Elastic IP Limit
Determine if the number of allocated EIPs is close to the AWS per-account limit
AWS limits accounts to certain numbers of resources. Exceeding those limits could prevent resources from launching.
Recommended Actions
Follow the appropriate remediation steps below to resolve the issue.
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Log in to the AWS Management Console.
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Select the “Services” option and search for EC2.
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Scroll down the left navigation panel and choose “Elastic IPs” under “Network & Security”.
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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.
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Repeat steps number 2 - 4 to verify number of “Elastic IPs” associated with other AWS regions.
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Click on the “Support Icon (?)” at the top right corner and select the “Support Center”.
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In the “Support Center” page click on the “Create Case” button.
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Select the “Service limit increase” tab and choose the “Elastic IPs” from the dropdown in “Limit Type”.
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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.
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Provide a small description to your request in “Case description”.
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Select the contact option to the AWS Support team and click on the “Submit” button to increase the “Elastic IPs” request to AWS.
