the page to select the **Release Elastic IP addresses** option from the Action's dropdown to release back the Allocated Elastic IP Address to the AWS public IP pool
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    On the modal page click on **Release** button
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    Refresh the page and the Elastic IP will be successfully released