no instance is listed when I tried to associate an elastic IP address

Question

I am new to AWS E2. I have allocated an elastic IP address successfully. But when I tried to associate it with a running instance, there is no instance listed on the web console.

I tried searching and reading how elastic IP address works, but did not see anything that is about this issue. (the instance has beenn running well with a public address).

anyone out there can help?

Answer

Always double-check that you are in the correct region :)

Answer

Sometimes I've seen this sort of behavior because of a browser issue. Can you try a different browser to see if it will populate the drop down.

You could always startup a [CloudShell](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudshell/latest/userguide/getting-started.html) session and run the following command, supplying your specific instance-id and allocation-id:

```
aws ec2 associate-address --instance-id i-01234567890 --allocation-id eipalloc-9876543
```

no instance is listed when I tried to associate an elastic IP address

相关内容