Creating a reservation for a public IP address
The default option for a public IP address is dynamic IP assignment. This can be changed during the public IP address creation, or later. If this is changed from dynamic IP assignment, then the public IP address becomes reserved (or static).
Getting ready
Before you start, open your browser and go to the Azure portal at https://portal.azure.com.
How to do it...
To create a reservation for a public IP address, follow these steps:
- Locate the public IP address in the Azure portal. This can be done by finding the IP address directly, or through the resource it's assigned to (either the NIC or VM).
- In the Public IP address pane, go to Configuration under Settings. Change Assignment from Dynamic to Static, as shown in Figure 4.6:
Figure 4.6: Changing the public IP address assignment to Static
- After this change has been made, click Save to apply the new settings.
How it works...
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