What is Elastic IP Address?

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An Elastic IP Address (EIP) is a public IP address resource that you can purchase and possess independently. You can bind an EIP to an ECS or SLB instance of the VPC network, or a NAT Gateway.

An EIP is a type of NAT IP address. It is located in the public network gateway of Alibaba Cloud, and is mapped to the private network interface card (NIC) of the bound ECS instance using the NAT method. Therefore, an ECS instance bound with an EIP can communicate with the Internet without disclosing the EIP on the NIC.

Differences between an EIP and an ECS public IP

The following table lists the differences between an EIP and an ECS public IP.

ItemEIPECS public IP
Supported networksVPCVPC and classic network
Independently possessed Yes No
Elastically bound to and  from an ECS instanceYesNo
Disclosed on the NIC of the ECS instanceNoClassic Network: Yes VPC: No

Benefits

  • Independently purchased and possessedYou can purchase an EIP as an independent resource instead of purchasing it together with other computing or storage resources.
  • Flexible bindingYou can bind an EIP to an instance as needed to make the instance accessible to the Internet. You can release the EIP whenever Internet communication is not needed for the instance.
  • Configurable network capabilitiesYou can adjust the bandwidth of an EIP as needed. The bandwidth change takes effect immediately.

Source : Alibaba Cloud

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