Quick Info
| Plugin Title | VPC Elastic IP Limit |
| Cloud | AWS |
| Category | EC2 |
| Description | Determine if the number of allocated VPC EIPs is close to the AWS per-account limit |
| More Info | AWS limits accounts to certain numbers of resources. Exceeding those limits could prevent resources from launching. |
| AWS Link | http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/elastic-ip-addresses-eip.html#using-instance-addressing-limit |
| Recommended Action | Contact AWS support to increase the number of EIPs available |
Detailed Remediation Steps
- Log into the AWS Management Console.
- Select the “Services” option and search for EC2.
- Scroll down the left navigation panel and choose “Elastic IPs” under “Network & Security”.
- Check the number of “Elastic IPs” associated within the region.If the selected region has already reached the default limit of 5 Elastic IPs then raise an AWS support ticket to increase the number of “Elastic IPs” in the desired region.
- Repeat steps number 2 - 4 to verify number of “Elastic IPs” associated with other AWS regions.
- Click on the “Support” option at the top right corner and select the “Support Center”.
- In the “Support Center” page click on the “Create Case” button.
- Select the “Service limit increase” tab and choose the “Elastic IPs” from the dropdown in “Limit Type”.
- Scroll down the page and select the “Region” and “Limit” as either “EC2-Classic IP Address Limit” or “New VPC IP Address Limit”. Provide the “New limit value” as per the requirements.
- Provide a small description to your request in “Case description”.
- Select preferred contact option to the AWS Support team and click on the “Submit” button to increase the “Elastic IPs” request to AWS.
- Repeat steps number 6 - 11 to increase the number of EIPs available.