Assigning an AWS elastic IP address to the instance

This section details the process of how to assign an AWS elastic IP address to the instance to allow remote access.

To assign an elastic IP address:

Click VPC on the AWS Management Console Home page.
The Amazon VPC Console Dashboard page appears.
In the left navigation pane, select Elastic IPs.
The Addresses pane opens.
If an elastic IP address is not already available to you, click Allocate New Address.
The Allocate Address dialog box opens.
Figure 1. Allocate Address
In the Network platform field, select EC2#VPC. Click Yes, Allocate.
A new Elastic IP address appears on the Addresses page
Select the Elastic IP address to be associated with the instance you launched. Click Associate Address.
The Associate Address dialog box opens.
Figure 2. Associate Address
In the Associate with field, select the network interface for eth0. Click Yes, Associate.

The elastic IP address is associated with the instance that you created. This association appears on the Addresses pane.

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