Unbinding an EIP from an ECS and Releasing the EIP

Scenarios

If you no longer need an EIP, unbind it from the ECS and release the EIP to avoid wasting network resources.

Notes and Constraints

  • EIPs assigned and bound to load balancers in the ELB service are displayed in the EIP list of the VPC service, but you cannot unbind these EIPs from the load balancers.

  • You can only release unbound EIPs.

Procedure

Unbinding a single EIP

  1. Log in to the management console.

  2. Click image1 in the upper left corner and select the desired region and project.

  3. On the console homepage, under Network, click Elastic IP.

  4. On the displayed page, locate the row that contains the target EIP, and click Unbind.

  5. Click Yes in the displayed dialog box.

Releasing a single EIP

  1. Log in to the management console.

  1. Click image2 in the upper left corner and select the desired region and project.

  2. On the console homepage, under Network, click Elastic IP.

  3. On the displayed page, locate the row that contains the target EIP, click More and then Release in the Operation column.

  4. Click Yes in the displayed dialog box.

Unbinding multiple EIPs at once

  1. Log in to the management console.

  2. Click image3 in the upper left corner and select the desired region and project.

  3. On the console homepage, under Network, click Elastic IP.

  4. On the displayed page, select the EIPs to be unbound.

  5. Click the Unbind button located above the EIP list.

  6. Click Yes in the displayed dialog box.

Releasing multiple EIPs at once

  1. Log in to the management console.

  2. Click image4 in the upper left corner and select the desired region and project.

  3. On the console homepage, under Network, click Elastic IP.

  4. On the displayed page, select the EIPs to be released.

  5. Click the Release button located above the EIP list.

  6. Click Yes in the displayed dialog box.