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Is it Possible to Obtain a Brand New, Unused Static Public IP Address in Amazon Lightsail?

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Dear Amazon Lightsail Community,

I am planning to create a virtual machine on Amazon Lightsail to manage my Amazon Seller Central account, bank, and ad accounts. One of my key requirements is to have a dedicated public static IP address.

While I understand that Amazon Lightsail provides the option to use a static IP address with an instance, I have a specific requirement. I need to ensure that the static IP assigned to my instance is brand new and has never been used or recycled before. This is to avoid any potential bans from the platforms I am using due to IP sharing.

I have contacted Amazon Web Services sales support several times regarding this matter. I have received conflicting information. Some representatives have told me that I can request a brand new IP and that all static IPs are fresh/brand new by default. Others have said they cannot guarantee that the static IP is brand new and suggested using an Elastic IP instead. This has caused a lot of confusion.

I have read the documentation but it doesn’t explicitly confirm whether the static public IP is fresh/new and has never been used before or recycled. Could you please provide a clear and definitive answer to my specific requirement? Is it possible to get a dedicated public static IP that has never been used or recycled before?

  • Marcin Gondek
    4 months ago

    Hi Bryan,

    I assume that you are asking about IPv4.

    I think that no one can confirm to get never used IP address because of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv4_address_exhaustion. Crucial is how long AWS keep IP in recycle state before providing to new client. This is something that I do not know.

    I expect that AWS take care about IP reputation, so if bad user in past used some IP for bad things, this bad user is banned and IP reputation is fixed before providing to new user.

    I think that you don't get such confirmation anywhere, even if you get own IP from RIR like RIPE or ARIN they also will be recycled.

    Thanks,

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Bryan
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Hi

Marcin Gondek's comment above is correct with regard to IPv4 address exhaustion and such "never-used-before" confirmation being unavailable anywhere.

With regards to your requirement on

This is to avoid any potential bans from the platforms I am using

a simple test could be to allocate a Static IP, attach it to your Instance and make a sample call/request to the platform to check if the IP is blocked, which in all probability it won't be. And then you should be good to build your application further.

Thanks.

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  • Bryan
    4 months ago

    Thank you for your insightful responses. I understand that due to IPv4 address exhaustion, it’s challenging to confirm the allocation of a never-used IP address. I also appreciate the suggestion of making a sample call/request to the platform to check if the IP is blocked .

    However, I still have a few concerns regarding the point of Marcin Gondek about how long AWS keep IP in recycle state before providing to new client, .. If an IP was previously used by a user who was then banned, and if the IP reputation has been fixed before being provided to a new user, does this mean that the IP’s previous activities have been completely cleared? Specifically, if a previous user used an IP to sign up for an Amazon Seller Central account for example wich is also my concern and got the account banned, and if I use the same IP to sign up for an account, can I assume that I won’t face any issues because the IP’s reputation or activity has been cleaned?

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Hi Bryan,

I think that you will never get full confirmation that IP reputation is fine everywhere. It should be but no one will confirm it. I think that you should stay with assumption. Of course you check the IP reputation on some public pages, but even if you google for that you will see that there is a lot places/list and there no place that you can check it globally. Some of such list are even not available for public.

Thanks,

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