You had an Elastic IP address associated with an instance that was running for a period of 3 months.
Now you have disassociated the Elastic IP address.
But you can see that you are still being charged for the Elastic IP address.
What can you do to ensure that you don't get charged for the Elastic IP address? Choose 2 answers from the options given below.
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A. B. C. D.Answer - A and C.
The AWS documentation mentions the following.
A disassociated Elastic IP address remains allocated to your account until you explicitly release it.
To ensure efficient use of Elastic IP addresses, we impose a small hourly charge if an Elastic IP address is not associated with a running instance, or if it is associated with a stopped instance or an unattached network interface.
While your instance is running, you are not charged for one Elastic IP address associated with the instance, but you are charged for any additional Elastic IP addresses associated with the instance.
For more information on Elastic IP's , one can visit the below URL:
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/WindowsGuide/elastic-ip-addresses-eip.htmlIf you disassociate an Elastic IP address from an instance, you will still be charged until you either release the Elastic IP address or associate it with a running instance or an unattached network interface. Here are the options you can choose to ensure that you don't get charged for the Elastic IP address:
A. Explicitly release the Elastic IP from your account: Releasing an Elastic IP address from your account will remove the Elastic IP address from your account and you will no longer be charged for it. To release an Elastic IP address, follow these steps:
B. Quickly associate it with any stopped instance: If you associate the Elastic IP address with a stopped instance, you will not be charged for the Elastic IP address until the instance is started. To associate an Elastic IP address with a stopped instance, follow these steps:
C. Quickly associate it with any running instance: If you associate the Elastic IP address with a running instance, you will not be charged for the Elastic IP address. To associate an Elastic IP address with a running instance, follow these steps:
D. Associate it with an unattached network interface: If you associate the Elastic IP address with an unattached network interface, you will not be charged for the Elastic IP address. To associate an Elastic IP address with an unattached network interface, follow these steps: