Reserve and assign a static IP for an existing EC2 instance

If you want your instance to have a static public IP, it is necessary to assign it manually through the Elastic IPs service.

Path to get a new IP

• -> EC2 Dashboard
• -> Elastic IPs
• -> Allocate New Address (from Amazon pool)
• -> Allocate

Path to assign an IP to an instance

• -> EC2 Dashboard
• -> Elastic IPs
• -> click on the wanted IP
• -> Actions
• -> Associate address
• -> Select your instance and it will filter out the private IP
• -> Associate