Still Running EC2 Classic Instances? Are They Losing Their Elastic IPs When Parked?

Still Running EC2 Classic Instances? Are They Losing Their Elastic IPs When Parked?

If you're one of the many customers we have encountered who are still running EC2 Classic instances (instances not in a VPC), then chances are you have noticed that when you stop those instances, they lose their Elastic IP address.

This doesn't happen with VPC instances, but migrating all the instances over to VPC's is quite an undertaking.

Is there something you can do in the mean time?  If you are running Ubuntu servers, then YES!

Check out this neat, free service you can install on your Ubuntu instances to make sure your EC2 Classics always get their eIP's reassigned:


Give it try and let us know what you think.

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