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| Step | Details | |
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| Locate your network interface in the interface list and right-click on it. | The right-click opens the context menu. Select Attach. This will open the window to enter the necessary instance information. | |
| Select your instance and confirm entry. | Select your instance from the drop-down list and click on Attach. The state of your interface will change from available to in-use. | |
| Verify that your instance has a second interface. | Select your instance in the instance list. The networking tab in instance details should now display two network interfaces: | |
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- a second interface is added to the instance and the instance is then stopped and restarted,
- an Elastic IP is associated with the the instance,
- an Elastic IP address is associated with the primary interface of the instance.
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Please note: An automatically assigned public IP address is not persistent. Every time a an instance starts, it is assigned a new public IP address. If persistent public addresses are needed, use Elastic IP addresses.
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