Converting a static public IP address to dynamic

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Updated at October 17, 2024

You can convert a static public IP address set for a cloud resource to dynamic. If a dynamic IP address is used by a VM, it will disappear when the VM is stopped and change when it is started again.

Management console

CLI

API

In the management console, select the folder containing the address.
In the list of services, select Virtual Private Cloud.
In the left-hand panel, select IP addresses.
Click in the row with the IP address and select Make dynamic.
In the window that opens, click Change.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud command line interface yet, install and initialize it.

The folder specified in the CLI profile is used by default. You can specify a different folder using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

See the description of the CLI's update address attribute command:
```
yc vpc address update --help
```

Get a list of addresses in the default folder:

yc vpc address list

Result:

+----------------------+------+---------------+----------+------+
|          ID          | NAME |    ADDRESS    | RESERVED | USED |
+----------------------+------+---------------+----------+------+
| e2l46k8conff******** |      | 84.201.177.41 | true     | true |
+----------------------+------+---------------+----------+------+

The true value of the RESERVED parameter for the IP address with the e2l46k8conff******** ID shows that this IP is static.

Convert it to dynamic by using the --reserved=false key and the address ID:

yc vpc address update --reserved=false e2l46k8conff********

Result:

id: e2l46k8conff********
folder_id: b1g7gvsi89m3********
created_at: "2021-01-14T09:36:46Z"
external_ipv4_address:
  address: 84.201.177.41
  zone_id: ru-central1-a
  requirements: {}
used: true

The IP address is now dynamic.

To change the type of a public IP address from static to dynamic, use the update REST API method for the Address resource or the AddressService/Update gRPC API call, and provide the following in the request:

ID of the IP address you want to convert to dynamic in the addressId parameter.

To get the address ID, use the list REST API method for the Address resource or the AddressService/List gRPC API call and provide the folder ID in the folderId request parameter.

To learn how to find out the folder ID, see Getting the folder ID.
false in the reserved parameter.
Name of the reserved parameter in the updateMask parameter.

Warning

This API method overrides all parameters of the object being modified that were not explicitly passed in the request to the default values. To avoid this, list the settings you want to change in the updateMask parameter (one line separated by commas).

Converting a static public IP address to dynamic

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