
If you need additional Elastic IP addresses, request a quota increase. If you receive the error The maximum number of addresses has been reached, verify how many Elastic IP address you're using and what the limit is for your account. The maximum number of addresses has been reached"Īll AWS accounts are limited to five Elastic IP addresses per Region. If you receive bills for your Elastic IP address that aren't associated with a resource, see Why am I being billed for Elastic IP addresses when all my Amazon EC2 instances are terminated? When allocating a new Elastic IP address, I'm receiving the error "Elastic IP address could not be allocated. I'm being charged for an Elastic IP address even when it is not associated to any of my resources. For more information, see Release an Elastic IP address. If you don't need the Elastic IP address, you can release it.

You incur charges for any Elastic IP address that's allocated for use with a VPC but not associated with an instance. For more information, see Disassociate an Elastic IP address.Īfter you disassociate the Elastic IP address, you can re-associate it with a different resource. To release an Elastic IP address, you must first disassociate it from any resources. An associated Elastic IP address isn't released, even after terminating the EC2 instance For more information, see Recover an Elastic IP address. If you released your Elastic IP address, you might be able to recover it. Resolution I want to restore an accidently deleted Elastic IP address You do not have permission to access the specified resource." When releasing an Elastic IP address from my account, I'm getting the error: "Elastic IP address could not be released.You are not authorized to perform this operation." When associating an Elastic IP address to one of my EC2 instances, I'm getting the error: "Elastic IP address could not be associated.The maximum number of addresses has been reached." When allocating a new Elastic IP address, I'm getting the error: "Elastic IP address could not be allocated.I'm being charged for an Elastic IP address even though it isn't associated with any of my resources.An associated Elastic IP address isn't released, even after terminating the EC2 instance.

I want to restore an accidentally deleted Elastic IP address.The following are common issues that might occur with an Elastic IP address in your AWS account:
