When you stop and then start the instance, does the IP address of the virtual machine change?

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Shruthi J · Accepted Answer

Yes, once you stop and restart an EC2 instance, its private IP address stays the same but the public one is released and new one is assigned. To keep the same public IP address we should use an Elastic IP (which is nothing but a static public IP address provided by AWS).

When you stop and then start the instance, does the IP address of the virtual machine change?

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